Birmingham 2–1 Preston – England Championship, 22 Apr 2026

Match facts

Birmingham Preston

18 Shots 16

5 Shots on target 6

3 Corners 3

11 Fouls 9

0 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✗ Goals missed ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (524 league matches this season so far).

Result Birmingham to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.96

Expected goals 1.46 – 1.10

Home / Draw / Away

45% 26% 28%

BirminghamDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

53% 47%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

49% 51%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

20% 1

25% 2

22% 3

14% 4

12% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 12.4% 1–0 11.3% 2–1 9.1%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Birmingham before this match, all matches

1.33points / match

1.21scored / match

1.23conceded / match

15 12 16

WonDrawnLost 43 played · 52:53

Preston before this match, all matches

1.33points / match

1.16scored / match

1.28conceded / match

14 15 14

WonDrawnLost 43 played · 50:55

Birmingham all matches all matches Preston

Per match

1.21 Goals scored 1.16

1.23 Goals conceded 1.28

2.44 Total goals 2.44

13.60 Shots 10.65

4.05 Shots on target 3.44

10.70 Shots faced 14.35

5.74 Corners 4.35

4.19 Corners against 6.35

11.77 Fouls 10.60

1.81 Yellow cards 1.98

0.56 1st-half goals scored 0.56

0.74 1st-half goals conceded 0.65

How often Full Time

35% Wins 33%

28% Draws 35%

37% Losses 33%

98% Over 0.5 goals 95%

77% Over 1.5 goals 79%

44% Over 2.5 goals 44%

19% Over 3.5 goals 21%

7% Over 4.5 goals 5%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

53% Both teams scored 56%

23% Clean sheets 21%

26% Failed to score 28%

How often Half Time

28% Wins 33%

28% Draws 35%

44% Losses 33%

79% Over 0.5 goals 79%

37% Over 1.5 goals 33%

12% Over 2.5 goals 9%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Birmingham all matches

3

L

1

3

L

1

L

1

W

1

D

1

L

1

L

1

2

L

2

W

1

D

Preston all matches

1

D

2

L

1

3

L

3

L

2

L

3

1

W

2

D

1

D

2

1

W

2

L

Birmingham before this match, at home

1.81points / match

1.67scored / match

0.95conceded / match

10 8 3

WonDrawnLost 21 played · 35:20

Preston before this match, away

1.24points / match

1.10scored / match

1.33conceded / match

6 8 7

WonDrawnLost 21 played · 23:28

Birmingham at home away Preston

Per match

1.67 Goals scored 1.10

0.95 Goals conceded 1.33

2.62 Total goals 2.43

17.62 Shots 10.24

5.67 Shots on target 3.57

8.90 Shots faced 15.00

6.76 Corners 3.62

3.86 Corners against 6.43

11.05 Fouls 11.19

1.81 Yellow cards 1.95

0.86 1st-half goals scored 0.62

0.48 1st-half goals conceded 0.81

How often Full Time

48% Wins 29%

38% Draws 38%

14% Losses 33%

95% Over 0.5 goals 95%

76% Over 1.5 goals 81%

43% Over 2.5 goals 43%

33% Over 3.5 goals 19%

14% Over 4.5 goals 5%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

62% Both teams scored 57%

33% Clean sheets 19%

10% Failed to score 29%

How often Half Time

43% Wins 33%

43% Draws 29%

14% Losses 38%

71% Over 0.5 goals 86%

43% Over 1.5 goals 43%

14% Over 2.5 goals 14%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Birmingham at home

1

D

3

2

W

1

D

2

1

W

D

1

3

L

1

W

1

D

1

L

2

W

Preston away

1

2

L

2

W

4

L

1

D

1

L

1

D

3

L

2

L

2

D

2

1

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Birmingham all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.04.26	Hull – Birmingham	1–1 (1–0)	2.40	3.50	2.70	1.85	2.00
12.04.26	Birmingham – Wrexham	2–0 (0–0)	2.01	3.50	3.50	1.80	2.00
06.04.26	Ipswich – Birmingham	2–1 (2–1)	1.57	3.75	5.50	1.88	1.98
03.04.26	Birmingham – Blackburn	0–1 (0–0)	1.81	3.30	4.50	2.20	1.67
21.03.26	Derby – Birmingham	1–0 (1–0)	2.70	3.25	2.50	1.98	1.88
14.03.26	Birmingham – Sheffield United	1–1 (1–1)	2.01	3.50	3.50	1.91	1.91
11.03.26	Birmingham – QPR	1–0 (1–0)	1.68	3.75	4.50	2.00	1.85
07.03.26	Charlton – Birmingham	1–0 (0–0)	3.50	3.30	2.05	2.10	1.73
02.03.26	Birmingham – Middlesbrough	1–3 (0–2)	2.40	3.60	2.57	1.85	2.00
25.02.26	Millwall – Birmingham	3–0 (2–0)	2.40	3.30	2.82	2.10	1.73

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.04.26	Preston – West Brom	0–2 (0–1)	3.60	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.73
11.04.26	Charlton – Preston	1–2 (1–1)	2.05	3.30	3.50	2.10	1.73
06.04.26	Preston – QPR	1–1 (0–0)	2.32	3.30	2.82	2.10	1.73
03.04.26	Leicester – Preston	2–2 (1–2)	1.81	3.60	4.10	1.95	1.90
20.03.26	Preston – Stoke	3–1 (1–1)	2.45	3.25	2.75	2.10	1.73
14.03.26	Norwich – Preston	2–0 (2–0)	1.62	4.00	4.75	1.85	2.00
11.03.26	Coventry – Preston	3–0 (2–0)	1.42	4.75	6.00	1.57	2.38
06.03.26	Preston – Oxford	1–3 (1–1)	2.10	3.20	3.50	2.30	1.62
28.02.26	Preston – Millwall	0–2 (0–1)	3.10	3.50	2.20	2.10	1.73
24.02.26	Swansea – Preston	1–1 (0–1)	1.68	3.75	4.33	2.10	1.73

Birmingham at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.04.26	Birmingham – Wrexham	2–0 (0–0)	2.01	3.50	3.50	1.80	2.00
03.04.26	Birmingham – Blackburn	0–1 (0–0)	1.81	3.30	4.50	2.20	1.67
14.03.26	Birmingham – Sheffield United	1–1 (1–1)	2.01	3.50	3.50	1.91	1.91
11.03.26	Birmingham – QPR	1–0 (1–0)	1.68	3.75	4.50	2.00	1.85
02.03.26	Birmingham – Middlesbrough	1–3 (0–2)	2.40	3.60	2.57	1.85	2.00
10.02.26	Birmingham – West Brom	0–0 (0–0)	1.81	3.40	4.33	2.10	1.73
07.02.26	Birmingham – Leicester	2–1 (1–1)	1.66	3.80	4.50	1.91	1.91
24.01.26	Birmingham – Stoke	1–1 (1–0)	1.81	3.60	4.00	2.10	1.73
04.01.26	Birmingham – Coventry	3–2 (2–1)	2.50	3.40	2.65	1.83	2.03
29.12.25	Birmingham – Southampton	1–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	2.85	1.80	2.00

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
11.04.26	Charlton – Preston	1–2 (1–1)	2.05	3.30	3.50	2.10	1.73
03.04.26	Leicester – Preston	2–2 (1–2)	1.81	3.60	4.10	1.95	1.90
14.03.26	Norwich – Preston	2–0 (2–0)	1.62	4.00	4.75	1.85	2.00
11.03.26	Coventry – Preston	3–0 (2–0)	1.42	4.75	6.00	1.57	2.38
24.02.26	Swansea – Preston	1–1 (0–1)	1.68	3.75	4.33	2.10	1.73
20.02.26	Blackburn – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	1.96	3.40	3.90	2.20	1.67
31.01.26	Ipswich – Preston	1–1 (0–0)	1.33	4.75	8.00	1.83	2.03
24.01.26	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.80	2.00
04.01.26	Bristol City – Preston	0–2 (0–1)	1.81	3.40	4.33	2.00	1.80
29.12.25	Wrexham – Preston	2–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.25	3.50	2.10	1.73

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

3 2 2

Birmingham winsDrawsPreston wins

7matches

1.57goals / match

29%over 2.5

43%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.10.25E1	Preston – Birmingham	0–1 (0–1)	2.82	3.05	2.45	2.20	1.67
01.04.24E1	Birmingham – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	3.10	2.08	1.73
19.09.23E1	Preston – Birmingham	2–1 (0–0)	2.38	3.10	3.30	2.30	1.62
21.01.23E1	Birmingham – Preston	1–2 (0–2)	2.40	3.10	3.20	2.63	1.50
03.09.22E1	Preston – Birmingham	0–1 (0–1)	1.66	3.60	5.75	2.20	1.66
15.01.22E1	Preston – Birmingham	1–1 (1–0)	1.90	3.60	4.00	2.20	1.66
25.09.21E1	Birmingham – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.20	4.00	2.30	1.61

England Championship table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	44	26	11	7	90	44	+46	89
2	Millwall	44	23	10	11	61	48	+13	79
3	Ipswich	42	21	13	8	73	44	+29	76
4	Southampton	44	21	13	10	77	53	+24	76
5	Middlesbrough	43	20	13	10	64	44	+20	73
6	Wrexham	44	19	13	12	66	60	+6	70
7	Hull	44	20	10	14	67	63	+4	70
8	Derby	44	19	9	16	63	55	+8	66
9	Norwich	44	19	7	18	61	53	+8	64
10	Swansea	44	17	9	18	53	57	-4	60
11	Bristol City	44	16	11	17	56	57	-1	59
12	QPR	44	16	10	18	59	67	-8	58
13	Sheffield United	43	17	6	20	61	59	+2	57
14	Birmingham	43	15	12	16	52	53	-1	57
15	Watford	44	14	15	15	52	56	-4	57
16	Preston	43	14	15	14	50	55	-5	57
17	Stoke	44	15	10	19	50	51	-1	55
18	West Brom	44	13	13	18	47	56	-9	52
19	Portsmouth	44	13	12	19	45	62	-17	51
20	Charlton	43	12	14	17	40	52	-12	50
21	Blackburn	44	12	13	19	39	54	-15	49
22	Leicester	44	11	15	18	56	67	-11	48
23	Oxford	44	10	14	20	41	56	-15	44
24	Sheffield Weds	43	1	12	30	26	83	-57	15

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	22	16	4	2	48	18	+30	52
2	Ipswich	22	13	8	1	40	17	+23	47
3	Southampton	22	12	7	3	36	17	+19	43
4	Millwall	22	12	3	7	31	25	+6	39
5	Birmingham	21	10	8	3	35	20	+15	38
6	Watford	22	10	7	5	30	23	+7	37
7	Middlesbrough	21	10	6	5	28	17	+11	36
8	Swansea	22	10	6	6	31	26	+5	36
9	Derby	22	10	6	6	30	25	+5	36
10	Wrexham	22	10	6	6	39	35	+4	36
11	Hull	22	10	5	7	33	33	0	35
12	Stoke	22	9	6	7	33	25	+8	33
13	QPR	22	10	3	9	38	34	+4	33
14	West Brom	22	8	9	5	28	25	+3	33
15	Sheffield United	21	9	4	8	35	27	+8	31
16	Preston	22	8	7	7	27	27	0	31
17	Portsmouth	22	8	5	9	24	22	+2	29
18	Norwich	22	9	2	11	26	27	-1	29
19	Bristol City	22	8	4	10	31	31	0	28
20	Charlton	21	8	4	9	20	23	-3	28
21	Leicester	22	7	6	9	30	33	-3	27
22	Oxford	22	6	8	8	20	26	-6	26
23	Blackburn	22	4	9	9	19	26	-7	21
24	Sheffield Weds	22	0	7	15	12	43	-31	7

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Millwall	22	11	7	4	30	23	+7	40
2	Coventry	22	10	7	5	42	26	+16	37
3	Middlesbrough	22	10	7	5	36	27	+9	37
4	Norwich	22	10	5	7	35	26	+9	35
5	Hull	22	10	5	7	34	30	+4	35
6	Wrexham	22	9	7	6	27	25	+2	34
7	Southampton	22	9	6	7	41	36	+5	33
8	Bristol City	22	8	7	7	25	26	-1	31
9	Derby	22	9	3	10	33	30	+3	30
10	Ipswich	20	8	5	7	33	27	+6	29
11	Blackburn	22	8	4	10	20	28	-8	28
12	Preston	21	6	8	7	23	28	-5	26
13	Sheffield United	22	8	2	12	26	32	-6	26
14	QPR	22	6	7	9	21	33	-12	25
15	Swansea	22	7	3	12	22	31	-9	24
16	Charlton	22	4	10	8	20	29	-9	22
17	Stoke	22	6	4	12	17	26	-9	22
18	Portsmouth	22	5	7	10	21	40	-19	22
19	Leicester	22	4	9	9	26	34	-8	21
20	Watford	22	4	8	10	22	33	-11	20
21	West Brom	22	5	4	13	19	31	-12	19
22	Birmingham	22	5	4	13	17	33	-16	19
23	Oxford	22	4	6	12	21	30	-9	18
24	Sheffield Weds	21	1	5	15	14	40	-26	8

Birmingham Preston

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	7	Hull	44	16	28	1.5	1.4	20	10	14	67	63	70
2	1	Coventry	44	17	27	2.0	1.0	26	11	7	90	44	89
3	4	Southampton	44	17	27	1.8	1.2	21	13	10	77	53	76
4	12	QPR	44	17	27	1.3	1.5	16	10	18	59	67	58
5	22	Leicester	44	19	25	1.3	1.5	11	15	18	56	67	48
6	13	Sheffield United	43	19	24	1.4	1.4	17	6	20	61	59	57
7	5	Middlesbrough	43	20	23	1.5	1.0	20	13	10	64	44	73
8	2	Millwall	44	22	22	1.4	1.1	23	10	11	61	48	79
9	8	Derby	44	22	22	1.4	1.2	19	9	16	63	55	66
10	10	Swansea	44	22	22	1.2	1.3	17	9	18	53	57	60
11	24	Sheffield Weds	43	21	22	0.6	1.9	1	12	30	26	83	15
12	3	Ipswich	42	21	21	1.7	1.0	21	13	8	73	44	76
13	6	Wrexham	44	23	21	1.5	1.4	19	13	12	66	60	70
14	9	Norwich	44	23	21	1.4	1.2	19	7	18	61	53	64
15	11	Bristol City	44	24	20	1.3	1.3	16	11	17	56	57	59
16	15	Watford	44	24	20	1.2	1.3	14	15	15	52	56	57
17	18	West Brom	44	24	20	1.1	1.3	13	13	18	47	56	52
18	23	Oxford	44	24	20	0.9	1.3	10	14	20	41	56	44
19	14	Birmingham	43	24	19	1.2	1.2	15	12	16	52	53	57
20	16	Preston	43	24	19	1.2	1.3	14	15	14	50	55	57
21	17	Stoke	44	25	19	1.1	1.2	15	10	19	50	51	55
22	19	Portsmouth	44	25	19	1.0	1.4	13	12	19	45	62	51
23	21	Blackburn	44	27	17	0.9	1.2	12	13	19	39	54	49
24	20	Charlton	43	28	15	0.9	1.2	12	14	17	40	52	50

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	12	QPR	22	5	17	1.7	1.5	10	3	9	38	34	33
2	13	Sheffield United	21	6	15	1.7	1.3	9	4	8	35	27	31
3	1	Coventry	22	8	14	2.2	0.8	16	4	2	48	18	52
4	7	Hull	22	9	13	1.5	1.5	10	5	7	33	33	35
5	2	Millwall	22	10	12	1.4	1.1	12	3	7	31	25	39
6	3	Ipswich	22	10	12	1.8	0.8	13	8	1	40	17	47
7	6	Wrexham	22	10	12	1.8	1.6	10	6	6	39	35	36
8	17	Stoke	22	10	12	1.5	1.1	9	6	7	33	25	33
9	22	Leicester	22	10	12	1.4	1.5	7	6	9	30	33	27
10	4	Southampton	22	11	11	1.6	0.8	12	7	3	36	17	43
11	10	Swansea	22	11	11	1.4	1.2	10	6	6	31	26	36
12	11	Bristol City	22	11	11	1.4	1.4	8	4	10	31	31	28
13	9	Norwich	22	12	10	1.2	1.2	9	2	11	26	27	29
14	16	Preston	22	12	10	1.2	1.2	8	7	7	27	27	31
15	18	West Brom	22	12	10	1.3	1.1	8	9	5	28	25	33
16	24	Sheffield Weds	22	12	10	0.5	2.0	0	7	15	12	43	7
17	5	Middlesbrough	21	12	9	1.3	0.8	10	6	5	28	17	36
18	14	Birmingham	21	12	9	1.7	1.0	10	8	3	35	20	38
19	15	Watford	22	13	9	1.4	1.0	10	7	5	30	23	37
20	19	Portsmouth	22	13	9	1.1	1.0	8	5	9	24	22	29
21	23	Oxford	22	13	9	0.9	1.2	6	8	8	20	26	26
22	8	Derby	22	14	8	1.4	1.1	10	6	6	30	25	36
23	20	Charlton	21	13	8	1.0	1.1	8	4	9	20	23	28
24	21	Blackburn	22	15	7	0.9	1.2	4	9	9	19	26	21

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Southampton	22	6	16	1.9	1.6	9	6	7	41	36	33
2	7	Hull	22	7	15	1.5	1.4	10	5	7	34	30	35
3	5	Middlesbrough	22	8	14	1.6	1.2	10	7	5	36	27	37
4	8	Derby	22	8	14	1.5	1.4	9	3	10	33	30	30
5	1	Coventry	22	9	13	1.9	1.2	10	7	5	42	26	37
6	22	Leicester	22	9	13	1.2	1.5	4	9	9	26	34	21
7	24	Sheffield Weds	21	9	12	0.7	1.9	1	5	15	14	40	8
8	9	Norwich	22	11	11	1.6	1.2	10	5	7	35	26	35
9	10	Swansea	22	11	11	1.0	1.4	7	3	12	22	31	24
10	15	Watford	22	11	11	1.0	1.5	4	8	10	22	33	20
11	23	Oxford	22	11	11	1.0	1.4	4	6	12	21	30	18
12	2	Millwall	22	12	10	1.4	1.0	11	7	4	30	23	40
13	12	QPR	22	12	10	1.0	1.5	6	7	9	21	33	25
14	14	Birmingham	22	12	10	0.8	1.5	5	4	13	17	33	19
15	18	West Brom	22	12	10	0.9	1.4	5	4	13	19	31	19
16	19	Portsmouth	22	12	10	1.0	1.8	5	7	10	21	40	22
17	21	Blackburn	22	12	10	0.9	1.3	8	4	10	20	28	28
18	3	Ipswich	20	11	9	1.6	1.4	8	5	7	33	27	29
19	6	Wrexham	22	13	9	1.2	1.1	9	7	6	27	25	34
20	11	Bristol City	22	13	9	1.1	1.2	8	7	7	25	26	31
21	13	Sheffield United	22	13	9	1.2	1.5	8	2	12	26	32	26
22	16	Preston	21	12	9	1.1	1.3	6	8	7	23	28	26
23	17	Stoke	22	15	7	0.8	1.2	6	4	12	17	26	22
24	20	Charlton	22	15	7	0.9	1.3	4	10	8	20	29	22

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.