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# Birmingham 2-1 Preston

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 22 Apr 19:45
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 44
- **Venue:** St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 10' | Normal Goal | J. Stansfield (I. Osman) | Birmingham |
| 16' | Normal Goal | I. Osman | Birmingham |
| 25' | Normal Goal | A. Hughes | Preston |
| 37' | Substitution 1 | I. Osman (on for D. Gray) | Birmingham |
| 45+2' | Yellow Card | A. Vukcevic | Preston |
| 65' | Substitution 2 | E. Laird (on for B. Osayi-Samuel) | Birmingham |
| 65' | Substitution 1 | B. Potts (on for A. Moran) | Preston |
| 72' | Yellow Card | A. Moran | Preston |
| 72' | Substitution 3 | J. Stansfield (on for J. E. Solis Romero) | Birmingham |
| 73' | Substitution 2 | M. Osmajic (on for D. Jebbison) | Preston |
| 73' | Substitution 3 | P. Valentin (on for T. Small) | Preston |
| 78' | Substitution 4 | A. Vukcevic (on for R. Brady) | Preston |
| 84' | Substitution 5 | L. Dobbin (on for M. Smith) | Preston |

## Statistics

| Stat | Birmingham | Preston |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 5 | 6 |
| Shots off Goal | 3 | 7 |
| Total Shots | 18 | 16 |
| Blocked Shots | 10 | 3 |
| Shots insidebox | 11 | 11 |
| Shots outsidebox | 7 | 5 |
| Fouls | 11 | 9 |
| Corner Kicks | 3 | 3 |
| Offsides | 5 | 2 |
| Ball Possession | 51% | 49% |
| Yellow Cards | 0 | 2 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 4 | 3 |
| Total passes | 313 | 298 |
| Passes accurate | 207 | 181 |
| Passes % | 66% | 61% |
| expected_goals | 1.95 | 2.11 |
| goals_prevented | 0 | 0 |

## Birmingham Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** James Beadle (25), Ethan Laird (2), Phil Neumann (5), Christoph Klarer (4), Kai Wagner (31), Tomoki Iwata (24), Seung-Ho Paik (8), Carlos Vicente (23), Jay Stansfield (28), Ibrahim Osman (17), August Priske (29)

**Substitutes:** Demarai Gray (10), Bright Osayi-Samuel (26), Jhon Solís (14), Ryan Allsop (21), Jack Robinson (6), Alex Cochrane (20), Patrick Roberts (16), Tommy Doyle (7), Marvin Ducksch (33)


## Preston Lineup (3-5-2)

**Starting XI:** Daniel Iversen (1), Odeluga Offiah (42), Liam Lindsay (6), Andrew Hughes (16), Pol Valentín (2), Brad Potts (44), Jordan Thompson (15), Alfie Devine (21), Andrija Vukcevic (3), Milutin Osmajić (28), Lewis Dobbin (17)

**Substitutes:** Andrew Moran (23), Thierry Small (26), Daniel Jebbison (9), David Cornell (13), Jack Walton (12), Jordan Storey (14), Robbie Brady (11), Miloš Luković (22), Michael Smith (24)