Preston North End vs Birmingham City Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Preston North End

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Preston North End are hoping to win again following the 2-1 Championship success versus Plymouth Argyle.

In that game, Preston North End had 34% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Preston North End, the goalscorers were Duane Holmes (1') and Liam Millar (25'). At the other end, Plymouth Argyle got 18 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Ryan Hardie (61') scored for Plymouth Argyle.

Preston North End have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They have managed to rack up 10 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5. That being said, it remains to be seen whether that pattern might persist in this next match.

Coming into this fixture, Preston North End have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Birmingham City

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After being beaten in their last game against Watford in Championship competition, Birmingham City will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Birmingham City managed 33% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Watford had 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Mileta Rajovic (91') and Ryan Andrews (96') scored for Watford.

Over the course of their previous six outings, Birmingham City have bagged a total of 9 goals. Birmingham City have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. During that period, they’ve seen 5 goals go into their own net.

Going into this encounter, Birmingham City remain unbeaten by Preston North End when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 31/10/2020, neither club has come out on top overall with Preston North End winning 2 of those games, Birmingham City 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A combined sum of 10 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 for The Lilywhites and 5 being from The Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The last league clash between these clubs was Championship match day 28 on 21/01/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Birmingham City 1-2 Preston North End.

In that match, Birmingham City had 66% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Lukas Jutkiewicz (83').

At the other end, Preston North End got 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Ryan Ledson (10') and Alan Browne (15') scored.

The match was refereed by Rebecca Welch.

🗞️ Team News: Preston North End

There is just one fitness concern for the Preston North End boss Ryan Lowe to contend with from of an almost fully healthy group. Ched Evans (Unknown Injury) is sidelined.

ℹ️ Team News: Birmingham City

Out of a mainly available group of players, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the Birmingham City gaffer John Eustace to be concerned with. Alfie Chang (Knee Injury) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

In this game, Birmingham City have the ability to score against this Preston North End lineup, however that is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.

We can see both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Preston North End at the end of the match. There looks to be little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:36 15/09/2023