Preston North End vs Birmingham City 21/10/2025

Preston North End

Preston North End

Deepdale Stadium

21 Oct 2025, 20:45

0:1

Finished

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

10'

Michael Smith

B. Osayi-Samuel

12'

P. Neumann(Alex Cochrane)

Goal

33'

2ND HALF

B. Osayi-Samuel

Demarai Gray

54'

Lewis Koumas

M. Leonard

54'

T. Iwata

58'

63'

Alfie Devine

Andrija Vukcevic

M. Leonard

63'

63'

Thierry Small

Ali McCann

Tommy Doyle

Lyndon Dykes

70'

Keshi Anderson

E. Cashin

70'

72'

M. Osmajić

Daniel Jebbison

83'

Lewis Dobbin

A. Hughes

Jay Stansfield

A. Sampsted

85'

Keshi Anderson

92'

Seung-Ho Paik

95'

95'

Thierry Small

Match statistics

61%Possession39%

446Passes Attempted290

365Completed Passes212

9Corners3

26Throw-ins25

18Shots On Target9

Line-ups

Preston North End

Formation

3-5-2 C

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Lewis Jack

#19Gibson

Andrew

#16Hughes

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Harrison

#5Armstrong

Alistair Edward

#8McCann

Andrija

#3Vukcevic

Odeluga Joshua

#42Offiah

Michael

#24Smith

Daniel David

#9Jebbison

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
Lewis Gibson #19
A. Hughes #16	83'
Jordan Storey #14
Ben Whiteman #4
H. Armstrong #5
Ali McCann #8	63'
Andrija Vukcevic #3	63'
Oddel Offiah #42
Michael Smith #24	10'
Daniel Jebbison #9	72'

Will not play

Jamal

Jamal Piaras Lewis

Defender

Thigh injury

Return: Out for season

Callum Joseph

Callum Joseph Lang

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Early May 2026

Alistair Edward

Alistair Edward McCann

Midfielder

Ankle injury

Return: Early May 2026

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Preston North End

Formation

3-5-2 C

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Lewis Jack

#19Gibson

Andrew

#16Hughes

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Harrison

#5Armstrong

Alistair Edward

#8McCann

Andrija

#3Vukcevic

Odeluga Joshua

#42Offiah

Michael

#24Smith

Daniel David

#9Jebbison

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
Lewis Gibson #19
A. Hughes #16	83'
Jordan Storey #14
Ben Whiteman #4
H. Armstrong #5
Ali McCann #8	63'
Andrija Vukcevic #3	63'
Oddel Offiah #42
Michael Smith #24	10'
Daniel Jebbison #9	72'

Will not play

Jamal

Jamal Piaras Lewis

Defender

Thigh injury

Return: Out for season

Callum Joseph

Callum Joseph Lang

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Early May 2026

Alistair Edward

Alistair Edward McCann

Midfielder

Ankle injury

Return: Early May 2026

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Birmingham City

Formation

4-5-1

James

#25Beadle

Christoph

#4Klarer

Phil

#5Neumann

Alexander William

#20Cochrane

Bright

#26Osayi-Samuel

Thomas Glyn

#7Doyle

Tomoki

#24Iwata

Seung-Ho

#8Paik

Lewis

#30Koumas

Keshi Stuart Oluyinka Adetokunboh

#14Anderson

Jay

#28Stansfield

Starting XI

James Beadle #25
C. Klarer #4
P. Neumann #5	⚽33'
Alex Cochrane #20	🎯33'
B. Osayi-Samuel #26	54' 12'
Tommy Doyle #7	70'
T. Iwata #24	58'
Seung-Ho Paik #8	95'
Lewis Koumas #30	54'
Keshi Anderson #14	92' 70'
Jay Stansfield #28	85'

Will not play

Kyogo

Kyogo Furuhashi

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Out for season

Lee David

Lee David Buchanan

Defender

Manager

Birmingham City

Chris Davies

Head-to-head

27 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

11

Wins

6

Draws

10

Wins

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Championship2024 • 1 match

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2023 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2022 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Championship2021 • 2 matches

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2020 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	42	25	10	7	84:42	+42	85	LWWDD
2	Ipswich Town	41	21	12	8	71:42	+29	75	WDWWL
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	56:47	+9	73	LDWLD
4	Southampton	42	20	12	10	73:50	+23	72	WWWWW
5	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62:42	+20	72	DDLDL
6	Hull City	42	20	8	14	64:60	+4	68	LWDDL
7	Wrexham AFC	42	17	13	12	63:60	+3	64	LWDLL
8	Derby County	42	18	9	15	61:53	+8	63	WWLWL
9	Norwich City	42	17	7	18	55:50	+5	58	LWDWL
10	Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52:51	+1	58	DLWWD
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	58:63	-5	58	WWWDD
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	52:51	+1	57	WDLDL
13	Preston North End	42	14	15	13	50:53	-3	57	LWDDW
14	Swansea City	42	16	9	17	50:54	-4	57	LLDDW
15	Birmingham City	42	15	11	16	51:52	-1	56	DLLLW
16	Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49:46	+3	55	WLWLD
17	Sheffield Utd	42	16	6	20	59:59	0	54	DLDLW
18	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	39:51	-12	49	DLLDL
19	Portsmouth	42	12	12	18	43:57	-14	48	LDDWW
20	Blackburn Rovers	43	12	12	19	38:53	-15	48	DWDDL
21	West Brom	42	11	13	18	42:56	-14	46	WWDDD
22	Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41:54	-13	44	DLDDW
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	54:64	-10	41	LDDDL
24	Sheffield Wed	42	1	11	30	25:82	-57	-4	LLLDD

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Lewis Smith

Venue:

Deepdale Stadium

Capacity:

23 408

Preston North End vs Birmingham City match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Preston North End and Birmingham City. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.