BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham City defeats Preston North End 1-0 after J. Stansfield scored just 1 goal (68′).
The match was played at the St. Andrew’s Stadium stadium in Birmingham on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 24,511 spectators. The referee was Oliver Langford with the collaboration of Craig Taylor and Bhupinder Gill. The 4th official was Edward Duckworth. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.18 degrees Celsius or 52.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 11 Total 4
- 4 On Target 1
- 4 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 78 Attack 106
- 31 Dangerous attack 39
- 89 Ball safe 93
- 0 Penalties 0
- 0 Corners 0
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Birmingham City was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Preston North End that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Preston North End was more pushing with 39 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Birmingham City was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Birmingham City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Preston North End shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Birmingham City received 1 yellow card (Ethan Laird). On the other side, Preston North End received 1 yellow card (Will Keane).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Birmingham City has 42 points to sit in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Preston North End will stays with 59 points to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Birmingham City will play away against Leicester City on the 6th of April with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Leicester City (3 draws).
Preston North End will play away against Watford on the 6th of April with a 5-5 head to head.
Birmingham City – Formation
Birmingham City
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Birmingham City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Tony Mowbray decided to play with the following team: John Ruddy , Ethan Laird , Emanuel Aiwu , Dion Sanderson , Lee Buchanan , Paik Seung-Ho , Krystian Bielik , Koji Miyoshi , J. James , J. Bacuna and J. Stansfield .
The home team had on the bench: Cody Drameh, N. Etheridge, Tyler Roberts, Scott Hogan , Keshi Anderson , Andre Dozzell , Siriki Dembélé, G. Gardner and Ivan Šunjić.
Substitutions
Birmingham City made 5 changes: J. James for Andre Dozzell (54′), Paik Seung-Ho for Ivan Šunjić (90′), J. Bacuna for G. Gardner (90′), Koji Miyoshi for Keshi Anderson (81′) and J. Stansfield for Scott Hogan (81′).
Player of the match: Koji Miyoshi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was Koji Miyoshi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 32 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Preston North End – Formation
Preston North End
Preston North End started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Ryan Lowe played with: Alan Browne , Freddie Woodman , Jack Whatmough , Liam Lindsay , Andrew Hughes , Duane Holmes , Ali McCann , N. Mawene , Robbie Brady , Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen and Will Keane , Emil Riis .
These were the players on the bench: Jordan Storey, Greg Cunningham, Layton Stewart , Ben Woodburn , David Cornell, L. Millar , Milutin Osmajic , K. Best and J. Seary.
Substitutions
Preston North End made 5 changes: N. Mawene for L. Millar (63′), Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen for Ben Woodburn (63′), Duane Holmes for J. Seary (90′), Emil Riis for Milutin Osmajic (74′) and Will Keane for Layton Stewart (74′).
Player of the match: Robbie Brady
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Preston North End was Robbie Brady.
His rating is with 33 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 19. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Watford – 2-2
- Swansea City – Queens Park Rangers – 0-1
- Sunderland – Blackburn Rovers – 1-5
- Stoke City – Huddersfield Town – 1-1
- Rotherham United – Millwall – 2-1
- Plymouth Argyle – Bristol City – 0-1
- Middlesbrough – Sheffield Wednesday – 2-0
- Leicester City – Norwich City – 3-1
- Leeds United – Hull City – 3-1
- Ipswich Town – Southampton – 3-2
- Coventry City – Cardiff City – 1-2
- Birmingham City – Preston North End – 1-0
