Birmingham City 2-1 Preston North End · Championship
Birmingham City beat Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Birmingham City and Preston North End met in the Championship at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park in Birmingham on Wednesday, 22 April 2026.
Goalscorers
Birmingham City: J. Stansfield 10'; I. Osman 16'. Preston North End: A. Hughes 25'.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 50% to 50%. Birmingham City had 18 shots with 5 on target, Preston North End 16 with 6 on target. There were 6 corners in total, 3 to Birmingham City and 3 to Preston North End. Birmingham City conceded 11 fouls, Preston North End 9. The referee showed 2 yellow cards (0 for Birmingham City, 2 for Preston North End).
Line-ups
Birmingham City started in a 4-2-3-1: James Beadle, Ethan Laird, Phil Neumann, Christoph Klarer, Kai Wagner, Tomoki Iwata, Seung Ho Paik, Carlos Vicente, Jay Stansfield, Ibrahim Osman, August Priske.
Preston North End started in a 3-5-2: Daniel Iversen, Odeluga Offiah, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Pol Valentín, Brad Potts, Jordan Thompson, Alfie Devine, Andrija Vukčević, Milutin Osmajić, Lewis Dobbin.
More from this competition: Championship fixtures, results and table.