Birmingham City v Preston North End

Championship Scores & Fixtures

Monday 1st April

Championship Table

On Monday 1st April

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Ipswich Town	40	26	9	5	84	51	33	87	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Leeds United	40	26	8	6	75	31	44	86	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
3 Leicester City	39	27	4	8	77	35	42	85	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
4 Southampton	38	22	8	8	76	51	25	74	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
5 West Bromwich Albion	40	19	11	10	62	39	23	68	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
6 Norwich City	40	19	7	14	72	58	14	64	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss
7 Coventry City	39	16	12	11	63	46	17	60	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss
8 Preston North End	39	17	8	14	52	55	-3	59	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
9 Middlesbrough	40	17	7	16	56	53	3	58	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
10 Hull City	39	16	10	13	54	51	3	58	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
11 Cardiff City	40	17	5	18	45	54	-9	56	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
12 Bristol City	40	15	8	17	44	45	-1	53	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win
13 Sunderland	40	15	6	19	51	50	1	51	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
14 Watford	40	12	14	14	57	55	2	50	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
15 Swansea City	40	12	11	17	49	60	-11	47	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
16 Queens Park Rangers	40	12	10	18	39	51	-12	46	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
17 Blackburn Rovers	40	12	9	19	56	66	-10	45	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
18 Stoke City	40	12	9	19	38	54	-16	45	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
19 Millwall	40	11	11	18	38	53	-15	44	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
20 Birmingham City	40	11	9	20	44	61	-17	42	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
21 Plymouth Argyle	40	10	11	19	55	65	-10	41	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
22 Huddersfield Town	40	8	16	16	44	65	-21	40	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
23 Sheffield Wednesday	40	11	6	23	31	64	-33	39	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
24 Rotherham United	40	4	11	25	32	81	-49	23	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win

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Key

Position 1, 2 : Promotion
Position 3, 4, 5, 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 1st April 2024 at 22:01

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home team, Birmingham City

Manager: Gary Rowett

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 21,
J. Ruddy
Number 3,
L. Buchanan
Number 5,
D. Sanderson , Captain
Number 44,
E. Aiwu
Number 2,
E. Laird , Yellow Card at 82 minutes
Number 6,
K. Bielik
Number 13,
Paik Seung-Ho , substituted for I. Šunjić at 92 minutes
Number 7,
J. Bacuna , substituted for G. Gardner at 92 minutes
Number 19,
J. James , substituted for A. Dozzell at 54 minutes
Number 11,
K. Miyoshi , substituted for K. Anderson at 81 minutes
Number 28,
J. Stansfield , substituted for S. Hogan at 81 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Birmingham City

Number 14,
K. Anderson
Number 17,
S. Dembélé
Number 16,
A. Dozzell
Number 12,
C. Drameh
Number 1,
N. Etheridge
Number 20,
G. Gardner
Number 9,
S. Hogan
Number 8,
T. Roberts
Number 34,
I. Šunjić

away team, Preston North End

Manager: Ryan Lowe

Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2

Number 1,
F. Woodman
Number 16,
A. Hughes
Number 6,
L. Lindsay
Number 26,
J. Whatmough
Number 11,
R. Brady , Captain
Number 35,
N. Mawéné , substituted for L. Millar at 63 minutes
Number 13,
A. McCann
Number 25,
D. Holmes , substituted for J. Seary at 92 minutes
Number 10,
M. Frøkjær-Jensen , substituted for B. Woodburn at 63 minutes
Number 19,
E. Riis , substituted for M. Osmajić at 74 minutes
Number 7,
W. Keane , Yellow Card at 41 minutes, substituted for L. Stewart at 74 minutes

away team, Preston North End

Number 33,
K. Best
Number 21,
D. Cornell
Number 3,
G. Cunningham
Number 23,
L. Millar
Number 28,
M. Osmajić
Number 36,
J. Seary
Number 17,
L. Stewart
Number 14,
J. Storey
Number 20,
B. Woodburn

Birmingham City
Preston North End

home team, Birmingham City

Manager: Gary Rowett

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 21,
J. Ruddy
Number 3,
L. Buchanan
Number 5,
D. Sanderson , Captain
Number 44,
E. Aiwu
Number 2,
E. Laird , Yellow Card at 82 minutes
Number 6,
K. Bielik
Number 13,
Paik Seung-Ho , substituted for I. Šunjić at 92 minutes
Number 7,
J. Bacuna , substituted for G. Gardner at 92 minutes
Number 19,
J. James , substituted for A. Dozzell at 54 minutes
Number 11,
K. Miyoshi , substituted for K. Anderson at 81 minutes
Number 28,
J. Stansfield , substituted for S. Hogan at 81 minutes

Substitutes

Number 14,
K. Anderson
Number 17,
S. Dembélé
Number 16,
A. Dozzell
Number 12,
C. Drameh
Number 1,
N. Etheridge
Number 20,
G. Gardner
Number 9,
S. Hogan
Number 8,
T. Roberts
Number 34,
I. Šunjić

Referee:: Oliver Langford
Assistant Referee 1:: Matthew McGowan
Assistant Referee 2:: Bhupinder Gill
Fourth Official:: Edward Duckworth

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Match Facts

Birmingham have lost three of their last four home league games against Preston (D1) since a 3-0 win in December 2018 under Garry Monk.
Preston North End are looking to complete a league double over Birmingham City for the first time since the 2019-20 campaign.
Birmingham have only won one of their last 11 league games played on Easter Monday (D3 L7), a 3-1 away win at Rotherham in April 2019.
Preston North End have won their last two league matches on Easter Monday, beating Swansea in 2021 and Reading in 2023.
Preston North End have lost 41 league matches on Easter Monday – in Football League history, only Bolton Wanderers have lost more (43).

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Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Match ends, Birmingham City 1, Preston North End 0.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 7
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Preston North End 0.
Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Attempt missed. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Attempt missed. Liam Millar (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Robert Brady.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Attempt blocked. Liam Millar (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Woodburn.
Substitutionat 90 minutes plus 2
Substitution, Preston North End. Josh Seary replaces Duane Holmes.
Substitutionat 90 minutes plus 2
Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Juninho Bacuna.
Substitutionat 90 minutes plus 2
Substitution, Birmingham City. Ivan Sunjic replaces Paik Seung-Ho.
Postat 90 minutes
Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
Postat 90 minutes
Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 87 minutes
Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Postat 87 minutes
Foul by Ben Woodburn (Preston North End).
Bookingat 82 minutes
Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
Postat 82 minutes
Hand ball by Ethan Laird (Birmingham City).
Substitutionat 81 minutes
Substitution, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson replaces Koji Miyoshi.
Substitutionat 81 minutes
Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Jay Stansfield.
Postat 80 minutes
Attempt saved. Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andre Dozzell with a through ball.
Postat 79 minutes
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Postat 79 minutes
Foul by Liam Lindsay (Preston North End).
Substitutionat 74 minutes
Substitution, Preston North End. Layton Stewart replaces Will Keane.

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