Preston vs Birmingham 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

Preston North End

31': Patrick Bauer

FT
1 - 1

Birmingham City

86': Scott Hogan

Introduction

Preston North End are hosting Birmingham City at Deepdale, Preston, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
31': Goal! Preston North End 1, Birmingham City 0. Patrick Bauer (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alan Browne following a corner.
45'+1': First Half ends, Preston North End 1, Birmingham City 0.
56': Teden Mengi (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
71': Substitution, Preston North End. Tom Barkhuizen replaces Brad Potts.
71': Substitution, Preston North End. Sean Maguire replaces Emil Riis Jakobsen.
72': Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ryan Woods replaces Ivan Sunjic.
83': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jobe Bellingham replaces Jérémie Bela.
83': Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Onel Hernández.
86': Goal! Preston North End 1, Birmingham City 1. Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ryan Woods with a cross.
87': Substitution, Preston North End. Scott Sinclair replaces Ched Evans.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Preston North End 1, Birmingham City 1.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Deepdale
Location: Preston, England
Attendance: 12,821

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Coventry City	9	19	0
+6	Middlesbrough	9	18	1
+5	Leicester City	9	16	1
+4	Preston North End	9	16	1

Full Table

Statistics

BIR		PNE
9	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
7	Corner Kicks	7
4	Saves	1
45.4	Possession	54.6
16	SHOTS	16
3	ON GOAL	5
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
206	Accurate Passes	257
296	Passes	361
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
6	Accurate Crosses	7
21	Crosses	20
0.3	Cross %	0.4
60	Long Balls	61
23	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.4	Long Balls %	0.3
9	Blocked Shots	8
12	Effective Tackles	11
15	Tackles	16
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
9	Interceptions	14
28	Effective Clearances	19
28	Clearances	19

Line-Ups

Preston North End (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
12	Daniel Iversen (GK)
5	Patrick Bauer
16	Andrew Hughes
2	Sepp van den Berg
4	Benjamin Whiteman
8	Alan Browne
11	Daniel Johnson
3	Greg Cunningham
44	Brad Potts
9	Ched Evans
19	Emil Riis Jakobsen

Substitutes:

Connor Ripley, Alistair McCann, Liam Lindsay, Joseph Rafferty, Tom Barkhuizen, Sean Maguire, Scott Sinclair.

Birmingham City (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Neil Etheridge (GK)
4	Marc Roberts
3	Kristian Pedersen
18	Teden Mengi
34	Ivan Sunjic
20	Gary Gardner
19	Jordan James
11	Jérémie Bela
2	Maxime Colin
10	Lukas Jutkiewicz
25	Onel Hernández

Substitutes:

Renedi Musampu, Connal Trueman, Scott Hogan, Ryan Woods, Remi Walker, Jobe Bellingham, Tate Campbell.

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