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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 21 Oct 2025

Preston North End 0–1 Birmingham City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.1 – 1.1
Actual xG
1.4 – 0.8
Goals
0 – 1

Footybot saw it as open: Preston North End 35%, the draw 29%, Birmingham City 36%.

Birmingham City won although Preston North End made the better chances (1.4 xG to 0.8): a result the chances didn't back.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ben Whiteman, 67.5 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Ben Whiteman +25.8, James Beadle +16.8, Phil Neumann +12.5.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Preston North End

18 Oct 2025L 1–2at West Bromwich Albion Championship
4 Oct 2025W 2–0v Charlton Athletic Championship
30 Sep 2025D 2–2at Hull City Championship
27 Sep 2025D 0–0v Bristol City Championship
20 Sep 2025W 1–0at Derby County Championship

Birmingham City

18 Oct 2025L 2–3v Hull City Championship
3 Oct 2025D 1–1at Wrexham Championship
30 Sep 2025D 2–2v Sheffield Wednesday Championship
27 Sep 2025L 0–3at Coventry City Championship
20 Sep 2025W 1–0v Swansea City Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Preston North End

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Thierry Small Midfielder27000.0376.3–
Ben Whiteman Midfielder90000.0967.5+25.8
Jordan Storey Defender90000.0852.0+9.3
Lewis Gibson Defender9000–49.2+7.9
Odeluga Offiah Defender9000–47.8+10.1
Andrew Hughes Defender8300–46.3+8.0
Daniel Iversen Goalkeeper9000–44.8−7.4
Daniel Jebbison Forward72000.4544.5+4.7
Harrison Armstrong Midfielder9000–42.9−0.8
Michael Smith Forward90000.2340.7−1.4
Lewis Dobbin Forward16000.1640.2–
Ali McCann Midfielder63000.2338.1−3.2
Milutin Osmajić Forward1800–37.0–
Alfie Devine Midfielder27000.1236.9–
Andrija Vukčević Defender6300–35.2−3.5

Birmingham City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
James Beadle Goalkeeper9000–67.0+16.8
Christoph Klarer Defender9000–56.9+2.0
Phil Neumann Defender90100.3251.8+12.5
Eiran Cashin Defender2000–49.3–
Seung Ho Paik Midfielder9000–49.0+7.4
Alfons Sampsted Defender1400–48.3–
Jay Stansfield Midfielder85000.1042.1+4.7
Tommy Doyle Midfielder7000–40.7+1.5
Alex Cochrane Defender9001–39.9+9.3
Lewis Koumas Forward54000.1237.5+1.6
Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender5400–37.5+1.3
Marc Leonard Midfielder3600–35.8–
Keshi Anderson Midfielder70000.0335.5−2.7
Tomoki Iwata Midfielder90000.2234.2−5.4
Lyndon Dykes Forward2000–33.6–
Demarai Gray Midfielder36000.0532.5–