Birmingham 1–0 Preston – England Championship, 1 Apr 2024

Match facts

Birmingham Preston

11 Shots 4

4 Shots on target 1

0 Corners 0

7 Fouls 9

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (466 league matches this season so far).

Result Birmingham to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.79

Expected goals 1.40 – 1.36

Home / Draw / Away

38% 26% 36%

BirminghamDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

48% 52%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

44% 56%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

18% 1

24% 2

22% 3

15% 4

15% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 12.1% 1–0 8.9% 0–1 8.6%

Statistics 2023/2024, before this match

Birmingham before this match, all matches

1.00points / match

1.10scored / match

1.56conceded / match

10 9 20

WonDrawnLost 39 played · 43:61

Preston before this match, all matches

1.55points / match

1.37scored / match

1.42conceded / match

17 8 13

WonDrawnLost 38 played · 52:54

Birmingham all matches all matches Preston

Per match

1.10 Goals scored 1.37

1.56 Goals conceded 1.42

2.67 Total goals 2.79

13.03 Shots 9.82

3.95 Shots on target 3.47

14.15 Shots faced 13.13

4.54 Corners 4.26

6.28 Corners against 5.50

12.72 Fouls 12.66

2.15 Yellow cards 2.29

0.49 1st-half goals scored 0.76

0.59 1st-half goals conceded 0.58

How often Full Time

26% Wins 45%

23% Draws 21%

51% Losses 34%

92% Over 0.5 goals 95%

72% Over 1.5 goals 84%

49% Over 2.5 goals 61%

31% Over 3.5 goals 24%

13% Over 4.5 goals 11%

8% Over 5.5 goals 5%

54% Both teams scored 58%

18% Clean sheets 24%

36% Failed to score 24%

How often Half Time

26% Wins 26%

44% Draws 55%

31% Losses 18%

67% Over 0.5 goals 63%

31% Over 1.5 goals 47%

10% Over 2.5 goals 18%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Birmingham all matches

2

L

1

W

2

1

W

1

3

L

3

4

L

1

D

1

L

1

L

1

L

1

2

L

Preston all matches

1

D

3

2

W

2

W

2

1

W

2

D

3

W

D

1

2

L

1

W

3

W

Birmingham before this match, at home

1.42points / match

1.37scored / match

1.26conceded / match

7 6 6

WonDrawnLost 19 played · 26:24

Preston before this match, away

1.39points / match

1.17scored / match

1.28conceded / match

7 4 7

WonDrawnLost 18 played · 21:23

Birmingham at home away Preston

Per match

1.37 Goals scored 1.17

1.26 Goals conceded 1.28

2.63 Total goals 2.44

13.05 Shots 8.67

3.79 Shots on target 2.94

12.47 Shots faced 12.50

5.11 Corners 3.28

5.95 Corners against 5.33

12.79 Fouls 12.50

1.84 Yellow cards 2.28

0.58 1st-half goals scored 0.72

0.68 1st-half goals conceded 0.61

How often Full Time

37% Wins 39%

32% Draws 22%

32% Losses 39%

84% Over 0.5 goals 94%

63% Over 1.5 goals 78%

53% Over 2.5 goals 44%

37% Over 3.5 goals 17%

16% Over 4.5 goals 6%

5% Over 5.5 goals 6%

58% Both teams scored 44%

26% Clean sheets 33%

32% Failed to score 28%

How often Half Time

26% Wins 28%

37% Draws 56%

37% Losses 17%

74% Over 0.5 goals 61%

37% Over 1.5 goals 50%

16% Over 2.5 goals 17%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Birmingham at home

D

2

3

L

1

3

L

D

2

D

1

W

2

1

W

3

4

L

1

L

1

L

Preston away

4

L

D

3

1

W

1

2

L

2

L

1

2

L

1

D

2

W

3

W

1

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Birmingham all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.03.24	QPR – Birmingham	2–1 (0–0)	2.00	3.60	3.60	2.05	1.75
16.03.24	Birmingham – Watford	0–1 (0–1)	2.45	3.25	3.00	1.93	1.93
12.03.24	Birmingham – Middlesbrough	0–1 (0–1)	2.80	3.60	2.40	1.80	2.00
09.03.24	Millwall – Birmingham	1–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.20	3.40	2.15	1.67
05.03.24	Hull – Birmingham	1–1 (1–0)	1.73	4.00	4.75	1.67	2.15
02.03.24	Birmingham – Southampton	3–4 (2–1)	4.00	3.80	1.85	1.62	2.25
24.02.24	Ipswich – Birmingham	3–1 (1–1)	1.55	4.33	5.50	1.60	2.30
17.02.24	Birmingham – Sunderland	2–1 (0–1)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.03	1.83
13.02.24	Birmingham – Blackburn	1–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.60	3.00	1.57	2.35
09.02.24	Sheffield Weds – Birmingham	2–0 (1–0)	2.25	3.30	3.25	2.03	1.83

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.03.24	Preston – Rotherham	3–0 (3–0)	1.53	4.20	6.00	2.05	1.75
16.03.24	Plymouth – Preston	0–1 (0–1)	2.50	3.25	2.88	1.98	1.88
09.03.24	Preston – Stoke	1–2 (0–0)	2.40	3.30	3.00	2.08	1.73
02.03.24	Preston – Hull	0–0 (0–0)	2.80	3.25	2.55	2.05	1.75
23.02.24	Coventry – Preston	0–3 (0–3)	1.73	3.50	4.75	2.00	1.85
17.02.24	Preston – Blackburn	2–2 (2–2)	2.45	3.25	3.00	1.93	1.93
14.02.24	Preston – Middlesbrough	2–1 (1–0)	3.25	3.40	2.20	2.05	1.75
10.02.24	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–2)	2.30	3.20	3.30	2.35	1.57
03.02.24	Preston – Ipswich	3–2 (3–0)	3.60	3.60	2.00	2.03	1.83
27.01.24	Millwall – Preston	1–1 (1–1)	2.20	3.10	3.60	2.40	1.53

Birmingham at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
16.03.24	Birmingham – Watford	0–1 (0–1)	2.45	3.25	3.00	1.93	1.93
12.03.24	Birmingham – Middlesbrough	0–1 (0–1)	2.80	3.60	2.40	1.80	2.00
02.03.24	Birmingham – Southampton	3–4 (2–1)	4.00	3.80	1.85	1.62	2.25
17.02.24	Birmingham – Sunderland	2–1 (0–1)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.03	1.83
13.02.24	Birmingham – Blackburn	1–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.60	3.00	1.57	2.35
13.01.24	Birmingham – Swansea	2–2 (1–1)	2.25	3.50	3.10	1.80	2.00
29.12.23	Birmingham – Bristol City	0–0 (0–0)	2.75	3.30	2.55	2.05	1.75
26.12.23	Birmingham – Stoke	1–3 (0–2)	2.60	3.30	2.75	2.05	1.75
18.12.23	Birmingham – Leicester	2–3 (1–2)	6.00	3.80	1.60	1.75	2.05
02.12.23	Birmingham – Rotherham	0–0 (0–0)	1.60	3.80	6.00	1.88	1.98

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
16.03.24	Plymouth – Preston	0–1 (0–1)	2.50	3.25	2.88	1.98	1.88
23.02.24	Coventry – Preston	0–3 (0–3)	1.73	3.50	4.75	2.00	1.85
10.02.24	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–2)	2.30	3.20	3.30	2.35	1.57
27.01.24	Millwall – Preston	1–1 (1–1)	2.20	3.10	3.60	2.40	1.53
21.01.24	Leeds – Preston	2–1 (1–1)	1.30	5.50	10.00	1.67	2.15
01.01.24	Sunderland – Preston	2–0 (2–0)	1.57	4.00	5.75	1.90	1.95
22.12.23	Swansea – Preston	2–1 (0–0)	2.05	3.50	3.50	2.05	1.75
12.12.23	Huddersfield – Preston	1–3 (0–2)	2.63	3.10	2.88	2.50	1.50
09.12.23	Norwich – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	4.00	1.90	1.95
28.11.23	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.67	3.60	5.50	2.00	1.85

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1 2 2

Birmingham winsDrawsPreston wins

5matches

1.80goals / match

40%over 2.5

60%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
19.09.23E1	Preston – Birmingham	2–1 (0–0)	2.38	3.10	3.30	2.30	1.62
21.01.23E1	Birmingham – Preston	1–2 (0–2)	2.40	3.10	3.20	2.63	1.50
03.09.22E1	Preston – Birmingham	0–1 (0–1)	1.66	3.60	5.75	2.20	1.66
15.01.22E1	Preston – Birmingham	1–1 (1–0)	1.90	3.60	4.00	2.20	1.66
25.09.21E1	Birmingham – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.20	4.00	2.30	1.61

England Championship table 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	39	27	4	8	77	35	+42	85
2	Ipswich	39	25	9	5	81	49	+32	84
3	Leeds	39	25	8	6	72	30	+42	83
4	Southampton	37	22	8	7	74	48	+26	74
5	West Brom	39	19	10	10	60	37	+23	67
6	Norwich	40	19	7	14	72	58	+14	64
7	Coventry	38	16	12	10	62	44	+18	60
8	Preston	38	17	8	13	52	54	-2	59
9	Hull	38	16	10	12	53	48	+5	58
10	Middlesbrough	39	16	7	16	54	53	+1	55
11	Cardiff	39	16	5	18	43	53	-10	53
12	Sunderland	39	15	6	18	50	45	+5	51
13	Bristol City	39	14	8	17	43	45	-2	50
14	Watford	39	12	13	14	55	53	+2	49
15	Swansea	39	12	11	16	49	59	-10	47
16	Millwall	39	11	11	17	37	51	-14	44
17	Stoke	39	12	8	19	37	53	-16	44
18	QPR	39	11	10	18	38	51	-13	43
19	Blackburn	39	11	9	19	51	65	-14	42
20	Plymouth	39	10	11	18	55	64	-9	41
21	Birmingham	39	10	9	20	43	61	-18	39
22	Huddersfield	39	8	15	16	43	64	-21	39
23	Sheffield Weds	39	11	6	22	31	62	-31	39
24	Rotherham	39	3	11	25	30	80	-50	20

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	19	15	4	0	41	12	+29	49
2	Ipswich	19	14	4	1	53	29	+24	46
3	Norwich	20	14	2	4	39	19	+20	44
4	Leicester	19	14	1	4	38	14	+24	43
5	West Brom	19	13	3	3	31	14	+17	42
6	Southampton	19	12	3	4	46	25	+21	39
7	Preston	20	10	4	6	31	31	0	34
8	Coventry	18	8	8	2	29	17	+12	32
9	Sunderland	19	10	1	8	29	22	+7	31
10	Bristol City	20	9	3	8	23	20	+3	30
11	Cardiff	20	9	3	8	23	24	-1	30
12	Plymouth	19	8	4	7	38	33	+5	28
13	Hull	20	7	7	6	27	22	+5	28
14	Birmingham	19	7	6	6	26	24	+2	27
15	Sheffield Weds	20	7	5	8	21	24	-3	26
16	Middlesbrough	19	7	4	8	20	21	-1	25
17	Swansea	19	6	5	8	22	26	-4	23
18	Blackburn	20	6	5	9	26	31	-5	23
19	Millwall	20	6	5	9	17	28	-11	23
20	Watford	20	5	7	8	31	28	+3	22
21	Huddersfield	20	5	7	8	24	31	-7	22
22	Stoke	19	6	4	9	14	24	-10	22
23	QPR	20	5	6	9	23	30	-7	21
24	Rotherham	19	3	7	9	17	24	-7	16

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	20	13	3	4	39	21	+18	42
2	Ipswich	20	11	5	4	28	20	+8	38
3	Southampton	18	10	5	3	28	23	+5	35
4	Leeds	20	10	4	6	31	18	+13	34
5	Middlesbrough	20	9	3	8	34	32	+2	30
6	Hull	18	9	3	6	26	26	0	30
7	Coventry	20	8	4	8	33	27	+6	28
8	Watford	19	7	6	6	24	25	-1	27
9	West Brom	20	6	7	7	29	23	+6	25
10	Preston	18	7	4	7	21	23	-2	25
11	Swansea	20	6	6	8	27	33	-6	24
12	Cardiff	19	7	2	10	20	29	-9	23
13	Stoke	20	6	4	10	23	29	-6	22
14	QPR	19	6	4	9	15	21	-6	22
15	Millwall	19	5	6	8	20	23	-3	21
16	Sunderland	20	5	5	10	21	23	-2	20
17	Bristol City	19	5	5	9	20	25	-5	20
18	Norwich	20	5	5	10	33	39	-6	20
19	Blackburn	19	5	4	10	25	34	-9	19
20	Huddersfield	19	3	8	8	19	33	-14	17
21	Plymouth	20	2	7	11	17	31	-14	13
22	Sheffield Weds	19	4	1	14	10	38	-28	13
23	Birmingham	20	3	3	14	17	37	-20	12
24	Rotherham	20	0	4	16	13	56	-43	4

Birmingham Preston

Under / Over goals 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Norwich	40	14	26	1.8	1.4	19	7	14	72	58	64
2	19	Blackburn	39	13	26	1.3	1.7	11	9	19	51	65	42
3	2	Ipswich	39	14	25	2.1	1.3	25	9	5	81	49	84
4	20	Plymouth	39	15	24	1.4	1.6	10	11	18	55	64	41
5	1	Leicester	39	16	23	2.0	0.9	27	4	8	77	35	85
6	4	Southampton	37	14	23	2.0	1.3	22	8	7	74	48	74
7	8	Preston	38	15	23	1.4	1.4	17	8	13	52	54	59
8	15	Swansea	39	16	23	1.3	1.5	12	11	16	49	59	47
9	7	Coventry	38	16	22	1.6	1.2	16	12	10	62	44	60
10	9	Hull	38	17	21	1.4	1.3	16	10	12	53	48	58
11	24	Rotherham	39	18	21	0.8	2.1	3	11	25	30	80	20
12	3	Leeds	39	19	20	1.8	0.8	25	8	6	72	30	83
13	10	Middlesbrough	39	19	20	1.4	1.4	16	7	16	54	53	55
14	12	Sunderland	39	19	20	1.3	1.2	15	6	18	50	45	51
15	14	Watford	39	19	20	1.4	1.4	12	13	14	55	53	49
16	21	Birmingham	39	20	19	1.1	1.6	10	9	20	43	61	39
17	22	Huddersfield	39	20	19	1.1	1.6	8	15	16	43	64	39
18	11	Cardiff	39	21	18	1.1	1.4	16	5	18	43	53	53
19	18	QPR	39	21	18	1.0	1.3	11	10	18	38	51	43
20	23	Sheffield Weds	39	21	18	0.8	1.6	11	6	22	31	62	39
21	5	West Brom	39	22	17	1.5	0.9	19	10	10	60	37	67
22	17	Stoke	39	23	16	0.9	1.4	12	8	19	37	53	44
23	13	Bristol City	39	24	15	1.1	1.2	14	8	17	43	45	50
24	16	Millwall	39	24	15	0.9	1.3	11	11	17	37	51	44

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	Ipswich	19	3	16	2.8	1.5	14	4	1	53	29	46
2	8	Preston	20	5	15	1.6	1.6	10	4	6	31	31	34
3	4	Southampton	19	5	14	2.4	1.3	12	3	4	46	25	39
4	20	Plymouth	19	5	14	2.0	1.7	8	4	7	38	33	28
5	3	Leeds	19	7	12	2.2	0.6	15	4	0	41	12	49
6	12	Sunderland	19	7	12	1.5	1.2	10	1	8	29	22	31
7	14	Watford	20	8	12	1.6	1.4	5	7	8	31	28	22
8	19	Blackburn	20	8	12	1.3	1.6	6	5	9	26	31	23
9	1	Leicester	19	8	11	2.0	0.7	14	1	4	38	14	43
10	6	Norwich	20	9	11	1.9	0.9	14	2	4	39	19	44
11	15	Swansea	19	8	11	1.2	1.4	6	5	8	22	26	23
12	18	QPR	20	9	11	1.1	1.5	5	6	9	23	30	21
13	22	Huddersfield	20	9	11	1.2	1.6	5	7	8	24	31	22
14	21	Birmingham	19	9	10	1.4	1.3	7	6	6	26	24	27
15	23	Sheffield Weds	20	11	9	1.1	1.2	7	5	8	21	24	26
16	7	Coventry	18	10	8	1.6	0.9	8	8	2	29	17	32
17	9	Hull	20	12	8	1.4	1.1	7	7	6	27	22	28
18	11	Cardiff	20	12	8	1.1	1.2	9	3	8	23	24	30
19	16	Millwall	20	12	8	0.8	1.4	6	5	9	17	28	23
20	5	West Brom	19	12	7	1.6	0.7	13	3	3	31	14	42
21	17	Stoke	19	12	7	0.7	1.3	6	4	9	14	24	22
22	24	Rotherham	19	12	7	0.9	1.3	3	7	9	17	24	16
23	10	Middlesbrough	19	13	6	1.1	1.1	7	4	8	20	21	25
24	13	Bristol City	20	14	6	1.1	1.0	9	3	8	23	20	30

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Norwich	20	5	15	1.6	1.9	5	5	10	33	39	20
2	7	Coventry	20	6	14	1.6	1.4	8	4	8	33	27	28
3	10	Middlesbrough	20	6	14	1.7	1.6	9	3	8	34	32	30
4	19	Blackburn	19	5	14	1.3	1.8	5	4	10	25	34	19
5	24	Rotherham	20	6	14	0.7	2.8	0	4	16	13	56	4
6	9	Hull	18	5	13	1.4	1.4	9	3	6	26	26	30
7	1	Leicester	20	8	12	1.9	1.1	13	3	4	39	21	42
8	15	Swansea	20	8	12	1.4	1.6	6	6	8	27	33	24
9	5	West Brom	20	10	10	1.4	1.1	6	7	7	29	23	25
10	11	Cardiff	19	9	10	1.1	1.5	7	2	10	20	29	23
11	20	Plymouth	20	10	10	0.8	1.6	2	7	11	17	31	13
12	2	Ipswich	20	11	9	1.4	1.0	11	5	4	28	20	38
13	4	Southampton	18	9	9	1.6	1.3	10	5	3	28	23	35
14	13	Bristol City	19	10	9	1.1	1.3	5	5	9	20	25	20
15	17	Stoke	20	11	9	1.1	1.4	6	4	10	23	29	22
16	21	Birmingham	20	11	9	0.8	1.9	3	3	14	17	37	12
17	23	Sheffield Weds	19	10	9	0.5	2.0	4	1	14	10	38	13
18	3	Leeds	20	12	8	1.6	0.9	10	4	6	31	18	34
19	8	Preston	18	10	8	1.2	1.3	7	4	7	21	23	25
20	12	Sunderland	20	12	8	1.1	1.1	5	5	10	21	23	20
21	14	Watford	19	11	8	1.3	1.3	7	6	6	24	25	27
22	22	Huddersfield	19	11	8	1.0	1.7	3	8	8	19	33	17
23	16	Millwall	19	12	7	1.1	1.2	5	6	8	20	23	21
24	18	QPR	19	12	7	0.8	1.1	6	4	9	15	21	22

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.