Birmingham 4–0 Preston – England Championship, 13 Oct 2026

Match facts

Birmingham Preston

19 Shots 6

7 Shots on target 1

2.21 Expected goals (xG) 0.49

6 Corners 3

9 Fouls 13

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 1

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (113 league matches this season so far).

Result Birmingham to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.75

Expected goals 1.71 – 1.20

Home / Draw / Away

49% 24% 27%

BirminghamDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

44% 56%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

43% 57%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

16% 1

23% 2

22% 3

16% 4

17% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.2% 2–1 9.5% 1–0 9.3%

Statistics 2026/2027, before this match

Birmingham before this match, all matches

1.56points / match

1.44scored / match

1.22conceded / match

3 5 1

WonDrawnLost 9 played · 13:11

Preston before this match, all matches

0.44points / match

0.89scored / match

1.78conceded / match

1 1 7

WonDrawnLost 9 played · 8:16

Birmingham all matches all matches Preston

Per match

1.44 Goals scored 0.89

1.22 Goals conceded 1.78

2.67 Total goals 2.67

1.76 xG created 1.31

1.33 xG allowed 1.31

13.44 Shots 12.78

4.56 Shots on target 2.89

12.33 Shots faced 15.00

6.33 Corners 5.11

4.78 Corners against 5.22

12.44 Fouls 11.56

2.22 Yellow cards 2.22

0.67 1st-half goals scored 0.56

0.89 1st-half goals conceded 0.44

How often Full Time

33% Wins 11%

56% Draws 11%

11% Losses 78%

89% Over 0.5 goals 100%

78% Over 1.5 goals 67%

67% Over 2.5 goals 67%

33% Over 3.5 goals 33%

0% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

78% Both teams scored 67%

22% Clean sheets 0%

11% Failed to score 33%

How often Half Time

22% Wins 33%

44% Draws 33%

33% Losses 33%

89% Over 0.5 goals 67%

44% Over 1.5 goals 33%

11% Over 2.5 goals 0%

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

Birmingham all matches

1

D

2

D

2

1

W

1

D

2

D

1

2

L

2

1

W

2

D

1

W

Preston all matches

1

3

L

1

2

L

1

3

L

1

L

1

3

L

2

1

W

1

2

L

1

L

2

D

1

L

Birmingham before this match, at home

1.00points / match

1.75scored / match

1.75conceded / match

4

WonDrawnLost 4 played · 7:7

Preston before this match, away

0.25points / match

1.00scored / match

1.75conceded / match

1 3

WonDrawnLost 4 played · 4:7

Birmingham at home away Preston

Per match

1.75 Goals scored 1.00

1.75 Goals conceded 1.75

3.50 Total goals 2.75

1.54 xG created 1.45

1.76 xG allowed 1.39

13.50 Shots 13.25

4.00 Shots on target 3.25

13.00 Shots faced 18.75

5.75 Corners 3.25

3.75 Corners against 5.75

13.25 Fouls 13.75

2.25 Yellow cards 2.00

0.75 1st-half goals scored 0.75

1.25 1st-half goals conceded 0.50

How often Full Time

0% Wins 0%

100% Draws 25%

0% Losses 75%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

100% Over 1.5 goals 75%

75% Over 2.5 goals 75%

75% Over 3.5 goals 25%

0% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

100% Both teams scored 75%

0% Clean sheets 0%

0% Failed to score 25%

How often Half Time

0% Wins 50%

50% Draws 25%

50% Losses 25%

100% Over 0.5 goals 75%

50% Over 1.5 goals 50%

25% Over 2.5 goals 0%

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

Birmingham at home

1

W

1

D

1

L

2

W

2

1

W

2

1

W

2

D

1

D

2

D

2

D

Preston away

3

L

2

L

2

D

2

1

W

1

2

L

3

2

W

1

2

L

1

L

1

2

L

2

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Birmingham all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
10.10.26	West Brom – Birmingham	0–1 (0–1)	2.35	3.30	3.00	2.00	1.80
19.09.26	Birmingham – Middlesbrough	2–2 (0–1)	2.75	3.60	2.30	1.67	2.20
12.09.26	Derby – Birmingham	1–2 (1–1)	3.40	3.30	2.10	2.10	1.73
09.09.26	Norwich – Birmingham	2–1 (2–0)	1.86	3.50	3.90	1.80	2.00
06.09.26	Birmingham – Wolves	2–2 (2–2)	2.85	3.25	2.35	2.10	1.73
01.09.26	Birmingham – Southampton	1–1 (0–1)	2.50	3.30	2.57	1.80	2.00
28.08.26	Wrexham – Birmingham	1–2 (0–1)	2.15	3.40	3.30	2.00	1.80
22.08.26	Birmingham – Bristol City	2–2 (1–1)	1.71	3.75	4.33	1.80	2.00
15.08.26	Sheffield United – Birmingham	0–0 (0–0)	2.45	3.30	2.75	2.03	1.83
02.05.26	Portsmouth – Birmingham	1–1 (1–1)	2.35	3.50	2.70	1.80	2.00

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
10.10.26	Preston – Millwall	0–1 (0–0)	2.82	3.30	2.35	1.80	2.00
19.09.26	QPR – Preston	2–2 (0–2)	1.68	3.75	4.75	1.80	2.00
12.09.26	Preston – Lincoln	0–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.40	3.00	1.88	1.98
08.09.26	Watford – Preston	2–1 (0–1)	2.05	3.40	3.40	1.93	1.93
05.09.26	Preston – Blackburn	2–1 (2–0)	2.30	3.25	3.00	2.00	1.85
01.09.26	Preston – Bristol City	1–3 (0–1)	2.82	3.40	2.32	1.93	1.93
29.08.26	Charlton – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.30	3.60	2.10	1.73
22.08.26	Preston – Wolves	1–3 (0–1)	4.20	3.40	1.81	1.80	2.00
15.08.26	Bolton – Preston	2–1 (2–0)	2.15	3.30	3.30	2.00	1.85
02.05.26	Preston – Southampton	1–3 (0–1)	3.10	4.00	2.01	1.57	2.38

Birmingham at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
19.09.26	Birmingham – Middlesbrough	2–2 (0–1)	2.75	3.60	2.30	1.67	2.20
06.09.26	Birmingham – Wolves	2–2 (2–2)	2.85	3.25	2.35	2.10	1.73
01.09.26	Birmingham – Southampton	1–1 (0–1)	2.50	3.30	2.57	1.80	2.00
22.08.26	Birmingham – Bristol City	2–2 (1–1)	1.71	3.75	4.33	1.80	2.00
25.04.26	Birmingham – Bristol City	2–1 (2–0)	1.68	3.80	4.75	1.80	2.00
22.04.26	Birmingham – Preston	2–1 (2–1)	1.57	3.50	4.75	1.93	1.93
12.04.26	Birmingham – Wrexham	2–0 (0–0)	2.01	3.50	3.50	1.80	2.00
03.04.26	Birmingham – Blackburn	0–1 (0–0)	1.81	3.30	4.50	2.20	1.67
14.03.26	Birmingham – Sheffield United	1–1 (1–1)	2.01	3.50	3.50	1.91	1.91
11.03.26	Birmingham – QPR	1–0 (1–0)	1.68	3.75	4.50	2.00	1.85

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
19.09.26	QPR – Preston	2–2 (0–2)	1.68	3.75	4.75	1.80	2.00
08.09.26	Watford – Preston	2–1 (0–1)	2.05	3.40	3.40	1.93	1.93
29.08.26	Charlton – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.30	3.60	2.10	1.73
15.08.26	Bolton – Preston	2–1 (2–0)	2.15	3.30	3.30	2.00	1.85
25.04.26	Sheffield United – Preston	2–3 (0–2)	1.57	4.50	4.33	1.67	2.20
22.04.26	Birmingham – Preston	2–1 (2–1)	1.57	3.50	4.75	1.93	1.93
11.04.26	Charlton – Preston	1–2 (1–1)	2.05	3.30	3.50	2.10	1.73
03.04.26	Leicester – Preston	2–2 (1–2)	1.81	3.60	4.10	1.95	1.90
14.03.26	Norwich – Preston	2–0 (2–0)	1.62	4.00	4.75	1.85	2.00
11.03.26	Coventry – Preston	3–0 (2–0)	1.42	4.75	6.00	1.57	2.38

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

4 2 2

Birmingham winsDrawsPreston wins

8matches

1.75goals / match

38%over 2.5

50%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
22.04.26E1	Birmingham – Preston	2–1 (2–1)	1.57	3.50	4.75	1.93	1.93
21.10.25E1	Preston – Birmingham	0–1 (0–1)	2.82	3.05	2.45	2.20	1.67
01.04.24E1	Birmingham – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	3.10	2.08	1.73
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 2026/2027, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Swansea	10	7	2	1	16	7	+9	23
2	Middlesbrough	9	5	3	1	17	12	+5	18
3	Southampton	9	5	2	2	20	10	+10	17
4	West Brom	10	5	2	3	12	10	+2	17
5	West Ham	9	4	4	1	23	12	+11	16
6	Stoke	9	5	1	3	15	13	+2	16
7	Blackburn	10	4	3	3	15	13	+2	15
8	QPR	9	3	5	1	11	8	+3	14
9	Wolves	9	4	2	3	16	14	+2	14
10	Birmingham	9	3	5	1	13	11	+2	14
11	Millwall	10	4	2	4	16	16	0	14
12	Bristol City	10	4	2	4	12	14	-2	14
13	Charlton	10	3	5	2	10	13	-3	14
14	Bolton	10	4	1	5	15	18	-3	13
15	Sheffield United	9	3	3	3	12	11	+1	12
16	Wrexham	10	2	5	3	11	15	-4	11
17	Lincoln	9	3	2	4	7	11	-4	11
18	Cardiff	10	2	4	4	16	15	+1	10
19	Norwich	9	3	0	6	17	19	-2	9
20	Portsmouth	8	2	2	4	9	11	-2	8
21	Burnley	10	1	5	4	15	19	-4	8
22	Watford	10	2	2	6	8	19	-11	8
23	Derby	9	1	3	5	8	15	-7	6
24	Preston	9	1	1	7	8	16	-8	4

Promotion to Premier League
Play-off semi-finals
Play-off quarter-finals
Relegation to League One

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton	5	5	0	0	16	4	+12	15
2	Middlesbrough	5	4	1	0	12	7	+5	13
3	Swansea	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5	11
4	West Ham	5	3	1	1	15	5	+10	10
5	Cardiff	5	2	3	0	12	6	+6	9
6	Stoke	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	9
7	Blackburn	5	3	0	2	9	7	+2	9
8	Charlton	5	2	3	0	4	2	+2	9
9	West Brom	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	8
10	Millwall	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	7
11	Wolves	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7
12	Sheffield United	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7
13	Watford	5	2	1	2	6	9	-3	7
14	Norwich	4	2	0	2	10	8	+2	6
15	Bolton	5	2	0	3	6	7	-1	6
16	Bristol City	5	2	0	3	3	5	-2	6
17	QPR	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
18	Wrexham	5	1	2	2	6	7	-1	5
19	Birmingham	4	0	4	0	7	7	0	4
20	Burnley	5	0	4	1	7	8	-1	4
21	Portsmouth	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	4
22	Preston	5	1	0	4	4	9	-5	3
23	Lincoln	4	0	2	2	3	6	-3	2
24	Derby	5	0	2	3	4	9	-5	2

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Swansea	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12
2	Birmingham	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2	10
3	QPR	5	2	3	0	7	4	+3	9
4	West Brom	5	3	0	2	6	6	0	9
5	Lincoln	5	3	0	2	4	5	-1	9
6	Bristol City	5	2	2	1	9	9	0	8
7	Wolves	5	2	1	2	8	8	0	7
8	Bolton	5	2	1	2	9	11	-2	7
9	Millwall	5	2	1	2	7	10	-3	7
10	Stoke	5	2	1	2	7	10	-3	7
11	West Ham	4	1	3	0	8	7	+1	6
12	Blackburn	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
13	Wrexham	5	1	3	1	5	8	-3	6
14	Middlesbrough	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
15	Sheffield United	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
16	Charlton	5	1	2	2	6	11	-5	5
17	Portsmouth	4	1	1	2	4	4	0	4
18	Derby	4	1	1	2	4	6	-2	4
19	Burnley	5	1	1	3	8	11	-3	4
20	Norwich	5	1	0	4	7	11	-4	3
21	Southampton	4	0	2	2	4	6	-2	2
22	Preston	4	0	1	3	4	7	-3	1
23	Cardiff	5	0	1	4	4	9	-5	1
24	Watford	5	0	1	4	2	10	-8	1

Birmingham Preston

Under / Over goals 2026/2027, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	7	Blackburn	10	2	8	1.5	1.3	4	3	3	15	13	15
2	19	Norwich	9	1	8	1.9	2.1	3	0	6	17	19	9
3	5	West Ham	9	2	7	2.6	1.3	4	4	1	23	12	16
4	6	Stoke	9	2	7	1.7	1.4	5	1	3	15	13	16
5	11	Millwall	10	3	7	1.6	1.6	4	2	4	16	16	14
6	14	Bolton	10	3	7	1.5	1.8	4	1	5	15	18	13
7	21	Burnley	10	3	7	1.5	1.9	1	5	4	15	19	8
8	1	Swansea	10	4	6	1.6	0.7	7	2	1	16	7	23
9	2	Middlesbrough	9	3	6	1.9	1.3	5	3	1	17	12	18
10	3	Southampton	9	3	6	2.2	1.1	5	2	2	20	10	17
11	9	Wolves	9	3	6	1.8	1.6	4	2	3	16	14	14
12	10	Birmingham	9	3	6	1.4	1.2	3	5	1	13	11	14
13	15	Sheffield United	9	3	6	1.3	1.2	3	3	3	12	11	12
14	18	Cardiff	10	4	6	1.6	1.5	2	4	4	16	15	10
15	24	Preston	9	3	6	0.9	1.8	1	1	7	8	16	4
16	12	Bristol City	10	5	5	1.2	1.4	4	2	4	12	14	14
17	13	Charlton	10	5	5	1.0	1.3	3	5	2	10	13	14
18	16	Wrexham	10	5	5	1.1	1.5	2	5	3	11	15	11
19	22	Watford	10	5	5	0.8	1.9	2	2	6	8	19	8
20	23	Derby	9	4	5	0.9	1.7	1	3	5	8	15	6
21	4	West Brom	10	6	4	1.2	1.0	5	2	3	12	10	17
22	8	QPR	9	5	4	1.2	0.9	3	5	1	11	8	14
23	17	Lincoln	9	5	4	0.8	1.2	3	2	4	7	11	11
24	20	Portsmouth	8	4	4	1.1	1.4	2	2	4	9	11	8

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	7	Blackburn	5	0	5	1.8	1.4	3	0	2	9	7	9
2	2	Middlesbrough	5	1	4	2.4	1.4	4	1	0	12	7	13
3	3	Southampton	5	1	4	3.2	0.8	5	0	0	16	4	15
4	5	West Ham	5	1	4	3.0	1.0	3	1	1	15	5	10
5	11	Millwall	5	1	4	1.8	1.2	2	1	2	9	6	7
6	19	Norwich	4	0	4	2.5	2.0	2	0	2	10	8	6
7	22	Watford	5	1	4	1.2	1.8	2	1	2	6	9	7
8	6	Stoke	4	1	3	2.0	0.8	3	0	1	8	3	9
9	9	Wolves	4	1	3	2.0	1.5	2	1	1	8	6	7
10	10	Birmingham	4	1	3	1.8	1.8	0	4	0	7	7	4
11	14	Bolton	5	2	3	1.2	1.4	2	0	3	6	7	6
12	15	Sheffield United	5	2	3	1.4	1.2	2	1	2	7	6	7
13	16	Wrexham	5	2	3	1.2	1.4	1	2	2	6	7	5
14	18	Cardiff	5	2	3	2.4	1.2	2	3	0	12	6	9
15	21	Burnley	5	2	3	1.4	1.6	0	4	1	7	8	4
16	23	Derby	5	2	3	0.8	1.8	0	2	3	4	9	2
17	24	Preston	5	2	3	0.8	1.8	1	0	4	4	9	3
18	1	Swansea	5	3	2	1.4	0.4	3	2	0	7	2	11
19	8	QPR	4	2	2	1.0	1.0	1	2	1	4	4	5
20	17	Lincoln	4	2	2	0.8	1.5	0	2	2	3	6	2
21	20	Portsmouth	4	2	2	1.2	1.8	1	1	2	5	7	4
22	4	West Brom	5	4	1	1.2	0.8	2	2	1	6	4	8
23	12	Bristol City	5	4	1	0.6	1.0	2	0	3	3	5	6
24	13	Charlton	5	4	1	0.8	0.4	2	3	0	4	2	9

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Swansea	5	1	4	1.8	1.0	4	0	1	9	5	12
2	6	Stoke	5	1	4	1.4	2.0	2	1	2	7	10	7
3	12	Bristol City	5	1	4	1.8	1.8	2	2	1	9	9	8
4	13	Charlton	5	1	4	1.2	2.2	1	2	2	6	11	5
5	14	Bolton	5	1	4	1.8	2.2	2	1	2	9	11	7
6	19	Norwich	5	1	4	1.4	2.2	1	0	4	7	11	3
7	21	Burnley	5	1	4	1.6	2.2	1	1	3	8	11	4
8	4	West Brom	5	2	3	1.2	1.2	3	0	2	6	6	9
9	5	West Ham	4	1	3	2.0	1.8	1	3	0	8	7	6
10	7	Blackburn	5	2	3	1.2	1.2	1	3	1	6	6	6
11	9	Wolves	5	2	3	1.6	1.6	2	1	2	8	8	7
12	10	Birmingham	5	2	3	1.2	0.8	3	1	1	6	4	10
13	11	Millwall	5	2	3	1.4	2.0	2	1	2	7	10	7
14	15	Sheffield United	4	1	3	1.2	1.2	1	2	1	5	5	5
15	18	Cardiff	5	2	3	0.8	1.8	0	1	4	4	9	1
16	24	Preston	4	1	3	1.0	1.8	0	1	3	4	7	1
17	2	Middlesbrough	4	2	2	1.2	1.2	1	2	1	5	5	5
18	3	Southampton	4	2	2	1.0	1.5	0	2	2	4	6	2
19	8	QPR	5	3	2	1.4	0.8	2	3	0	7	4	9
20	16	Wrexham	5	3	2	1.0	1.6	1	3	1	5	8	6
21	17	Lincoln	5	3	2	0.8	1.0	3	0	2	4	5	9
22	20	Portsmouth	4	2	2	1.0	1.0	1	1	2	4	4	4
23	23	Derby	4	2	2	1.0	1.5	1	1	2	4	6	4
24	22	Watford	5	4	1	0.4	2.0	0	1	4	2	10	1

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.