Birmingham City 2-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 27 September 2016

Result

Birmingham City 2-2 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 27 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Birmingham City 2-2 Preston North End: match report

Birmingham City drew with Preston North End 2-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 27 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.

A. Baptiste opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Ryan Shotton (30') and Ché Adams (68'). Preston North End scored through A. Baptiste (19') and Daniel Johnson (35').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 5th on 16 points from 9 and Preston North End 17th on 10 points from 9. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Baptiste of Preston North End (8.0), ahead of Ryan Shotton (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 2 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · A. BaptistePreston North End · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Ryan ShottonBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 35'Goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-2
  • 43'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 68'Goal · Ché AdamsBirmingham City · 2-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Jacques MaghomaBirmingham City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 2, Preston North End 3.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-1-4-1)

A. Legzdiņš, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Greg Stewart, Reece Brown, Jacques Maghoma, David Cotterill, Lukas Jutkiewicz

Preston North End line-up (5-3-2)

Chris Maxwell, Chris Humphrey, Alex Baptiste, Tom Clarke, Bailey Wright, G. Cunningham, Ben Pearson, John Welsh, Daniel Johnson, Jordan Hugill, Callum Robinson