Birmingham City 0-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 20 January 2021

Result

Birmingham City 0-1 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 20 January 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 0-1 Preston North End: match report

Birmingham City lost to Preston North End 0-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 20 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Scott Sinclair of Preston North End in the 61st minute.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 26 points from 24 and Preston North End 13th on 32 points from 24. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Preston North End 13th with 61.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Iversen of Preston North End (7.5), level with Alan Browne (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 5 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · George FriendBirmingham City
  • 61'Goal · Scott SinclairPreston North End · 0-1
  • 90'Yellow card · G. GardnerBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 2, draws 3, Preston North End 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Patrick BauerPreston North End · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Neil Etheridge, Maxime Colin, Mikel San José, Harlee Dean, George Friend, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Ivan Šunjić, Iván Sánchez, Jon Toral, Jérémie Bela, Scott Hogan

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

Daniel Iversen, Alan Browne, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Ryan Ledson, Scott Sinclair, Jayson Molumby, Brad Potts, Emil Riis