Preston North End 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 15 December 2015
Result
Preston North End 1-1 Birmingham City
Championship · Tuesday 15 December 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Preston North End 1-1 Birmingham City: match report
Preston North End drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 15 December 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Adam Reach opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Adam Reach (19'). Birmingham City scored through Michael Morrison (67').
Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 16th on 24 points from 20 and Birmingham City 11th on 28 points from 20. Preston North End went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 62.
Preston North End lined up in a 5-3-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephen Gleeson of Birmingham City (7.9), ahead of Michael Morrison (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 0 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Adam Reach
- 51'Yellow card · Paul Gallagher
- 66'Yellow card · N. Eardley
- 67'Goal · Michael Morrison
- 81'Yellow card · Greg Cunningham
- 81'Yellow card · James Vaughan
- 83'Yellow card · Maikel Kieftenbeld
Head-to-head
Team news
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Preston North End expected line-up (5-3-2)
Iain Turner, Billy Jones, Craig Morgan, Bongani Khumalo, Ian Ashbee, Keith Treacy, Iain Edward Hume, Eddie Johnson, Chris Brown, Barry Nicholson, Darren Carter
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Neal Eardley, Michael Morrison, Jonathan Spector, Jonathan Grounds, Stephen Gleeson, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Jacques Maghoma, Andrew Shinnie, Demarai Gray, James Vaughan