Preston North End 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 14 February 2017

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Tuesday 14 February 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 2-1 Birmingham City: match report

Preston North End defeated Birmingham City 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 February 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Callum Robinson opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Callum Robinson (8') and Jordan Hugill (78'). Birmingham City scored through Ché Adams (47').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 9th on 46 points from 31 and Birmingham City 13th on 40 points from 31. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 53.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aiden McGeady of Preston North End (8.0), ahead of Tom Clarke (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Maikel KieftenbeldBirmingham City
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Kerim FreiBirmingham City
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 47'Goal · Ché AdamsBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Callum RobinsonPreston North End
  • 56'Yellow card · Craig GardnerBirmingham City
  • 58'Yellow card · Ché AdamsBirmingham City
  • 78'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 2-1
  • 80'Second yellow · Craig GardnerBirmingham City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Tyias Browning, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Daryl Horgan, Alan Browne, Ben Pearson, Aiden McGeady, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill

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

Tomasz Kuszczak, Emilio Nsue, Krystian Bielik, Jonathan Grounds, Cheick Keita, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Stephen Gleeson, Craig Gardner, Kerim Frei, Ché Adams, Lukas Jutkiewicz