Preston North End 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 July 2020
Result
Preston North End 2-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 18 July 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Preston North End 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Preston North End defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 18 July 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Patrick Bauer opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Patrick Bauer (43') and Brad Potts (87'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 9th on 62 points from 44 and Birmingham City 20th on 50 points from 44. Preston North End went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 50.
Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick Bauer of Preston North End (8.2), level with Jordan Storey (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Preston North End wins, 4 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Josh Harrop
- 28'Yellow card · Ivan Sunjic
- 43'Goal · Patrick Bauer
- 52'Yellow card · Paul Gallagher
- 67'Yellow card · Jude Bellingham
- 87'Goal · Brad Potts
Head-to-head
Team news
Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)
Declan Rudd, Joe Rafferty, Patrick Bauer, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Ryan Ledson, Paul Gallagher, Brad Potts, Daniel Johnson, Josh Harrop, Jayden Stockley
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Lee Camp, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Dan Crowley, Ivan Šunjić, Jude Bellingham, Gary Gardner, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Scott Hogan