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Birmingham vs Preston 4-0
- Liam Millar34'
- August Priske45+2'
- August Priske45+4'
- Demarai Gray76'
- Kick-off
- Tue, 13 Oct 2026 · 19:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
- Referee
- Sam Allison
Match timeline
- 84’Substitution
BirminghamMarvin Ducksch ONJay Stansfield OFF - 76’Goal!BirminghamDemarai GrayAssist: Max Bird4 – 0
- 75’SubstitutionBirminghamCarlos Vicente ONPatrick Roberts OFF
- 75’SubstitutionBirminghamTaylor·Gardner Hickman ONTomoki Iwata OFF
- 61’SubstitutionBirminghamMax Bird ONJhon Elmer Solís Romero OFF
- 61’SubstitutionBirminghamDemarai Gray ONLiam Millar OFF
- 61’Substitution
PrestonLewis Gibson ONAlfie Devine OFF - 56’Red cardPrestonStanley Mills
Show 7 earlier events
- 50’Yellow cardBirminghamLiam Millar
- 45+4’Goal!BirminghamAugust PriskeAssist: Jay Stansfield3 – 0
- 45+2’Goal!BirminghamAugust PriskeAssist: Alex Cochrane2 – 0
- 47’Yellow cardPrestonStanley Mills
- 45’SubstitutionPrestonAndrew Moran ONCallum Lang OFF
- 34’Goal!BirminghamLiam MillarAssist: Patrick Roberts1 – 0
- 24’SubstitutionPrestonDelano Burgzorg ONLiam Gibbs OFF
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
BirminghamPreston- 76%Possession24%
- 13Shots6
- 1.82xG0.52
- 5Shots on Target1
- 3Corners3
- 8Fouls12
- 3Offsides2
- 1Saves2
- 532Passes180
- 1Yellow Cards0
- 0Red Cards1
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Birmingham4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 1Beadle
- 26Osayi-Samuel
- 5Neumann
- 4Klarer
- 20Cochrane
- 24Iwata
- 14Solis
- 16Roberts
- 28Stansfield
- 17Millar
- 9Priske
Substitutions
- 61’↑18 M. Bird↓ Jhon Elmer Solís Romero
- 61’↑10 D. Gray↓17 L. Millar
- 75’↑7 Carlos Vicente↓16 P. Roberts
- 75’↑19 T. Gardner-Hickman↓24 T. Iwata
- 84’↑33 M. Ducksch↓28 J. Stansfield
Unused substitutes 21 R. Allsop, 23 D. Fry, 2 E. Laird, 32 L. Vázquez
Coach C. Davies
Preston4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 1Iversen
- 20Gibbs
- 14Storey
- 24Offiah
- 16Hughes
- 27Leroy
- 15Thompson
- 17Mills
- 7Devine
- 11Small
- 10Lang
Substitutions
- 24’↑37 D. Burgzorg↓20 L. Gibbs
- 45’↑23 A. Moran↓10 C. Lang
- 61’↑19 L. Gibson↓7 A. Devine
Unused substitutes 9 J. Erabi, 30 G. Gryba, 6 L. Lindsay, 21 L. Nicholls, 2 Pol Valentín, 3 A. Vukčević
Coach G. Alexander
Match facts
- Competition
- EFL Championship - English Second Tier
- Round
- Matchday 10
- Date
- Tue, 13 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 19:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
- Referee
- Sam Allison
- Birmingham coach
- C. Davies
- Preston coach
- G. Alexander
League table
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Swansea | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | +9 | 23 |
| 2 |  Middlesbrough | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +6 | 21 |
| 3 |  Birmingham | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | +6 | 17 |
| 4 |  West Brom | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 17 |
| 5 |  West Ham | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | +11 | 16 |
| 24 |  Preston | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
Match related news
Player ratings
- 1
A. Priske8.8 - 2
A. Cochrane8.5 - 3
L. Millar8.1 - 4
C. Klarer8.0 - 5
M. Bird7.9 - 6
P. Roberts7.7 - 7
J. Stansfield7.7 - 8
P. Neumann7.5 - 9
D. Gray7.4 - 10
B. Osayi-Samuel7.3 - 11
T. Gardner-Hickman6.9 - 12
J. Solis6.7 - 13
J. Beadle6.6 - 14
T. Iwata6.6 - 15
M. Ducksch6.5 - 16
Carlos Vicente6.4 - 17
L. Vázquez0.0 - 18
E. Laird0.0 - 19
D. Fry0.0 - 20
R. Allsop0.0
- 1
D. Burgzorg6.5 - 2
C. Lang6.5 - 3
J. Storey6.4 - 4
L. Gibbs6.2 - 5
A. Devine6.1 - 6
O. Offiah6.0 - 7
L. Leroy5.9 - 8
J. Thompson5.9 - 9
A. Moran5.8 - 10
D. Iversen5.8 - 11
L. Gibson5.7 - 12
T. Small5.5 - 13
A. Hughes5.2 - 14
S. Mills5.0 - 15
A. Vukčević0.0 - 16
J. Erabi0.0 - 17
G. Gryba0.0 - 18
L. Lindsay0.0 - 19
L. Nicholls0.0 - 20
Pol Valentín0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
A. Priske
Birmingham
- 2
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
Rated 8.8, the best on the pitch — 2 goals in 90 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Birmingham- W-D-L
- 2-2-1
- Scored / match
- 1.6
- Conceded / match
- 1.4
Preston- W-D-L
- 1-1-3
- Scored / match
- 1.0
- Conceded / match
- 1.4
Fan predictions
How the fans called it
- BirminghamResult0%
- Preston0%
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What happened
Match report
Birmingham beat Preston 4-0 at St. Andrew's Stadium, with the result settled before half-time and confirmed by a late fourth goal. Preston were reduced to 10 men on 56 minutes, and Birmingham added a fourth through a substitute.
Liam Millar opened the scoring for Birmingham in the 34th minute from Patrick Roberts' assist. August Priske made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, two minutes in, with Alex Cochrane providing the pass, then struck again two minutes later from Jay Stansfield's assist for his second of the match. Birmingham led 3-0 at the break.
Preston made a change on 45 minutes and Birmingham made two on 61 minutes, then the home side made two more on 75 minutes. Stanley Mills was booked on 47 minutes and sent off on 56, leaving Preston with little way back. Demarai Gray, who came on in the 61st minute, scored on 76 minutes from Max Bird's assist, with Bird also having come on on 61 minutes. Birmingham also replaced Jay Stansfield on 84 minutes.
Birmingham had 76% of the ball and 532 passes to Preston's 180, with 13 shots to 6 and 5 on target to 1. xG read 1.82 to 0.52, while both sides had 3 corners. Birmingham were caught offside 3 times to Preston's 2, and the visitors made 2 saves to Birmingham's 1. Birmingham committed 8 fouls to Preston's 12.
Liam Millar was booked on 50 minutes. Stanley Mills was booked on 47 minutes and then shown a red card on 56 minutes.
Match record
- Competition
- EFL Championship - English Second Tier
- Round
- Matchday 10
- Kick-off
- Venue
- St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
- Referee
- Sam Allison
- Match ID
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15 events
- 24’SubstitutionPrestonDelano Burgzorg ONLiam Gibbs OFF
- 34’Goal!BirminghamLiam MillarAssist: Patrick Roberts1 – 0
- 45’SubstitutionPrestonAndrew Moran ONCallum Lang OFF
- 45+2’Goal!BirminghamAugust PriskeAssist: Alex Cochrane2 – 0
- 47’Yellow cardPrestonStanley Mills
- 45+4’Goal!BirminghamAugust PriskeAssist: Jay Stansfield3 – 0
- 50’Yellow cardBirminghamLiam Millar
- 56’Red cardPrestonStanley Mills
- 61’SubstitutionBirminghamMax Bird ONJhon Elmer Solís Romero OFF
- 61’SubstitutionBirminghamDemarai Gray ONLiam Millar OFF
- 61’SubstitutionPrestonLewis Gibson ONAlfie Devine OFF
- 75’SubstitutionBirminghamCarlos Vicente ONPatrick Roberts OFF
- 75’SubstitutionBirminghamTaylor·Gardner Hickman ONTomoki Iwata OFF
- 76’Goal!BirminghamDemarai GrayAssist: Max Bird4 – 0
- 84’SubstitutionBirminghamMarvin Ducksch ONJay Stansfield OFF