Football
Preston North End vs Birmingham City. Sky Bet Championship.
7:45pm, Tuesday 19th September 2023.
DeepdaleAttendance: Attendance15,838.
Match ends, Preston North End 2, Birmingham City 1.
Second Half ends, Preston North End 2, Birmingham City 1.
Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Drameh.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Krystian Bielik.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Oliver Burke because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury Oliver Burke (Birmingham City).
Delay in match because of an injury Liam Millar (Preston North End).
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by John Ruddy.
Attempt saved. Duane Holmes (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
Offside, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan is caught offside.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Keshi Anderson.
Substitution, Preston North End. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen replaces Milutin Osmajic because of an injury.
Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Millar (Preston North End).
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Kevin Long.
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna replaces Ivan Sunjic.
Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Preston North End. Benjamin Whiteman replaces Ryan Ledson.
Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Preston North End 2, Birmingham City 1. Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Browne with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Keshi Anderson.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jordan Storey.
Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Robert Brady (Preston North End).
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Robert Brady.
Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Duane Holmes (Preston North End).
Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Ledson (Preston North End).
Jordan Storey (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End).
Offside, Birmingham City. Jay Stansfield is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Preston North End. Andrew Hughes replaces Jack Whatmough.
Substitution, Preston North End. Robert Brady replaces Ali McCann.
Own Goal by Krystian Bielik, Birmingham City. Preston North End 1, Birmingham City 1.
Hand ball by Kevin Long (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
Jack Whatmough (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jack Whatmough (Preston North End).
Goal! Preston North End 0, Birmingham City 1. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner.
Second Half begins Preston North End 0, Birmingham City 0.
First Half ends, Preston North End 0, Birmingham City 0.
Foul by Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City).
Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay in match because of an injury Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
Offside, Birmingham City. Oliver Burke is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Alan Browne (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Ledson (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Storey with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Alan Browne with a cross.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
Attempt blocked. Alan Browne (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Duane Holmes with a cross.
Ryan Ledson (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Oliver Burke (Birmingham City).
Liam Millar (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Liam Millar (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dion Sanderson.
Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Duane Holmes.
Attempt blocked. Ali McCann (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Cody Drameh (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
Attempt missed. Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Oliver Burke following a set piece situation.
Emmanuel Longelo (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jordan Storey (Preston North End).
Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ali McCann (Preston North End).
Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Attempt missed. Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi with a cross following a set piece situation.
Ryan Ledson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alan Browne with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Kevin Long (Birmingham City).
Duane Holmes (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City).
Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
Cody Drameh (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
