In a weekend match in week 28, on Saturday Jan 21st, Birmingham City will play host to Preston North End in a Championship match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Birmingham City sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Forest Green Rovers. Ben Stevenson struck first for Forest Green Rovers in the 8th minute, but Lukas Jutkiewicz got the equalizer for Birmingham City in the 50th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 65th minute on a goal by Kevin Long to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while preston North End is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Norwich City. Teemu Pukki struck first for Norwich City in the 13th minute, then Kieran Dowell added another in the 16th minute In the end, Preston North End was frustrated by Norwich City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Norwich City ended the match with the shutout victory. Preston North End is looking for direction having 5 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Deepdale, Birmingham City took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Maxime Colin struck first for Birmingham City in the 16th minute on a feed from Jordan Graham, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Preston North End couldn’t manage to score, and Birmingham City took the shutout win.
Preston North End hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Greg Cunningham and Ched Evans, and they each have 1 goal. Tahith Chong and Reda Khadra are the top scorers for Birmingham City in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.