Week 27 brings us a match on Jan 15th, where Preston North End plays host to Birmingham City in a meeting of these two closely matched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Preston North End sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Cardiff City. Davies struck first for Cardiff City in the 42nd minute on a feed from Marlon Pack, but Daniel Johnson got the equalizer for Preston North End in the 54th minute. Preston North End is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while birmingham City is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Plymouth Argyle. Ryan Law scored the first goal for Plymouth Argyle in the 104th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Birmingham City was frustrated by Plymouth Argyle’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Plymouth Argyle ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On Saturday Sep 25th, Birmingham City hosted Preston North End in their last match together. Birmingham City and Preston North End battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Birmingham City nor Preston North End could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Troy Deeney has been the most prolific scorer on Birmingham City in the last five matches with 2 goals. Preston North End’s most prolific scorer has been Daniel Johnson. The midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.