England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Preston North End, taking place on Monday, 01 April 2024, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormThe 2-1 away defeat to Queens Park Rangers will not have sat easily with the Birmingham City squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. Their share of possession in that meeting was 45%, while racking up 13 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target, in contrast to Queens Park Rangers, who had 18 shots on goal with 6 on target.
Having scored 5 goals and conceded 10 in their last 6 games, they will need to improve at both ends if they are to pick up more points from here on. When playing at home, they have failed to score in their last 2 games and kept only 1 clean sheet in their last 6 games.
Birmingham City will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form, having lost 4 league games in a row no wins in 7 games.
Preston North End, Recent FormIn their last match Preston North End enforced their superiority over Rotherham United with a 3-0 home win. In that game they had 62% possession and managed 18 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Rotherham United who had 7 attempts and 3 on target.
Ryan Lowe will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 10 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 4 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. When playing away from home, they have scored in 5 of their last 6 games and are on a run of 3 consecutive clean sheets.
With 3 straight wins in a row away from home, they have started to put together a nice run of form, which has also seen them undefeated in their last 4 away games.
On an individual basis, Emil Riis will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 5 goals in Preston North End's last 6 league games.
Not many saw the outcome of the last meeting between these sides as a surprise, with Preston North End running out winners in a match that ended 2-1.
In their previous 4 encounters with Birmingham, The Lilywhites have shipped at least one goal in those matches. The Blues have struggled for goals when Preston comes to visit St. Andrew's Stadium, having scored just 1 goal in their last 3 meetings. Playing at home, Birmingham have failed to score in 2 of their last 3 league games against Preston.
Preston has won the last 2 games they've played against Birmingham in the league.
With only Alfie Chang (Cruciate ligament) and Marc Roberts (Knock) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Gary Rowett will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
With only Ched Evans (Knee) and Brad Potts (Knock) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Ryan Lowe will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Birmingham City Playing at home | Preston North End Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Goals scored | 1.2 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 38' | Time first goal scored | 36' |
| 33' | Time first goal conceded | 36' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.2 | Subs used | 4 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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