England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Preston North End and Birmingham City, taking place on Tuesday, 19 September 2023, at Deepdale in Preston.
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Preston North End, Recent FormPreston North End have set themselves up nicely for this match by securing a 2-1 home win against Plymouth Argyle in their previous league match. They achieved 34% possession in that match and had 9 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Plymouth Argyle's tally of 18 efforts at goal, 7 of which were on target.
Manager Ryan Lowe will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 5 straight wins in a row, and are unbeaten home or away in their last 6 league games.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for Preston North End, Will Keane will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Birmingham City, Recent FormThe 2-0 away defeat to Watford 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 33%, while racking up 8 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target. Watford had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target.
It's reasonable to say they have enjoyed some decent goal scoring form of late, with 7 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, but while their offensive line is working, their defensive setup has shown cause for concern with 5 goals shipped and valuable points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games.
With an unbeaten league tally of 5 games from 6, their recent form should be viewed positively, especially with 3 wins thrown in.
Lukas Jutkiewicz is the man of the moment at Birmingham City right now and the toast of their travelling support, having notched up 3 goals from the last 6 away outings in the league.
When these two teams last met in the league it was a 1-2 win for Preston North End.
The Blues have scored in each of the last 3 times they have travelled to play Preston in the league.
In the league, Birmingham have been unbeaten in the last 3 times they have visited Preston at Deepdale.
Preston manager Ryan Lowe has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Ched Evans (Spinal cord), Will Keane (Muscle), Calvin Ramsay (Knee), Emil Riis (Cruciate ligament) and Ben Whiteman (Hernia) are all currently out of contention for this game.
John Eustace has a number of injury concerns in his Birmingham squad to contend with: Siriki Dembélé (Hamstring), George Hall (Hamstring), Ethan Laird (Hamstring) and Tyler Roberts (Calf)
Preston North End Playing at home | Birmingham City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1 |
| 31' | Time first goal scored | 45' |
| 42' | Time first goal conceded | 84' |
| 2.7 | Yellow cards | 4.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 3.3 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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