Championship · Regular Season - 10
BirminghamvPreston
Birmingham
Preston·
1Headline
Recommended bet: none on this match
We hold prices on this match — the market's own numbers are below — but we have published no forecast of our own for these markets yet, so there is nothing to weigh them against.
We don't have a model forecast for this match yet. Forecasts publish once a fixture is in the model's fitting window — usually a few days before kick-off. Here's what we do have right now:
- • Market prices and price movement
- • Head-to-head record and recent form
- • Lineups and injuries where available
- • Venue, kickoff time, and context
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For comparison, the market gives Birmingham a 60% chance. No model forecast has been published for this fixture.
2Market
Open: 60% home · 23% draw · 17% away
Now: 60% home · 23% draw · 17% away
Only one price captured so far — drift needs at least two.
Match result
■ ours · ■ market
Goals over 2.5
■ ours · ■ market
Goals over 1.5
■ ours · ■ market
Goals over 3.5
■ ours · ■ market
Both teams to score
■ ours · ■ market
Gap is our probability minus the market's. A large one means we disagree with the price, not that we are right — whether we have been is published per market on the accuracy page. A market with no price is one we hold no odds for yet.
3Availability
Birmingham
Lineup not yet confirmed
- P. Roberts — out (Health problems)
- D. Gray — out (Injury)
- S. Wright — out (Off the roster)
- J. E. Solis Romero — out (Inactive)
- L. Buchanan — out (Knee Injury)
- M. Bird — out (Inactive)
- M. Leonard — out (Achilles Tendon Injury)
- T. Gardner-Hickman — out (Injury)
- M. Ducksch — out (Calf Injury)
Preston
Lineup not yet confirmed
- B. Potts — out (Ankle Injury)
- T. Carroll — out (Ankle Injury)
- A. Hughes — out (Inactive)
- A. McCann — out (Injury)
- L. Gibson — out (Red Card)
4Form
The five matches each side played before this one, with expected goals where we have them. xG is shown as absent rather than zero when it was never measured — matches played before we began collecting statistics have none.
BirminghamDWLDD
- Sat 19 Sep · H v Middlesbrough 2–2
- Sat 12 Sep · A v Derby 2–1
- Wed 9 Sep · A v Norwich 1–2
- Sun 6 Sep · H v Wolves 2–2
- Tue 1 Sep · H v Southampton 1–1
PrestonDLLWL
- Sat 19 Sep · A v QPR 2–2
- Sat 12 Sep · H v Lincoln 0–1
- Tue 8 Sep · A v Watford 1–2
- Sat 5 Sep · H v Blackburn 2–1
- Tue 1 Sep · H v Bristol City 1–3
5Trends
How each side has been going — every figure is out of the games actually played, not a run chosen to flatter. How the two have met is in the head-to-head below.
- Birmingham have won 1 of their last 5.
- Birmingham have scored in 5 of their last 5.
- 4 of Birmingham's last 5 went over 2.5 goals.
- Both teams scored in 5 of Birmingham's last 5.
- Birmingham kept a clean sheet in 0 of their last 5.
- Preston have won 1 of their last 5.
- Preston have scored in 4 of their last 5.
- 4 of Preston's last 5 went over 2.5 goals.
- Both teams scored in 4 of Preston's last 5.
- Preston kept a clean sheet in 0 of their last 5.
6Head-to-head
No prior meetings on record.
7Context
Birmingham
Rest: 24 days · 0 matches in 14d
Preston
Rest: 24 days · 0 matches in 14d
Venue unconfirmed
8Red flags
Thin head-to-head
These teams have met fewer than six times on record.
Common questions
- What is the team news for Birmingham vs Preston?
- Birmingham's reported absences and doubts include P. Roberts, D. Gray, S. Wright, J. E. Solis Romero and 5 others. Preston's include B. Potts, T. Carroll, A. Hughes, A. McCann and 1 other. Each player's status is in the availability section above.