Apr 22 18:452 - 1

Head 2 head

Birmingham CityBirmingham City
8
Wins
5
Draws
Preston North EndPreston North End
10
Wins
18:45Apr 222026
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
2
1
18:45Oct 212025
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
0
1
14:00Apr 012024
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
1
0
18:45Sep 192023
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
2
1
15:00Jan 212023
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
1
2
14:02Sep 032022
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
0
1
14:00Sep 032022
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
0
1
15:00Jan 152022
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
1
1
14:01Sep 252021
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
0
0
14:00Sep 252021
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
0
0
19:45Jan 202021
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
0
1
18:54Jan 202021
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
0
1
15:00Oct 312020
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
1
2
14:00Jul 182020
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
2
0
14:50Sep 212019
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
0
1
14:00Sep 212019
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
0
1
15:00Mar 162019
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
1
0
15:00Dec 012018
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
3
0
14:55Dec 012018
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
3
0
17:08Jan 202018
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
1
1
15:00Jan 202018
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
1
1
14:00Sep 162017
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
Preston North EndPreston North End
1
3
19:34Feb 142017
Preston North EndPreston North End
Birmingham CityBirmingham City
4
3

Championship League Standings

#TeamPWDLGoalsPTS
1West Ham742120:914
2Swansea City742111:514
3West Bromwich Albion742110:714
4Southampton742118:814
5Middlesbrough641112:813
6Queens Park Rangers73318:512
7Charlton Athletic73316:712
8Birmingham City724110:910
9Stoke City731311:1110
10Bristol City631210:1110
11Norwich City730413:139
12Millwall630311:119
13Sheffield United62318:89
14Wolverhampton Wanderers522113:108
15Blackburn Rovers722310:108
16Lincoln City62225:68
17Watford72237:98
18Portsmouth62137:87
19Wrexham71427:117
20

Bolton

72147:127
21Cardiff City70437:114
22Derby County71156:134
23Preston North End71066:133
24Burnley70348:163
#TeamPWDLGoalsPTS
1Southampton440015:412
2West Ham430114:49
3Middlesbrough33009:59
4Swansea City42205:18
5West Bromwich Albion42206:38
6Charlton Athletic42203:18
7Watford42116:57
8Stoke City32016:26
9Norwich City32017:46
10Millwall32017:36
11Blackburn Rovers42027:66
12

Bolton

42025:56
13Queens Park Rangers31112:24
14Sheffield United31114:54
15Wolverhampton Wanderers21106:34
16Birmingham City30305:53
17Bristol City21012:33
18Portsmouth31023:53
19Cardiff City30304:43
20Preston North End41034:83
21Lincoln City30212:42
22Wrexham30213:42
23Burnley30214:52
24Derby County40133:81
#TeamPWDLGoalsPTS
1Queens Park Rangers42206:38
2Birmingham City42115:47
3Bristol City42118:87
4Swansea City32016:46
5West Bromwich Albion32014:46
6Lincoln City32013:26
7West Ham31206:55
8Sheffield United31204:35
9Wrexham41214:75
10Middlesbrough31113:34
11Charlton Athletic31113:64
12Stoke City41125:94
13Wolverhampton Wanderers31117:74
14Portsmouth31114:34
15Norwich City41036:93
16Millwall31024:83
17Derby County31023:53
18Southampton30213:42
19Blackburn Rovers30213:42
20Watford30121:41
21

Bolton

30122:71
22Cardiff City40133:71
23Burnley40134:111
24Preston North End30032:50

Birmingham City vs Preston North End: Form, H2H & Goals

Birmingham City and Preston North End meet in Championship — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.


Championship · England · 22.04.2026 · kick-off 18:45 UTC


How Birmingham City and Preston North End have been playing

Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:


Birmingham City:


DateEventScore
12.09.2026Derby County vs Birmingham City1 - 2
09.09.2026Norwich City vs Birmingham City2 - 1
06.09.2026Birmingham City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers2 - 2


Preston North End:


DateEventScore
12.09.2026Preston North End vs Lincoln City0 - 1
08.09.2026Watford vs Preston North End2 - 1
05.09.2026Preston North End vs Blackburn Rovers2 - 1


When Birmingham City and Preston North End have met

Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.


DateEventScore
22.04.2026Birmingham City vs Preston North End2 - 1
21.10.2025Preston North End vs Birmingham City0 - 1
01.04.2024Birmingham City vs Preston North End1 - 0


Goals: the two sides by the numbers

Goals scored so far:


Birmingham City — 24

Preston North End — 17


Goals conceded so far:


Birmingham City — 20

Preston North End — 29


Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.


Odds on Birmingham City vs Preston North End

With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. Odds-Fan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.

FAQ

It's on 22.04.2026, kicking off at 18:45 UTC, in Championship (England). Mind the clocks — England runs on GMT in winter and BST in summer, so convert to your own time before you plan around it.

It's part of Championship, one tier of an English game that stacks fully professional leagues, part-time divisions and knockout cups into the same season — so the standard of opposition can vary a good deal from one round to the next.

The head-to-head table above has it. If it's empty, there's no logged meeting between the two yet — nothing unusual in the early rounds of a cup or after a club has just come up a division.

Birmingham City have 24 goals to Preston North End's 17; at the other end it's 20 conceded to 29.

Odds-Fan gathers what several licensed bookmakers are offering on Birmingham City vs Preston North End onto one page, so the strongest price for each outcome stands out without trawling through a dozen sites.