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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 45 (setup 4, season 35)
Preston North End
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Mario 'Sebastián' VIERA Galaín616Milos VESIC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Matthew Olawale OLOSUNDE62Maxime COLIN
Ben DAVIES83George FRIEND
Ben PEARSON4Ivan SUNJIC
Liam LINDSAY56Nathaniel PHILLIPS
Daniel JOHNSON66Marc ROBERTS
Brad POTTS77Juninho BACUNA
Anass ZAROURY8Jordan GRAHAM
Emil RIIS Jakobsen9Troy DEENEY
Alistair McCANN106Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Scott SINCLAIR6116Scott HOGAN
Manager
Andrew HUGHES12Isaac VASSELL
Chris MAXWELL136Nico GORDON
Adam O'REILLY14Jordan JAMES
Greg CUNNINGHAM15George HALL
Josh HARROP716Gary GARDNER

Preston North End 3 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 33,228, Stadium: Deepdale, Referee: Darren DEADMAN 6½)
13 Riis, 33 Riis, 57 RiisScorers11 Friend, 47og Johnson
69 Riis <=> HarropSubstitutions82 Bacuna <=> Gordon
Sendings off
Bookings1 Jutkiewicz, 9 Sunjic, 78 Phillips
1Corners2
3Fouls12
1Offsides1
3Shots on8
7Shots off4
10Total shots12
0Shots saved6
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Ben DAVIES
1JUTKIEWICZ booked.
6SUNJIC beat ZAROURY and whacked the ball to DEENEY who fired his shot wide.
8DEENEY worked the ball to SUNJIC, GRAHAM controlled his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Preston North End 'keeper.
9A late tackle gets SUNJIC a yellow card.
11GOAL!! An imaginative SUNJIC played a delightful ball down the left to FRIEND who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
13GOAL!! Preston North End's RIIS beat two defenders before firing just inside the Birmingham City 'keeper's lefthand post. (1-1)
20DEENEY's shot was well saved by the Preston North End 'keeper.
27JUTKIEWICZ's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
32GRAHAM ran onto a great ball from BACUNA but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post.
33GOAL!! With his back to goal RIIS wrong-footed the defence and flicked the ball past VESIC. (2-1 Preston North End)
35A twenty-five yard drive from HOGAN caused the Preston North End 'keeper little difficulty.
38MCCANN stroked a simple chance past the far post.
44POTTS booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
 
47GOAL!! A shot from COLIN deflected off the boot of JOHNSON and rolled past the helpless 'keeper and into the net.
49A lovely cross from JUTKIEWICZ, was flicked goalbound by BACUNA only for the Preston North End 'keeper to block.
52RIIS shot over.
57GOAL!! An outswinging corner hoofed out by JUTKIEWICZ was knocked home by RIIS. (3-2 Preston North End)
58An exceptional effort from ZAROURY scraped the woodwork.
65A shot from HOGAN seemed a certain goal but the Preston North End 'keeper managed to parry the ball away.
67A corner bobbled toward GRAHAM who flicked an effort over the bar.
72A accurate pass was collected by HARROP and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
78DEENEY headed over.
78The ref cautions PHILLIPS for dangerous play against ZAROURY.
83ZAROURY scuffed a simple chance.
88LINDSAY beat three Birmingham City players and stroked a golden opportunity just wide.