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Commentary
GOAL!! Uncertainty between CACACE and OKOYE allowed KERKEZ to tap the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Preston North End)
ZAKARIA played the ball to FREY who nodded it over the bar.
A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Birmingham City 'keeper.
10¹GOAL!! A brilliant ball from AZPILICUETA left VASSILEV in the clear, he made FLEKKEN commit himself before knocking the ball to FREY to score. (1-1)
16¹A poor shot from MATHEUS PEREIRA rolled agonisingly wide.
29¹STOREY ran onto a delightful ball from BROWNE but toe-poked his shot wide.
33¹A corner found ZAKARIA who nodded the ball just wide.
36¹GUERRERO made space on the right and pulled the ball to RIIS who rasped the ball wide.
40¹A twenty-five yard drive from MATHEUS PEREIRA caused the Birmingham City 'keeper little difficulty.
42¹An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by RIIS.
42¹FREY's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
43¹A free-kick from GUERRERO flew just beyond the near post.
GOAL!! A long clearance by the Birmingham City 'keeper beat the Preston North End defence and FREY fired the ball beyond the oncoming FLEKKEN. (2-1 Birmingham City)
RIIS's shot was well saved by OKOYE.
18²A lovely effort from HØJBJERG scraped the outside of the righthand post.
23²FREY was put clear by ARMSTRONG and he nutmegged the 'keeper but thrust his shot inches wide.
30²OKOYE dived to his right to save an accurate shot from Preston North End's MATHEUS PEREIRA.
32²A mix up in the Preston North End defence enabled VASSILEV to thump an effort just wide.
34²MATHEUS PEREIRA stabbed an easy chance past the righthand post.
35²McEACHRAN fluffed an easy chance.
36²ELSNIK booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
42²A good ball from AZPILICUETA on the right was collected by VASSILEV who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.

 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 20
Home league form: LXLW
Overall league form: LLXXLLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Maduka OKOYE1Mark FLEKKEN(c)
(c)Cesar AZPILICUETA2Wout FAES
Liberato CACACE3Milos KERKEZ
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Timi ELSNIK
Luke McNALLY5Dan-Axel ZAGADOU
Tin PLAVOTIC6Jordan STOREY
Tyler BUREY7JEONG Sang-bin
Indiana VASSILEV8MATHEUS Fellipe PEREIRA
(p)Michael FREY9Emil RIIS(p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA10Alan BROWNE(f)
Sinclair ARMSTRONG11Miguel GUERRERO
Manager
Jordan JAMES  12  Luis BINKS
Pierluigi GOLLINI  13  Robert SÁNCHEZ
Nico GORDON  14  Ben DAVIES
Josh McEACHRAN15Patrick BAUER
Emmanuel LONGELO  16  Fodé BALLO-TOURE
 
Preston North End
 
League position: 3
Away league form: XWWW
Overall league form: XXWWXWWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Birmingham City 2 Preston North End 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 28,484, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Mike Thorpe 5½)

Frey 10¹, Frey 7²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Kerkez 4¹
FreyóMcEachran 29²GuerreroóBauer 28²
  
  
76
88
410
39
109
1318
18
44%56%
Man of the match: Dan-Axel Zagadou