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Commentary
The stunned OKOYE was a mere bystander as a backpass from BUREY fell just over.
A corner found RIIS who fired the ball just wide.
MATHEUS PEREIRA beat ZAKARIA and fired the ball to KERKEZ who fumbled his shot wide.
The Preston North End 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from VASSILEV.
11¹RIIS galloped through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
16¹ARMSTRONG headed inches wide.
18¹ZAKARIA fluffed an easy chance.
22¹A brilliant shot from ZAKARIA was dealt with by a good block from FLEKKEN.
29¹GOAL!! A long drive from JEONG deflected off the legs of PLAVOTIC and into his own net. (1-0 Preston North End)
30¹The Preston North End 'keeper managed to block a wicked shot.
41¹A shot from BUREY held no problem for the 'keeper.
13²KERKEZ beat three Birmingham City players and blasted an effort inches over.
22²A header by BAUER at the near post was comfortably collected by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
28²GOAL!! A short corner was chipped out to ARMSTRONG who flicked the ball into the roof of the net. (1-1)
30²The ref books PLAVOTIC.
31²GOAL!! Preston North End were awarded a penalty after a foul on GUERRERO and RIIS put it past OKOYE. (2-1 Preston North End)
35²RIIS's shot beat OKOYE but rebounded off the Birmingham City crossbar.
41²JUTKIEWICZ given a yellow card by MARKOV for a cynical tackle.
42²RIIS poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
43²ARMSTRONG's shot was well held by the Preston North End 'keeper.
45²KERKEZ shot over.
46²VASSILEV waltzed away from ZAGADOU and stroked a weak shot wide.

 
Preston North End
 
League position: 2
Home league form: WXWX
Overall league form: WLXXWWXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Mark FLEKKEN1Maduka OKOYE
Wout FAES2Cesar AZPILICUETA(c)
Milos KERKEZ3Liberato CACACE
Timi ELSNIK4Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG
Dan-Axel ZAGADOU5Luke McNALLY
Jordan STOREY6Tin PLAVOTIC
JEONG Sang-bin7Tyler BUREY
MATHEUS Fellipe PEREIRA8Indiana VASSILEV
(p)Emil RIIS9Sinclair ARMSTRONG(p)
(f)Alan BROWNE10Denis ZAKARIA(f)
Miguel GUERRERO11Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Manager
Luis BINKS  12  Jordan JAMES
Robert SÁNCHEZ  13  Pierluigi GOLLINI
Ben DAVIES  14  Nico GORDON
Patrick BAUER15  Marcel OAKLEY
Fodé BALLO-TOURE  16Emmanuel LONGELO
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 13
Away league form: WLXL
Overall league form: WWLLXXLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Preston North End go through to the next round
Statistics
Preston North End 2 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 23,268, Stadium: Deepdale, Referee: Goran Markov 5½)

Plavotic 29¹ (og), Riis 31² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Armstrong 28²
FaesóBauer 15²BureyóLongelo 18²
  
 Plavotic 30², Jutkiewicz 41²
42
38
51
87
146
2213
66
53%47%
Man of the match: Luke McNally