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Preston North End Birmingham City betting prediction


Betting suggestion:

The most likely scenario for this match will be Birmingham City not to lose. Despite playing away from home, the visiting team are going through a more positive phase and have better weapons compared to the "enemy" of this round, and thus it is very likely that they will be superior in much of the game. On the other hand, and despite playing at home, it is expected that Preston do not have the resources to sustain the quality of the visitors.
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Preview
Preston North End and Birmingham City meet at Deepdale, in a match for the 9th round of the Championship. At this stadium, the head‑to‑head history favours the home team, since they have a record of 3 wins and 2 draws in the last 5 matches. Sure enough, the last time these teams met at this stadium, on 18‑07‑2020, in a match for the Championship, Preston North End won by (2‑0). The goals of the match were scored by P. Bauer (43' ) and B. Potts (87' ) for Preston North End. The home advantage may play an important role in this match , since Preston North End presents significant differences between home and away results.

Analysis Preston

After 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, the home team is in the 13th position, havinf won 10 points so far. In the last match, they have lost at home against Millwall by (0‑2), after in the previous match they have won (1‑2) an away match against Huddersfield Town. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses in away matches, with 23 goals scored and 18 conceded; against 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses at their stadium, with 12 goals scored and 18 conceded.

In this competition, they have a sequence of 4 losses in the last home matches. They haven't been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 14 of the last 23 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. They haven't been able to score the first goal. In fact, they have only opened up the score in 2 of the last 8 matches for the Championship, they have reached half‑time in advantage in all of those 2 matches and have held on to the lead in 1. They have conceded the first goal in 6 of their 8 matches for this competition, but have been able to turn the score around in 2.

Preston North End come to this game with a 0-2 home loss to Millwall, putting an end to the two consecutive victories in the English second division. Note that Preston lost all home games. In this match against Birmingham, coach Alex Neil should keep the team in 4-2-3-1, with Emil Riis being the most offensive reference. However, winger Scott Sinclair is the highlight of Preston, with 4 goals scored. Out of this game are Louis Moult, Ben Pearson and Ben Davies, all with physical problems.

Confirmed Lineup: Declan Rudd, Andrew Hughes, Patrick Bauer, Jordan Storey, Darnell Fisher, Paul Gallagher, Daniel Johnson, Josh Harrop, Alan Browne, Tom Barkhuizen, Jayden Stockley.
Coach: R. Lowe.

Analysis Birmingham

The away team is currently in the 15th position of the league, with 10 points won, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Queens Park Rangers, by (0‑0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Huddersfield Town, by (2‑1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 7 goals scored and 12 conceded; against 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses at their stadium, with 19 goals scored and 25 conceded. In the last 4 away league matches Birmingham City has a record of 3 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 3 points out of 12 possible.

In this competition, they haven’t won any of the last 4 away matches. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 17 of the last 23 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In the last 20 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 9 of their 20 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Birmingham City come to this game with a 2-1 home win over Huddersfield, putting an end to the six consecutive matches without winning: the team's only goal was signed by Lukas Jutkiewicz and Gary Gardner. Usually coach Aitor Karanka plays in 4-2-3-1, privileging ball possession and organized attacks, especially through the left aisle. However, it is important to note that the left-winger Jérémie Bela is the top scorer of the visiting team, with 2 goals scored. For this game the coach cannot count on Jake Clarke-Salter, player who is recovering from injury.

Confirmed Lineup: Neil Etheridge, Josh Cogley, Harlee Dean, Marc Roberts, Kristian Pedersen, Ivan Šunjić, Riley McGree, Mikel San José, Iván Sánchez, Jonathan Leko, Lukas Jutkiewicz.
Coach: T. Mowbray.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Preston vs Birmingham match, on 31 October 2020, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy Tanzania, goes to: Double chance, Draw or Birmingham ⇒ bet available on bet365.

The Preston vs Birmingham on 31 October 2020 will be played at Preston, Deepdale.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Betting Academy Tanzania, for the Preston Birmingham match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Preston at with 67% of the tips.

 

Championship - 2020/2021

  • 100% 557 / 557 Games

  • Home team wins 41.29%
  • Draws 25.13%
  • Away team wins 33.57%
  • Over 1.5 68.04%
  • Over 2.5 40.75%
  • Over 3.5 18.67%
  • Goals 1284
  • Goals /match 2.31
  • Goals /match home 1.25
  • Goals /match away 1.05
  • Both teams score 45.24%
  • Goals after 80' 17.21%
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