Match Centre: Birmingham City vs Preston North End
Millar 34′Flyger 45+2′Flyger 45+4′Gray 76′
Mills 56′
Player of the match August Priske Flyger 8.4
GolVolt rating 1.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 34' Millar, 1:0-
4 of 7
Birmingham City turned that many shots on target into goals, from an xG of 2.3.
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10 → 4
Birmingham City climb 6 places in the table. Preston North End stay in place 24.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 56% to 78% (Birmingham City).
How the match went
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90+3' · 4:0Birmingham City 91%draw 6%Preston North End 2%
90+3' · 4:0xG Birmingham City 2.27xG Preston North End 0.73
90+3' · 4:0Last 10 minutes: Birmingham City pressing (11:2 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 45+2′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 45+2′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.1 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Nobody stood out. Heroes: 3.2 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.6 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 4.6 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 1.0more watchable than 10% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
4 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 24' SubstitutionBurgzorg for Gibbs
- 34' Goal: Liam Millarright foot · assist: Roberts1:0
- 45+2' Goal: August Priske Flygerright foot · assist: Cochrane2:0
- 45+4' Goal: August Priske Flygerright foot · assist: Stansfield3:0
- Half-time · 3:0
- 46' SubstitutionMoran for Lang
- 47' Stanley Millsyellow card · foul
- 50' Liam Millaryellow card · foul
- 56' Stanley Millssecond yellow, sent off · foul
- 61' 2 substitutionsBird for SolísGray for Millar
- 61' SubstitutionGibson for Devine
- 75' 2 substitutionsGardner-Hickman for IwataVicente for Roberts
- 76' Goal: Demarai Grayright foot · assist: Bird4:0
- 84' SubstitutionDucksch for Stansfield
- Full-time · 4:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Birmingham City
Preston North End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Birmingham City
- 21 Ryan Allsop GK —
- 2 Ethan Laird DEF —
- 23 Dael Fry DEF —
- 18 Max Bird MID on
- 19 Taylor Gardner-Hickman MID on
- 7 Carlos Vicente ATT on
- 10 Demarai Gray ATT on
- 32 Luis Vázquez ATT —
- 33 Marvin Ducksch ATT on
Preston North End
- 21 Lee Nicholls GK —
- 2 Pol Valentín DEF —
- 3 Andrija Vukcevic DEF —
- 6 Liam Lindsay DEF —
- 19 Lewis Gibson DEF on
- 23 A. Moran MID on
- 9 Jusef Erabi ATT —
- 30 George Gryba ATT —
- 37 Delano Burgzorg ATT on
Match sheet
- Coaches
- Chris Davies Birmingham City Graham Alexander Preston North End
- Stadium
- St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Birmingham City August Priske Flyger
- 2. place · Birmingham City Alex Cochrane
- 3. place · Birmingham City Christoph Klarer
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Birmingham City · 1 out
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M. Leonard Injured
since 9 May · until 31 Dec · 17 matches missed · Achilles tendon rupture
Preston North End · 1 out
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Theo Carroll Injured
since 31 Jan · return date unknown · 33 matches missed · Ankle Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.