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Championship· 2026/27 · Matchweek 10

Birmingham v Preston

BirminghamL. Millar 34′ · A. Priske 45′, 45′ · D. Gray 76′
4–0FT · HT 3–0
Preston
Where to watch

· St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

Data checked Details
  • Data last checked ; unchanged since
  • Kick-off UK time
  • Referee: Sam Allison
  • Where to watch
  • Kick-off
  • St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
  • Referee: Sam Allison
  • Data last checked ; unchanged since

ModelWhat was forecast, what happened

Pre-match forecast, frozen at kick-off. It does not update during the match.

Result: ⁨Birmingham⁩ win. The model gave it 58.6%. Ranked probability score for this match 0.099 (0 is perfect). One match says little: the model's record

Goals: expected and scored

Model, before kick-off
⁦1.85 – 0.89⁩
Chances created (match xG)
⁦2.24 – 0.49⁩
Goals
⁦4 – 0⁩

Likeliest scores before kick-off

  • ⁦1–1⁩ 11.9%
  • ⁦2–0⁩ 11.0%
  • ⁦1–0⁩ 10.7%
  • ⁦2–1⁩ 9.8%
  • ⁦0–0⁩ 7.7%

⁦4–0⁩ was not among them.

Every version, never edited

  1. v1Early pre-match ·
  2. v2Early pre-match ·
  3. v3Early pre-match ·
  4. v4Early pre-match ·
  5. v5Confirmed line-ups ·

dixon-coles-elo@0.6.0 · v5 computed 13 Oct, 19:32 UK time, 27 min before kick-off · Confirmed line-ups · fitted 12 Oct on 1,619 matches since Oct 2023 · Elo prior on · inputs complete

Why these numbers: leading factors and what changed between versions

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Key events available

  1. 20:00Kick-off
  2. 24′Substitution · PrestonD. Burgzorg on · L. Gibbs off
  3. 34′Goal · BirminghamL. Millar · (assist P. Roberts)
  4. 45′Goal · BirminghamA. Priske · (assist A. Cochrane)
  5. 45′Goal · BirminghamA. Priske · (assist J. Stansfield)
  6. 46′Substitution · PrestonA. Moran on · C. Lang off
  7. 47′Yellow card · PrestonS. Mills
  8. 50′Yellow card · BirminghamL. Millar
  9. 56′Yellow card · PrestonS. Mills
  10. 56′Red card · PrestonS. Mills
  11. 61′Substitution · BirminghamM. Bird on · J. Solís off
  12. 61′Substitution · BirminghamD. Gray on · L. Millar off
  13. 61′Substitution · PrestonL. Gibson on · A. Devine off
  14. 75′Substitution · BirminghamT. Gardner-Hickman on · T. Iwata off
  15. 75′Substitution · BirminghamC. Vicente on · P. Roberts off
  16. 76′Goal · BirminghamD. Gray · (assist M. Bird)
  17. 84′Substitution · BirminghamM. Ducksch on · J. Stansfield off

Match summary

No summary is shown: the last draft did not agree with the match record, so it was held back.

Statistics available

  • 9Blocked shots2
  • 6Corners3
  • 2.24Expected goals (xG)0.49
  • 9Fouls13
  • 3Offsides2
  • 87%Pass accuracy65%
  • 663Passes201
  • 580Accurate passes130
  • 76%Possession24%
  • 0Red cards1
  • 1Saves3
  • 19Shots6
  • 3Shots off target3
  • 7Shots on target1
  • 1Yellow cards2

Player statistics available

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Birmingham
PlayerMinRatingGoalsAssistsShotsKey passesTackles
A. Cochrane908.601141
A. Priske908.220300
B. Osayi-Samuel908.200212
C. Klarer908.600112
J. Beadle906.300000
P. Neumann907.200002
J. Stansfield847.901221
P. Roberts757.901133
T. Iwata756.900100
J. Solís616.600002
L. Millar617.710131
D. Gray298.210100
M. Bird296.901212
C. Vicente156.300010
T. Gardner-Hickman156.900000
M. Ducksch106.500000
Preston
PlayerMinRatingGoalsAssistsShotsKey passesTackles
A. Hughes905.900002
D. Iversen905.600000
J. Storey907.900101
J. Thompson906.000021
L. Leroy907.300013
O. Offiah906.700103
T. Small906.500102
D. Burgzorg666.600010
A. Devine617.200103
S. Mills565.300111
A. Moran456.500000
C. Lang456.600100
L. Gibson296.900000
L. Gibbs246.700000

xG (Highlightly)not supplied

Not supplied for this match.

Line-ups available

Preston3-4-2-1

  1. 1D. Iversen5.6
  1. 24O. Offiah6.7
  2. 14J. Storey7.9
  3. 16A. Hughes5.9
  1. 17S. Mills5.3
  2. 27L. Leroy7.3
  3. 15J. Thompson (c)6.0
  4. 11T. Small6.5
  1. 7A. Devine7.2
  2. 20L. Gibbs6.7
  1. 10C. Lang6.6
  1. 9A. Priske8.2
  1. 17L. Millar7.7
  2. 28J. Stansfield7.9
  3. 16P. Roberts7.9
  1. 14J. Solís6.6
  2. 24T. Iwata6.9
  1. 20A. Cochrane8.6
  2. 4C. Klarer (c)8.6
  3. 5P. Neumann7.2
  4. 26B. Osayi-Samuel8.2
  1. 1J. Beadle6.3

Birmingham4-2-3-1

Each player stands where the line-up places him: in his line from the goalkeeper, and on his side of the pitch as his team attacks.

Birmingham · Bench

Coach: Chris Davies

Preston · Bench

Coach: Graham Alexander

Key players

Birminghamavailable

  1. P. Neumann · Defender810 min in 9 matches · 2 goals · 0 assistsNot on the absence list
  2. C. Klarer · Defender810 min in 9 matches · 0 goals · 0 assistsNot on the absence list
  3. J. Beadle · Goalkeeper810 min in 9 matches · 0 goals · 0 assistsNot on the absence list

From player figures for all 9 matches played.

Prestonavailable

  1. D. Iversen · Goalkeeper810 min in 9 matches · 0 goals · 0 assistsNot on the absence list
  2. A. Devine · Forward778 min in 9 matches · 0 goals · 0 assistsNot on the absence list
  3. J. Thompson · Midfielder693 min in 9 matches · 1 goal · 1 assistNot on the absence list

From player figures for all 9 matches played.

Availability as last checked, .

Key players are each side's 3 with the most minutes in Championship 2026/27 before this match, counted from each match's player figures; a tie on minutes goes to more goals plus assists, then the name. Goals and assists are summed from the same figures. This is a count, not a judgement of quality, and no rating is used.

Statistical model

How the forecast was reachedavailable

The forecast and every version are in the summary; this section only says why.

Computed by Stadiomind’s statistical model from match data. Not a person’s opinion.

The model gives Birmingham the most probability, 33.7 points ahead of the next outcome. Every outcome remains possible; these are probabilities, not a prediction of the result.

Leading factors

  • Team strength · favours Birmingham · net strength (attack minus defence) from recent results and the Elo prior
  • Attack against defence · favours Birmingham · how the sides' attacks match up against the opposing defences
  • Home advantage · favours Birmingham · league-wide home advantage learned from the training window

What changed between versions

  1. v1 · Early pre-match: first available version.
  2. v2 · Birmingham -1.6, draw +0.4, Preston +1.2 points (early pre-match).
    6 inputs changed together — model version ([email protected] → [email protected]), history up to (5 Oct 2026 → 8 Oct 2026), matches in the fit (599 → 1,631), long-term ratings (not used → used), history from (31 Aug 2025 → 4 Oct 2023), input completeness (limited → available) — so the move cannot be put down to any one of them.
  3. v3 · No change in probabilities (early pre-match).
    3 inputs changed together — history up to (8 Oct 2026 → 10 Oct 2026), matches in the fit (1,631 → 1,630), history from (4 Oct 2023 → 6 Oct 2023) — so the move cannot be put down to any one of them.
  4. v4 · No change in probabilities (early pre-match).
    3 inputs changed together — history up to (10 Oct 2026 → 11 Oct 2026), matches in the fit (1,630 → 1,619), history from (6 Oct 2023 → 7 Oct 2023) — so the move cannot be put down to any one of them.
  5. v5 · No change in probabilities (confirmed line-ups).
    2 inputs changed together — history up to (11 Oct 2026 → 12 Oct 2026), history from (7 Oct 2023 → 8 Oct 2023) — so the move cannot be put down to any one of them. The model does not read line-ups yet, so this version is one computed when the line-up was confirmed, not one computed from it.

Post-match evaluation

Result 4–0: Birmingham. Version 5 (Confirmed line-ups) gave that outcome 58.6%, its most probable outcome. Log loss 0.534, Brier 0.260 (lower is better; knowing nothing scores 1.099 and 0.667).

Both numbers measure how much probability the model put on what really happened. Here both are better than knowing nothing.

Evaluated

How accurate has the model been?

Power Index

Birmingham53.8
Preston11.8
Birmingham — 53.895% measured

Driven mostly by recent opponent-adjusted performance, expected or confirmed line-up quality and venue effect.

  • Underlying team strength35% of the index
    Ahead of 55% of this competition
  • Recent opponent-adjusted performance20% of the index
    Ahead of 78% of this competition
  • Expected or confirmed line-up quality20% of the index
    Ahead of 26% of this competition
  • Venue effect10% of the index
    Ahead of 68% of this competition
  • Rest, travel and schedule5% of the index
    Ahead of 20% of this competition — 3 days since the previous match, 1 in the last 14; travel not modelled
  • Competition context5% of the index
    Not available — not modelled: needs the stakes of this stage and the team’s other commitments
  • Managerial and team stability5% of the index
    Ahead of 63% of this competition

95% of the index was measurable. Not included: competition context.

Preston — 11.895% measured

Driven mostly by underlying team strength, expected or confirmed line-up quality and recent opponent-adjusted performance.

  • Underlying team strength35% of the index
    Bottom 10% of this competition
  • Recent opponent-adjusted performance20% of the index
    Ahead of 12% of this competition
  • Expected or confirmed line-up quality20% of the index
    Bottom 10% of this competition
  • Venue effect10% of the index
    Ahead of 22% of this competition
  • Rest, travel and schedule5% of the index
    Ahead of 20% of this competition — 3 days since the previous match, 1 in the last 14; travel not modelled
  • Competition context5% of the index
    Not available — not modelled: needs the stakes of this stage and the team’s other commitments
  • Managerial and team stability5% of the index
    Ahead of 55% of this competition

95% of the index was measurable. Not included: competition context.

Formula [email protected], computed 13 Oct, 19:32 UK time. 0–100 is this team’s standing in its competition, not a probability.

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