Birmingham City’s promotion hopes received a much-needed boost when they claimed a hard-fought victory away to Preston North End. Chris Davies’ side won 1-0 after a strike from defender Phil Neumann consigned the home side to their first defeat at Deepdale all season.
It was Birmingham’s first win in four matches, and one which catapulted them back into the top half of the table after a tricky period of results and performances. The Blues have ambitions of reaching the Premier League and took inspiration from their city rivals West Brom, who had already shown them the blueprint of how to beat Preston after claiming a 2-1 victory at the weekend in their last game.
Following Tuesday’s results, the data experts at Opta have crunched the numbers to predict every team’s final points and position based on the average of over 10,000 simulations. Let’s dive in...
9. 16th: Sheffield United
Average predicted points: 60.56 | Getty Images
10. 15th: Birmingham City
Average predicted points: 61.81 | Getty Images
11. 15th: Southampton
Average predicted points: 62.01 | Getty Images
12. 13th: Preston North End
Average predicted points: 62.45 | Getty Images