{"id":247632,"date":"2026-04-23T10:09:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=247632"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:09:42","slug":"ibrahim-osman-stars-with-goal-and-assist-as-birmingham-edge-preston-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/23\/ibrahim-osman-stars-with-goal-and-assist-as-birmingham-edge-preston-2-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibrahim Osman stars with goal and assist as Birmingham edge Preston 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghanaian winger <strong>Ibrahim Osman<\/strong> delivered an outstanding performance for <strong>Birmingham City<\/strong> as they secured a 2-1 victory over <strong>Preston North End<\/strong> in the English Championship on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Round 44 encounter at St. Andrew\u2019s saw the on-loan attacker make an immediate impact, constantly troubling defenders with his pace and direct style of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Osman played a key role in Birmingham\u2019s early dominance. In the 10th minute, he provided a precise assist to Jay Stansfield, who finished confidently to give the home side the lead. Just six minutes later, Osman produced a moment of brilliance of his own. Picking up the ball on the wing, he skillfully beat his marker, cut inside, and curled a superb shot into the net to double Birmingham\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite his electric start, Osman\u2019s night was cut short after he was forced off in the 37th minute due to injury concerns. However, his contribution had already made a significant difference, earning him the highest rating of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preston North End managed to pull one back through Andrew Hughes, but it proved to be only a consolation as Birmingham City held on to claim all three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Osman\u2019s display underlined his attacking quality and importance to the team, even in a shortened appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian winger Ibrahim Osman delivered an outstanding performance for Birmingham City as they secured a 2-1 victory over Preston North&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[432,433,13,14,434],"class_list":["post-247632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-birmingham-city-fc","tag-english-championship","tag-ghana-black-stars","tag-ghana-football","tag-ibrahim-osman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}