Birmingham City v Fulham: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Marco Silva's Fulham make their entrance into the 2024/25 EFL Cup with a tricky trip to League One big-hitters Birmingham City.

The Premier League side head for St Andrew's in good spirit following Saturday's 2-1 win over Leicester, but they will be wary of a Birmingham side who have spent huge money during the summer in a bid to win promotion back to the Championship.

How to watch Birmingham City v Fulham and TV channel

Birmingham City v Fulham is available to watch live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Ultra HDR.

Birmingham City v Fulham kick-off time, date and venue

Birmingham City v Fulham will kick off at 20:00 BST on Tuesday 27th August at St Andrew's, Birmingham.

Birmingham City v Fulham stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

Current Fulham players Tom Cairney and Antonee Robinson were on target the last time these two sides met, in a Championship match in January 2022 which the Cottagers won 6-2.

Fulham have won their last five fixtures against Birmingham, including a 2-0 win in the EFL Cup three years ago. Robinson was on target in that match, too.

The Londoners were semi-finalists last season, whereas the Blues haven't gone beyond round two since 2015/16.

Birmingham City v Fulham head-to-head record (H2H)

Birmingham City wins	34
Draws	28
Fulham wins	33

*H2H stats refer to all competitions

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Birmingham City v Fulham team news

Birmingham City team news

Centre-back Dion Sanderson has picked up an injury that rules him out. Ben Davies, a weekend signing from Rangers, could make his debut, but is likely be on the bench.

Lukas Jutkiewicz led the line at Charlton in the previous round and may get that role again, with Alfie May handed a break.

Luke Harris played at Charlton in the previous round, but the Fulham loanee is ineligible against his parent club. Tyler Roberts could replace him.

Fulham team news

Marco Silva will be tempted to hand debuts to newest recruits Joachim Andersen and Sander Berge if they are fit.

The Fulham boss didn't make too many changes to his team during the early stages of last season's run, though he could use this as a chance to see defender Jorge Cuenca, midfielder Tom Cairney and striker Raul Jimenez among others.