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

Two lower league sides that have got off to bright starts this season go head-to-head in the EFL Trophy as Birmingham City, who were the big spenders in the third tier this summer, host Walsall.

Birmingham continued their unbeaten start to League One with a 2-1 victory at home to Wigan on Saturday, but they face a tricky challenge against League Two highflyers Walsall, who have won three of their four League Two fixtures so far.

Birmingham City v Walsall and TV channel

Tuesday's match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports+ in the UK.

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

The fixture kicks off at 19:45 UK time on Tuesday 3rd September and it is being held at St Andrew’s Stadium in Birmingham, England.

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

Birmingham have lost just one of their last ten games and are third in League One with ten points from four fixtures. But they are up against a Walsall side sitting second in League Two and chasing a fourth win in five matches.

They have played each other on 26 occasions, with Birmingham winning 18 times and Walsall recording five victories.

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

Birmingham City wins	18
Draws	3
Walsall wins	5

*H2H stats refer to all competitions

Birmingham City v Walsall City team news

Birmingham City team news

Icelandic duo Willum Willumsson and Alfons Sampsted and Scottish striker Lyndon Dykes are unavailable for the home side after their international call ups.

Walsall team news

Oisin McEntee, Liam Gordon and Josh Gordon will miss out after all three were injured during Walsall's 2-1 victory at home to Cheltenham on Saturday.