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

Birmingham City are in the third tier of English football for the first time in 30 years and they will be eager to make a winning start to life in League One when they face Reading on Saturday.

Both teams will have promotion hopes to get back to the Championship season and a high-scoring affair might well be on the cards in the West Midlands for this one.

How to watch Birmingham City v Reading and TV channel

Birmingham City v Reading is available to watch on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football.

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

Birmingham City v Reading kick-off at 17:30 BST on Saturday 10th August 2024 at St Andrew’s Stadium in Birmingham.

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

The last time these sides met was in the 2022/23 Championship season, with Birmingham winning 3-2 at home, before playing out a 1-1 draw at Reading.

Reading have won on two of their last four visits to St Andrew’s.

Both teams have scored in all of the last eight meetings between these two sides.

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

Birmingham City wins	18
Draws	13
Reading wins	16

* H2H stats refer to all competitions.

Birmingham City v Reading team news

Birmingham City team news

Left-back Lee Buchanan is out for at least the next two months with a calf injury, meaning new arrival Alex Cochrane is set to start in the back four.

Reading team news

Club captain Andy Yiadom is recovering from a knee issue he sustained earlier in the year and Saturday’s opening will come too soon for him.

Defensive duo Jeriel Dorsett and Kelvin Abrefa are both slight doubts for the weekend, but manager Ruben Selles is hopeful they can feature in some capacity.