How to watch today's Birmingham City vs Lincoln City FA Cup game: Live stream, TV channel, and start time

Birmingham will take on Lincoln in the third round of the FA Cup at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium on Saturday.

Birmingham are leading the League One standings at the moment and will be the favourites to progress further in the competition.

Lincoln will hope to give the hosts a difficult challenge but it will be a tough encounter for them, considering their recent form which has seen them go winless in their last four games.

Here, GOAL brings you everything you need to know about how to watch, including TV channel, streaming details and more.

How to watch Birmingham vs Lincoln City online - TV channels & live streams

ESPN+

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The match will be shown live on ESPN+ in the US. Live updates can be found here on GOAL.

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Birmingham vs Lincoln City kick-off time

FA Cup - FA Cup

St Andrew's Knighthead Park

The match will be played at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium, with kick-off at 7am ET for fans in the US.

Team news & squads

Birmingham vs Lincoln City lineups

Birmingham

4-4-2

Formation

5-3-2

LIN

45

B. Peacock-Farrell

4

C. Klarer

20

A. Cochrane

19

T. Gardner-Hickman

23

A. Sampsted

33

A. Yokoyama

26

L. Harris

12

M. Leonard

11

S. Wright

10

L. Jutkiewicz

17

L. Dykes

31

Z. Jeacock

4

L. Montsma

23

S. Roughan

15

P. O'Connor

2

T. Darikwa

6

E. Erhahon

28

J. Moylan

14

C. McGrandles

16

D. Jefferies

27

J. Makama

9

B. Cadamarteri

5-3-2

LIN

BIR

-Line up

• 45

  B. Peacock-Farrell

• 4

  C. Klarer

• 20

  A. Cochrane

• 19

  T. Gardner-Hickman

  77’

• 23

  A. Sampsted

  72’

• 33

  A. Yokoyama

  1’

  72’

• 26

  L. Harris

  86’

• 12

  M. Leonard

• 11

  S. Wright

  1’

  61’

• 10

  L. Jutkiewicz

  72’

• 17

  L. Dykes

  77’

Substitutes

• 18

  W. Willumsson

  72’

• 25

  B. Davies

• 9

  A. May

• 43

  Z. Betteka

  86’

• 13

  S. Paik

  72’

• 15

  A. Chang

  72’

• 24

  T. Iwata

• 2

  E. Laird

  61’

• 21

  R. Allsop

Manager

• Chris Davies

LIN

-Line up

• 31

  Z. Jeacock

• 4

  L. Montsma

  83’

• 23

  S. Roughan

• 15

  P. O'Connor

• 2

  T. Darikwa

  68’

• 6

  E. Erhahon

• 28

  J. Moylan

  68’

• 14

  C. McGrandles

  81’

• 16

  D. Jefferies

  85’

• 27

  J. Makama

  90’

• 9

  B. Cadamarteri

  68’

Substitutes

• 11

  E. Hamilton

  81’

• 34

  F. Draper

  68’

• 17

  D. Duffy

• 5

  A. Jackson

• 12

  E. Ring

  85’

• 36

  Z. Okoro

• 21

  J. Pardington

• 7

  R. Hackett

  68’

• 8

  T. Bayliss

  68’

Manager

• Michael Skubala

Birmingham team news

Birmingham City are likely to be without both Jay Stansfield and captain Krystian Bielik for their upcoming match against Lincoln this weekend.

The Blues remain without Emil Hansson and Keshi Anderson, paving the way for Ayumu Yokoyama to feature in the lineup.

Lincoln City team news

Lincoln have no fresh injury concerns ahead of their clash with Birmingham this weekend.

They will be looking to spring a surprise against the League One leaders.

Form

Head-to-Head Record

BIR

Last 2 matches

LIN

2

Wins

0

Draws

0

Wins

• Lincoln City

  1

  -

  3

  Birmingham

• Birmingham

  3

  -

  1

  Lincoln City

6

Goals scored

2

Games over 2.5 goals

2/2

Both teams scored

2/2

Standings

Useful links

• FA Cup news
• Birmingham team page
• Lincoln team page
• Soccer on TV in the US
• How to watch and live stream soccer in 2024