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

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

Newcastle will be high on confidence following their 2-0 win over Arsenal in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup. They will be confident of getting past the fourth round with ease.

Birmingham have won four out of their last five fixtures and will be hopeful of springing a surprise this weekend.

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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle kick-off time

FA Cup - FA Cup

St Andrew's Knighthead Park

The match will be played at the St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium on Saturday, with kick-off at 12.45 pm EST for fans in the US.

Team news & squads

Birmingham vs Newcastle United lineups

Birmingham

4-2-3-1

Formation

4-3-3

NEW

45

B. Peacock-Farrell

4

C. Klarer

2

E. Laird

20

A. Cochrane

25

B. Davies

11

S. Wright

24

T. Iwata

30

K. Dowell

12

M. Leonard

14

K. Anderson

28

J. Stansfield

22

N. Pope

33

D. Burn

17

E. Krafth

13

M. Targett

21

V. Livramento

36

S. Longstaff

39

B. Guimaraes

67

L. Miley

9

C. Wilson

18

W. Osula

28

J. Willock

4-3-3

NEW

BIR

-Line up

• 45

  B. Peacock-Farrell

• 4

  C. Klarer

  71’

• 2

  E. Laird

  1’

• 20

  A. Cochrane

• 25

  B. Davies

• 11

  S. Wright

  76’

• 24

  T. Iwata

  40’

  85’

• 30

  K. Dowell

• 12

  M. Leonard

  62’

• 14

  K. Anderson

  1’

  45’ + 3’

  76’

• 28

  J. Stansfield

  66’

  76’

Substitutes

• 18

  W. Willumsson

  62’

  74’

• 6

  K. Bielik

  76’

• 17

  L. Dykes

  76’

• 21

  R. Allsop

• 9

  A. May

  76’

• 23

  A. Sampsted

• 10

  L. Jutkiewicz

• 26

  L. Harris

• 31

  G. Hanley

  85’

Manager

• C. Davies

NEW

-Line up

• 22

  N. Pope

• 33

  D. Burn

  14’

  56’

• 17

  E. Krafth

• 13

  M. Targett

• 21

  V. Livramento

• 36

  S. Longstaff

  82’

• 39

  B. Guimaraes

  46’

• 67

  L. Miley

• 9

  C. Wilson

  26’

  55’

• 18

  W. Osula

  22’, 26’

  45’ + 3’

  90’ + 14’

• 28

  J. Willock

  22’, 82’

  68’

Substitutes

• 8

  S. Tonali

  46’

• 14

  A. Isak

  90’ + 14’

• 5

  F. Schaer

  56’

• 1

  M. Dubravka

• 20

  L. Hall

• 23

  J. Murphy

  55’

• 26

  J. Ruddy

• 2

  K. Trippier

• 99

  S. Neave

Manager

• E. Howe

Birmingham team news

Currently leading League One, Birmingham have been in impressive form, remaining unbeaten since November 2024.

In the FA Cup third round, they secured a 2-1 victory over Lincoln City.

With no fresh injury concerns, they will be confident of springing a surprise against Newcastle United.

Newcastle team news

Newcastle will have to deal with the absence of Joelinton who recently picked up an injury and will be unavailable for selection in this fourth-round FA Cup fixture.

The squad will ride on the confidence from their win over Arsenal to secure another solid victory.

Form

Head-to-Head Record

BIR

Last 5 matches

NEW

0

Wins

2

Draws

3

Wins

• Birmingham

  0

  -

  0

  Newcastle United

• Newcastle United

  3

  -

  1

  Birmingham

• Birmingham

  1

  -

  1

  Newcastle United

• Newcastle United

  4

  -

  0

  Birmingham

• Newcastle United

  2

  -

  1

  Birmingham

3

Goals scored

10

Games over 2.5 goals

3/5

Both teams scored

3/5

Standings

Useful links

• FA Cup news
• Birmingham team page
• Newcastle United team page
• Soccer on TV in the US
• How to watch and live stream soccer in 2025