Watch Birmingham vs Barcelona today as the Spanish champions arrive at St Andrew’s, as FourFourTwo brings you all the details on live streams and TV channels, wherever you are in the world.
Birmingham vs Barcelona: key information
Birmingham City have pulled a huge summer coup as they host Barcelona in a prestigious pre-season friendly at St Andrew’s.
The Spanish giants are naturally still without some of their World Cup-winning stars, but are still travelling with a 30-man squad.
Read on as FourFourTwo brings you all the information you need to watch Birmingham vs Barcelona online and from anywhere.
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Unfortunately not, as both Birmingham City and Barcelona are benefiting from pre-season broadcasting rules, streaming the game via their club-specific channels.
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How to watch Birmingham vs Barcelona
▶︎ Birmingham vs Barcelona will be shown on Blues+, City’s official streaming platform, via their website.
The cost to watch the game is a one-off payment for live video coverage of Birmingham City v FC Barcelona and is priced at £8.
Alternatively, if you want to watch with Barça bias, the game will also be live on Barça Play. This will cost €39.99 a year.
The match against Birmingham City will be available worldwide on their channels, except in the United Kingdom.
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Birmingham vs Barcelona: Preview
Birmingham are currently managed by Paul Davies, who has been in charge since 2024 after leaving a coaching role at Tottenham.
Guiding the club to promotion from League One to the Championship in the 2024–25 season, he also helped set a new EFL record of 111 points.
They finished 10th last season, nine points outside the play-off places, but will be hoping to kick on especially after the investment from Tom Wagner and Co..
James Beadle has joined on loan from Brighton, Dael Fry has arrived on a free transfer from Middlesbrough, and 21-year-old Jhon Solís has signed from Girona after spending last season on loan at the club.
Barcelona will be without some of their big hitters, namely Lamine Yamal, Pedri and Gavi, after they helped Spain to win the 2026 World Cup.
There is no Robert Lewandowski anymore, yet Hansi Flick has brought along a stern-looking 30-man squad for this game.
The full squad for the Spaniards is as follows:
Ter Stegen, Fort, Balde, Araujo, Cortes, Guille Fernandez, Toni Fernandez, Farinas, Abdelkarim, Tommy, Xavi Espart, Yaakobishvili, Adeyemi, Christensen, Fermin, M Casado, Gerard Martin, Roony, Tunkara, Torrents, Bernal, Gonzalez, Kluivert, Szczesny, Goren, Gistau, Diarra, Pesquer, Rodriguez, De Jong.
FourFourTwo’s prediction
Birmingham 0-3 Barcelona
Barcelona’s should win with relative ease on Friday night.
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