After a long and intense pre-season, City’s title defence begins, with all eyes on the reigning champions.
Andrée Jeglertz’s side welcome newly-promoted Birmingham City to the Joie Stadium on Sunday 6 September, with kick-off set for 14:30 (UK).
And our opening fixture of 2026/27 will be available to watch live on Sky Sports + in the United Kingdom, with further broadcast details from around the world detailed below.
Like always, there will be comprehensive coverage of the match on mancity.com and the Official Man City App.
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Our Matchday Centre will be on hand to provide City-centric updates from 13:00 (UK), including stats, analysis and post-match reaction.
We will also have live audio commentary available for CITY+ subscribers when the game gets under way.
Shortly after full-time, a detailed match report and post-match reaction will follow with highlights and a CITY+ full-match replay accessible from later that day.
Check out our global TV listing below, courtesy of livesoccertv.com. (correct as of Monday 31 August)
GLOBAL TV LISTINGS
| Armenia | Q Arena |
| Australia | Stan Sport |
| Azerbaijan | Q Arena |
| Belarus | Q Arena |
| Brunei Darussalam | beIN SPORTS MAX Thailand |
| Cambodia | beIN SPORTS MAX Thailand |
| Canada | Sportsnet WorldSportsnet OneSportsnet Plus |
| Georgia | Q Arena |
| Great Britain | Sky Sports+ |
| Hong Kong | beIN SPORTS MAX Hong Kong |
| Indonesia | beIN SPORTS MAX Indonesia |
| Ireland Republic | Sky Sports+ |
| Kazakhstan | Q Arena |
| Kyrgyzstan | Q Arena |
| Laos | beIN SPORTS MAX Thailand |
| Malaysia | beIN SPORTS MAX Malaysia |
| Moldova | Q Arena |
| Philippines | beIN SPORTS MAX Philippines |
| Singapore | beIN SPORTS MAX Singapore |
| Tajikistan | Q Arena |
| Thailand | beIN SPORTS MAX Thailand |
| Turkmenistan | Q Arena |
| USA | Paramount+ |
| Uzbekistan | Q Arena |
