Tottenham 1-0 Birmingham LIVE! Preseason friendly score, result and match stream today

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Matt Davies29 August 2020

A last-gasp Steven Bergwijn stunner secured a second Tottenham pre-season win in as many days with a 1-0 victory over Championship side Birmingham.

With Birmingham happy to sit deep, it took Tottenham until the 89th minute to finally break the deadlock as the second half substitute Bergwijn undid all of Birmingham's hard work with a stunning strike.

After beating Reading 4-1 only one day prior, Jose Mourinho opted for a host of changes, handing Joe Hart is first start in Spurs colours, with Eric Dier captaining a side largely comprised of youngsters.

How to watch

TV channel: The match is not being shown on UK TV.

Live stream: Saturday's game is available for a one-off fee on Tottenham's website.

Tottenham team news

Tottenham XI: Hart, Aurier, Dier, Carter-Vickers, Cirkin, White, Sissoko, Clarke, Gedson, Sessegnon, Lucas

Spurs subs: Lloris, Gazzaniga, Bowden, Davies, Devine, Scarlett, Bergwijn, Dele, Son, Kane

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11 mins: Dier's distribution from the back has been immense so far. He's sent two Alderweireld-esque cross-field balls to Aurier on the right. 

On this occasion, Aurier played it through to Clarke, whose touch let him down as he ran it out of play. 

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8 mins: Sissoko does brilliantly to turn and sprint away down the right flank. He sends a curling ball in search of Lucas in the box, but Birmingham 'keeper Prieto dives to punch clear. 

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7 mins: It's been a fairly cagey opening. Birmingham look happy to sit back, handing Spurs all the time in the world at the back. No chances of note as of yet. 

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4 mins: Sissoko has looked for the searching ball over the top on a couple of occasions early on, both missing the target. It's the home side who have started with the majority of possession. Birmingham have barely had a touch so far. 

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2 mins: After playing at full-back in Spurs' previous two games, it's immediately abundant that Gedon is playing much further forward today. It's a flat back four, with Cirkin and Aurier the full-backs. 

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Kick-off! 

We're underway at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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The players are out on the pitch. We're just a couple of minutes away...

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We're just about ready to start at an empty Tottenham Hotspur stadium. The all-too-familiar sound of 'ready or not' has done the rounds at the ground. 

Spurs started quickly against Reading yesterday and Ipswich last week, ahead inside 10 minutes in both. 

There's no Son or Dele from the start today, but Mourinho will be hoping for yet another blistering opening. 

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Jose Mourinho and Birmingham boss Aitor Karanka have been speaking on the pitch. 

The two know each other very well - Karanka was Mourinho's assistant manager at Real Madrid. 

Photo: Getty

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Right then, we're about 15 minutes from kick-off. The players have gone back inside after completing their warm-ups. Another good session for both sides awaits.