They will then face last season’s losing play-off finalists Huddersfield Town a week later at St Andrew’s.
Sandwiched in between those two will be round one of the Carabao Cup, with the draw taking place for that later today.
Here’s the Blues fixture list for the new season in full:
1. July
30th - Luton Town (A) Photo: David Rogers
2. August
6th - Huddersfield Town (H)
13th - Cardiff City (A)
16th - Watford (H)
20th - Wigan Athletic (H)
27th - Rotherham United (A)
30th - Norwich City (H)
3. September
3rd - Preston North End (A)
10th - Swansea City (H)
14th - West Brom (A)
17th - Coventry City (H)
4. October
1st - Sheffield United (A)
5th - Middlesbrough (A)
8th - Bristol City (H)
15th - Hull City (A)
19th - Burnley (H)
22nd - Blackburn Rovers (A)
29th - QPR (H) Photo: Nathan Stirk