Arsenal v Sporting CP live stream and match preview, Thursday March 16, 8.00pm GMT
Arsenal v Sporting CP live stream and match preview
Looking for an Arsenal v Sporting CP live stream? We've got you covered. Arsenal v Sporting CP is on BT Sport in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Europa League with your subscription from anywhere.
There is all to play for at the Emirates on Thursday when Arsenal and Sporting go head-to-head for a place in the Europa League quarter-finals.
The tie is level at the halfway stage after a 2-2 draw in Lisbon last week, where Sporting came back from a William Saliba goal to take the lead through Goncalo Inacio and Paulinho, only for a Hidemasa Morita own goal to level it up.
Mikel Arteta’s table-topping side are in formidable form, winning their last five Premier League games in a row including a 3-0 victory at Fulham on Sunday.
But Sporting are also on a fine run, going unbeaten in their last seven games in all competitions and winning five, leaving them fourth in the league standings.
Kick-off is at 8pm GMT.
Team news
Mikel Arteta has named the following Arsenal starting 11: (4-3-3) Aaron Ramsdale; Takehiro Tomiyasu, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Fabio Vieira, Jorginho, Granit Xhaka (captain); Reiss Nelson, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli
Ruben Amorim has selected the following Sporting starting 11: (3-4-3) Antonio Adan (captain); Jeremiah St. Juste, Ousmane Diomande, Goncalo Inacio; Ricardo Esgaio, Pedro Goncalves, Manuel Ugarte, Mathues; Marcus Edwards, Paulinho, Trincao
Form
Arsenal: WDWWW
Sporting CP: WDWWW
Stadium
Arsenal v Sporting CP will be played at the Emirates Stadium in London.
Kick-off and channel
Arsenal v Sporting CP kick-off is at 8.00pm GMT on Thursday, 16 March in the UK. The game is being shown on BT Sport 2, BT Sport Ultimate, BTSport.com and the BT Sport app.
In the US, kick-off time is 3.00pm ET / 12.0pm PT. The match will be shown on Paramount+ in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Europa League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a Europa League fixture, then you won't be able to watch on your domestic streaming service as usual. The broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!) and blocks you from watching it. You can use a VPN to get around that, though, without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there. For the Europa League, FourFourTwo currently recommends:
International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
