Bayer Leverkusen vs Porto live stream, Wednesday 12 October, 8pm BST
Bayer Leverkusen vs Porto live stream and match preview
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Bayer Leverkusen and Porto enter their second Group B meeting level on three points apiece following the visitors' 2-0 win in last week's reverse fixture.
That result proved to be the end for Leverkusen boss Gerardo Seoane, who was sacked and replaced by Xabi Alonso. And the former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Spain man got off to the perfect start in his first frontline coaching role, guiding his new side to a 4-0 Bundesliga win over Schalke on Saturday. Now to get Die Werkself back on track in the competition he won as a player with Liverpool and Real Madrid...
For Sergio Conceicao's Porto, that victory over Leverkusen last week was their first in the 2022/23 Champions League. The Portuguese champions – who exited this competition at the group stage last season – have won eight and drawn one of 12 games in league and cup this term but are winless in their last seven European matches away to German opposition, a run stretching back 16 years.
Team news
The hosts will be without six players for this one: Robert Andrich and Jeremie Frimpong are suspended; Sardar Azmoun, Karim Bellarabi, Exequiel Palacios and Florian Wirtz are injured.
Porto have a fully fit squad with the notable exception of captain Pepe, who's sustained a knee injury in training which may rule him out of the fast-approaching World Cup.
Form
Bayer Leverkusen: WDLLW
Porto: LDWWW
Referee
Istvan Kovacs of Romania will be the referee for Bayer Leverkusen vs Porto.
Stadium
Bayer Leverkusen vs Porto will be played at the BayArena.
Elsewhere in the group
The night's other Group D game between Sporting Lisbon and Marseille kicks off simultaneously.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 8pm BST on Wednesday 12 October and the game is being shown live on BT Sport 7 in the UK. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Champions League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a round of Champions League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
But assistance is on hand. To get around that, all you have to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. All the info going between is entirely encrypted – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there, including:
International TV rights
• UK: BT Sport – which you can get with a non-subscription £25 monthly pass
• USA: Paramount Plus – plans start at $4.99 a month with a seven day free trial
• Canada: DAZN – which you can get with a non-subscription $24.99 monthly pass
• Australia: Stan Sport – this is from $20 a month (including a $10 Stan basic subscription) and comes with a seven day free trial
• New Zealand: Spark Sport – a subscription is $24.99 a month, with a seven day free trial
