Benfica v Club Brugge live stream and match preview, Tuesday 7 March, 8pm GMT
Benfica v Club Brugge live stream and match preview
Looking for a Benfica v Club Brugge live stream? We've got you covered. Benfica v Club Brugge is on BT Sport in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Champions League with your subscription from anywhere.
Benfica are in a strong position to reach the Champions League quarter-finals ahead of their last 16 second leg clash with Scott Parker’s Club Brugge.
The Portuguese giants claimed a 2-0 win in the reverse fixture in Belgium to protect in front of their own fans.
Both goals came in the second half, with Joao Mario making the breakthrough from the penalty spot before David Neres notched a late second.
The two sides are in contrasting form domestically; Benfica sit top of the table, eight points clear of Porto, and head into Tuesday’s clash on a 12-match unbeaten run in all competitions.
Parker’s side, on the other hand, head to Portugal on the back of an embarrassing 3-0 defeat at relegation-battling Oostende and sit fourth in the standings, 21 points adrift of leaders Genk.
Kick-off is at 8pm GMT.
Team news
Roger Schmidt has named the following Benfica starting 11: (4-2-3-1) Odysseas Vlachodimos; Alexander Bah, Antonio Silva, Nicolas Otamendi (captain), Alex Grimaldo; Florentino Luis, Chiquinho; Fredrik Aursnes, Joao Mario, Rafa Silva; Goncalo Ramos
Scott Parker has selected the following Brugge starting 11: (3-5-2) Simon Mignolet; Clinton Mata, Brandon Mechele, Abakar Sylla; Tajon Buchanon, Casper Nielsen, Hans Vanaken (captain), Kamal Sowah, Bjorn Meijer; Noa Lang, Roman Yaremchuk
Form
Benfica: WWWWD
Club Brugge: LWDLD
Referee
Halil Umut Meler of Turkey will be the referee for Benfica v Club Brugge.
Stadium
Benfica v Club Brugge will be played at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.
Kick-off and channel
Benfica v Club Brugge kick-off is at 8pm GMT on Tuesday, 7 March in the UK. The game is being shown on BT Sport 2, BTSport.com and the BT Sport app.
In the US, kick-off time is 3pm ET / 12pm PT. The match will be shown on Paramount+ in the US. 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 Champions 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 Champions 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.
