Chelsea vs Crystal Palace live stream and match preview, Sunday 15 January, 2pm GMT
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace live stream and match preview
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This could be a must-win game for under-fire Chelsea manager Graham Potter, who is in danger of the sack just a few months after his appointment.
After a 2-1 loss to Fulham on Thursday, the Blues have now won only one of their last eight matches in all competitions.
Crystal Palace are not in great form either, so this might not be a classic at Stamford Bridge.
Kick-off is at 8pm GMT. Make sure you know how to watch the Premier League wherever you are.
Team news
Chelsea are without loan signing Joao Felix, whose red card at Craven Cottage will keep him out for three games.
N'Golo Kante, Reece James, Raheem Sterling, Denis Zakaria, Christian Pulisic, Wesley Fofana, Ben Chilwell, Armando Broja, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Edouard Mendy are all injured.
Manager Graham Potter makes five changes from Thursday’s defeat at Fulham, with new signing Benoit Badiashile in for his debut in defence.
Conor Gallagher, Hakim Ziyech and Jorginho all start. Carney Chukwuemeka is in for his first start for the Blues.
Palace remain without James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson, but Tyrick Mitchell will return at left-back after a ban.
He is one of three changes, with Jeffrey Schlupp replacing Will Hughes and Ebere Eze in for Odsonne Edouard.
Chelsea XI: Kepa; Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Badiashile, Hall; Chukwuemeka, Jorginho, Gallagher; Mount, Havertz, Ziyech.
Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Olise, Doucouré, Schlupp; Ayew, Zaha, Eze.
Form
Chelsea have lost three games on the bounce in all competitions and are now 10 points adrift of the top four heading into the weekend.
Palace have lost three of their four outings since the World Cup, including a 2-1 defeat by Southampton in the FA Cup last time out.
Referee
John Brooks will be the referee for Chelsea vs Crystal Palace.
Stadium
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace will be played at the 40,341-capacity Stamford Bridge in London.
Kick-off and channel
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace kick-off is at 2pm GMT on Sunday 15 January in the UK. The game is being shown on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football.
In the US, kick-off time is 9am ET / 6am PT. The match will be shown on NBC in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Premier League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a Premier 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 Premier 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.
