Chelsea vs Manchester City live stream and match preview, Thursday 5 January, 8pm GMT
Chelsea vs Manchester City live stream and match preview
Looking for a Chelsea vs Manchester City live stream? We've got you covered. Chelsea vs Manchester City is being shown on Sky Sports in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Premier League with your subscription from anywhere.
A 1-1 draw with Everton means Manchester City lost ground in the Premier League title race at the weekend.
Pep Guardiola's side cannot afford to fall too far behind Arsenal, who are showing no signs of slowing down at the top of the table.
As for Chelsea, a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest on New Year's Day saw them fall seven points adrift of the top four.
Kick-off is at 8pm GMT. Make sure you know how to watch the Premier League wherever you are.
Team news
Chelsea will have to make do without N'Golo Kante, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Ben Chilwell, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Edouard Mendy and Armando Broja.
Manchester City will be unable to call upon the services of Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez, but Aymeric Laporte could return to the matchday squad.
Form
City have won just one of their last three top-flight games, having lost 2-1 at home to Brentford immediately prior to the World Cup.
Chelsea have emerged triumphant from just one of their last seven outings in the Premier League, leaving them eighth in the table heading into the midweek round of games.
Referee
Paul Tierney will be the referee for Chelsea vs Manchester City.
Stadium
Chelsea vs Manchester City will be played at the 40,341-capacity Stamford Bridge in London.
Kick-off and channel
Chelsea vs Manchester City kick-off is at 8pm GMT on Thursday 5 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 3pm ET / 12pm 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.
