Manchester City vs Chelsea live stream and match preview, Sunday 8 January, 4.30pm GMT
Manchester City vs Chelsea live stream and match preview
Looking for a Manchester City vs Chelsea live stream? We've got you covered. Manchester City vs Chelsea is being shown live in the UK on BBC One. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the FA Cup with your subscription from anywhere.
Pep Guardiola's side beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Thursday, moving to within five points of top spot in the Premier League.
City are the bookmakers' favourites to win the FA Cup but they have a tough third-round tie to deal with.
Chelsea are out of form, however, with Graham Potter's side currently 10th in the Premier League.
Kick-off is at 4.30pm GMT. Make sure you know how to watch the FA Cup wherever you are.
Team news
Manchester City will have to make do without Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez, but Aymeric Laporte could be on the bench.
Chelsea will be unable to call upon the services of N'Golo Kante, Edouard Mendy, Reece James, Wesley Fofana and Armando Broja. Mason Mount, Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic will all need to be assessed.
Form
Manchester City have lost only one of their last 11 matches in all competitions going into Sunday's showdown with the Blues.
Chelsea, on the other hand, have won just one of their last six games either side of World Cup 2022.
Referee
Robert Jones will be the referee for Manchester City vs Chelsea.
Stadium
Manchester City vs Chelsea will be played at the 53,400-capacity Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
Kick-off and channel
Manchester City vs Chelsea kick-off is at 4.30pm GMT on Sunday 8 January in the UK. The game is being shown live on BBC One.
In the US, kick-off time is 11.30am ET / 8.30am 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.
