Manchester United vs Real Betis live stream and match preview, Thursday March 9, 8pm GMT
Manchester United vs Real Betis live stream and match preview
Looking for a Manchester United vs Real Betis live stream? We've got you covered. Manchester United vs Real Betis is on BT Sport in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Europa League with your subscription from anywhere.
Manchester United need to dust themselves down after a humiliating day on Merseyside and switch their focus to the Europa League ahead of the visit of Real Betis.
The Red Devils capitulated to an astonishing 7-0 defeat against fierce rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.
It was a result that nobody saw coming, with United on an 11-match unbeaten run ahead of kick-off and the Reds struggling this season.
They won’t have much time to dwell on the result, though, as Betis travel to Old Trafford on Thursday for the first leg of their Europa League last 16 clash.
The Spaniards held Real Madrid to a 0-0 draw on Sunday and are unbeaten in their last four games, sitting fifth in the La Liga standings.
Betis won their Europa League group ahead of Roma, Ludogorets Razgrad and HJK Helsinki to reach this stage, while United knocked out Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate in the play-off round after finishing second in their group behind Real Sociedad.
Kick-off is at 8pm GMT.
Team news
Juan Cruz, Nabil Fekir and Sergio Canales are injured for Betis.
Donny van de Beek and Christian Eriksen are long-term absentees for United, while Anthony Martial is back in training but working his way back to fitness.
Form
Manchester United: LWWWW
Real Betis: DWWWL
Stadium
Manchester United vs Real Betis will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Kick-off and channel
Manchester United vs Real Betis kick-off is at 8.00pm GMT on Thursday, 9 March in the UK. The game is being shown on BT Sport 1, BT Sport Ultimate, BTSport.com and the BT Sport app.
In the US, kick-off time is 3.00pm ET / 12.00pm PT. The match will be shown on Paramount+ in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Europa League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a Europa 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 Europa 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.
