Real Madrid vs Chelsea live stream and match preview, Wednesday 12 April, 8pm BST
Real Madrid vs Chelsea live stream and match preview
Looking for a Real Madrid vs Chelsea live stream? We've got you covered. Real Madrid vs Chelsea is on BT Sport in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Champions League with your subscription from anywhere.
Real Madrid are 12 points adrift of Barcelona in the La Liga title race, so Carlo Ancelotti will be putting all his eggs in the Champions League basket for the remainder of the campaign.
Madrid are the defending champions and their considerable European pedigree means they will back themselves to go all the way again this term.
Chelsea are enduring a disappointing season, with the Champions League the only thing they have left to play for.
Kick-off is at 8pm BST.
Team news
Real Madrid will be without Ferland Mendy on Wednesday, but Ancelotti otherwise has a fully fit squad to choose from.
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard will have to make do without Mason Mount, Armando Broja and Thiago Silva, while Cesar Azpilicueta will need to be assessed.
Benoit Badiashile, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Noni Madueke and David Datro Fofana are not in the club's Champions League squad.
Form
Madrid suffered a 3-2 defeat by Villarreal at the weekend, which means they have won only four of their last nine games in all competitions.
Chelsea were beaten 1-0 by Wolves on Saturday, extending their winless streak to four matches.
Referee
Francois Letexier of France will be the referee for Real Madrid vs Chelsea.
Stadium
Real Madrid vs Chelsea will be played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.
Kick-off and channel
Real Madrid vs Chelsea kick-off is at 8pm BST on Wednesday 12 April 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 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.
