Sporting CP sv Arsenal live stream and match preview, Thursday March 9, 5.45pm GMT
Sporting CP vs Arsenal live stream and match preview
Looking for a Sporting CP vs Arsenal live stream? We've got you covered. Sporting CP vs Arsenal is on BT Sport in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Europa League with your subscription from anywhere.
Fresh off an exhilarating Premier League win over Bournemouth, Arsenal must now turn their attention to the Europa League with a trip to Sporting CP.
The Gunners came from two goals behind to beat the Cherries with the last kick of the game on Saturday.
That saw Mikel Arteta’s side maintain their five-point gap over Manchester City at the top of the table, but they are straight back into the thick of things with a midweek trip to Lisbon.
Sporting dropped into this competition after finishing third in their Champions League group, behind Tottenham and Eintracht Frankfurt, and beating Midtjylland in the play-off round.
Arsenal won their Europa League group to progress directly to the last 16 stage, pipping PSV, Bodo/Glimt and Zurich to top spot.
Kick-off is at 5:45pm GMT.
Line-ups
Sporting
Adan, Matheus Reis, St Juste, Coates, Morita, Edwards, Francisco Trincao, Paulinho, Goncalo Inacio, Pedro Goncalves, Ricardo Esgaio
Arsenal
Turner; White, Saliba, Kiwior, Zinchenko; Vieira, Jorginho, Xhaka; Saka, Martinelli, Nelson
Form
Sporting CP: WWWWD
Arsenal: WWWWL
Stadium
Sporting CP vs Arsenal will be played at Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon.
Kick-off and channel
Sporting CP v sArsenal kick-off is at 5.45pm GMT on Thursday, 9 March in the UK. The game is being shown on BT Sport 2, BTSport.com and the BT Sport app.
In the US, kick-off time is 12.45pm ET / 9.45am 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.
