Viktoria Plzen vs Bayern Munich live stream, Wednesday 12 October, 8pm BST
Viktoria Plzen vs Bayern Munich live stream and match preview
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Bayern Munich will put themselves on the cusp of qualification for the round of 16 if they beat Viktoria Plzen, who must pull off a shock win to delay their seemingly inevitable Champions League elimination.
Viktoria were always going to be up against it in Group C, which contains two more European heavyweights in Barcelona and Inter Milan. And, other than scoring their only goal of this Champions League campaign so far in a 5-1 loss to Barca at Camp Nou, the Czech champions have barely laid a glove on their opponents. They lost last week's reverse fixture against Bayern 5-0.
Bayern have taken maximum points from their first three games (scoring nine goals without reply). Mind you, that's hardly surprising: the German giants, most recently champions of Europe in 2020, are unbeaten in a record 31 home Champions League group outings. Julian Nagelsmann's side threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, but a repeat result here would be quite a shock.
Team news
Viktoria boss Michal Bilek remains without the suspended Pavel Bucha and long-term injury absentee Petr Pejsa for this one.
Bayern are having something of a defensive injury crisis, with Alphonso Davies, Matthijs de Ligt and Lucas Hernandez and Bouna Sarr all sidelined. On top of that, captain Manuel Neuer has been ruled out with a shoulder problem and Jamal Musiala has tested positive for Covid. Serge Gnabry is doubtful with a knock.
Form
Viktoria Plzen: LWDLW
Bayern Munich: WLWWD
Referee
Bartosz Frankowski of Poland will be the referee for Viktoria Plzen vs Bayern Munich.
Stadium
Viktoria Plzen vs Bayern Munich will be played at the Doosan Arena.
Elsewhere in the group
The night's other Group C game between Barcelona and Inter Milan kicks off simultaneously.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 8pm BST on Wednesday 12 October and the game is being shown live on BT Sport 5 in the UK. 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 round of Champions League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
But assistance is on hand. To get around that, all you have to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. All the info going between is entirely encrypted – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there, including:
International TV rights
• UK: BT Sport – which you can get with a non-subscription £25 monthly pass
• USA: Paramount Plus – plans start at $4.99 a month with a seven day free trial
• Canada: DAZN – which you can get with a non-subscription $24.99 monthly pass
• Australia: Stan Sport – this is from $20 a month (including a $10 Stan basic subscription) and comes with a seven day free trial
• New Zealand: Spark Sport – a subscription is $24.99 a month, with a seven day free trial
