Why isn’t Liverpool vs Luton Town on TV tonight?

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp (Image credit: Getty Images)

Liverpool will look to move four points clear at the top of the Premier League when they host Luton Town at Anfield this evening. 

Jurgen Klopp’s men are looking to make it three wins on the spin as they take on a Luton side that are back in the relegation zone after taking just one point from their last nine available.

Despite this being the only Premier League fixture taking place tonight, fans will not be able to tune in from home, as the match is not being televised in the UK. 

General view of Anfield in Liverpool's Premier League game against Burnley in February 2024.

Fans will not be able to tune in from Anfield tonight (Image credit: Getty Images)

Why isn’t Liverpool vs Luton Town on TV tonight?

The match was originally due to be played this weekend, but has now been brought forward due to Liverpool’s involvement in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, when they will face Chelsea at Wembley Stadium with the season’s first piece of major silverware on the line.

As the Liverpool versus Luton fixture was due to be a Saturday 3pm kick-off, it cannot be televised, despite it being moved.

Klopp’s side will be hoping to head to Wembley on a high, but have a series of injuries to contend with. Diogo Jota has been ruled out ‘for months’ with a knee injury according to the Reds boss, who will also be without Alisson Becker, Curtis Jones and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Thiago Alcantara, Joel Matip and Stefan Bajcetic all remain sidelined with longer-term injury issues and Dominik Szoboszlai is also set to miss out.

Luton boss Rob Edwards will have to make do without top scorer Elijah Adebayo, while Jacob Brown, Marvelous Nakamba and Mads Andersen are also absent.

Use a VPN to watch Premier League football from outside your country

If you’re out of the country for a round of Premier 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 Steve Bruce’s extra-red face 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.

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Joe Mewis

For more than a decade Joe Mewis has worked in football journalism as a reporter and editor, with stints at Mirror Football and LeedsLive among others. He is the author of four football history books that include times on Leeds United and the England national team.