How to watch the Premier League live this weekend

Including Arsenal vs Liverpool

After a bumper summer of sport, the new Premier League season is well underway.

Champions Man City are hunting for an incredible fourth title in a row and seventh triumph in the last eight seasons, but they currently sit behind Liverpool, who are top of the table under new boss Arne Slot.

Last season’s runners-up Arsenal aren’t far behind, while a resurgent Chelsea are just ahead of Aston Villa, who are balancing league commitments with the Champions League for the first time in more than 40 years.

Meanwhile, Tottenham and Man Utd are still very much in mid-table. At the other end, it’s been a slow start for all three promoted teams – Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton, but there are plenty of other teams down there at this early stage.

Here’s how to watch the Premier League live this weekend, whether you’re based in the UK, US or elsewhere.

What Premier League games are on TV this weekend?

All 10 matches are being shown live in the US, but you can only watch four in the UK.

Fri 25 Oct

• Leicester City v Nottingham Forest – KO 8pm BST/3pm EDT/12pm PDT – Sky Sports (UK), USA Network (US)

Sat 26 Oct

• Aston Villa vs Bournemouth – KO 2pm BST/10am EDT/7am PDT – USA Network (US)
• Brentford vs Ipswich- KO 2pm BST/10am EDT/7am PDT – Peacock (US)
• Brighton vs Wolves – KO 2pm BST/10am EDT/7am PDT – Peacock (US)
• Man City vs Southampton – KO 2pm BST/10am EDT/7am PDT – Peacock (US)
• Everton vs Fulham – KO 5.30pm BST/12.30pm EDT/9.30am PDT – Sky Sports (UK), NBC (US)

Sun 20 Oct

• Chelsea vs Newcastle – KO 2pm BST/10am EDT/7am PDT – Sky Sports (UK), NBC (US)
• Crystal Palace vs Spurs – KO 2pm BST/10am EDT/7am PDT – Peacock (US)
• West Ham vs Man United – KO 2pm BST/10am EDT/7am PDT – Peacock (US)
• Arsenal vs Liverpool – KO 4.30pm BST/12.30pm EDT/9.30am PDT – Sky Sports (UK), Peacock (US)

How to watch the Premier League in the UK

In the UK, only 200 of the 380 games are shown live. Sky Sports has the majority of these, but there are also some on TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) and two full rounds of fixtures on Amazon Prime Video.

Sky Sports

You have several options when it comes to Sky Sports. The first is to get a TV package, which starts at £43 per month for 24 months, but includes Sky TV, Netflix and UHD.

If you don’t mind paying a monthly subscription for your TV, Sky Glass is also worth considering. You can currently get a 43-inch TV (48-month contract) with Sky Sports, Sky Entertainment and Netflix (Standard with Ads) on an 18-month contract for £62 per month with £10 upfront.

Alternatively, you can add the functionality to your existing TV via Sky Stream. It starts at £46 per month for an 18-month plan including Sky Entertainment, Netflix and Sky Sports.

All of the above include access on your phone, tablet and/or laptop via Sky Go.

That doesn’t apply to Sky’s Now streaming service, but it’s a more affordable option. A Now Sports membership (including all 11 Sky Sports channels) costs £34.99 per month at full price, but it’s currently down to £26 per month for the first six months.

You may also want to add Now Boost, which adds 1080p video (rather than the usual 720p), removes ads and lets you stream on up to two devices at the same time (instead of the usual one). After a one-month free trial, it costs £6 per month extra. Alternatively Now Ultra Boost, upgrades this to 4K and three devices simultaneously, though it costs £9 per month.

TNT Sports

BT Sport was rebranded as TNT Sports ahead of the 2023-24 season, but not much changed in terms of the plans available.

At full price, the cheapest package costs £20 per month on a monthly rolling contract, though you’re limited to the discovery+ app. However it also includes Eurosport 1 & 2 and the discovery+ Premium streaming service.

But if you’d rather stream all the action and don’t want a recordable TV box, it makes more sense to simply add TNT Sports to discovery+. That costs an extra £20 per month for existing BT Broadband customers, but you’ll need to get the monthly pass for £30.99 per month otherwise.

Amazon Prime Video

To access Prime Video’s live games, you’ll simply need to be subscribed to Amazon Prime in some capacity.

After a 30-day free trial, it costs £8.99 per month or £95 per year. But there are plenty of other benefits, including free next-day delivery on many items, unlimited photo storage and access to some music and games.

How to watch the Premier League in the US

In the US, NBC has the exclusive English-language rights to the Champions League. All 380 matches are broadcast live, across the main NBC channels, NBC-owned USA Network and its streaming service Peacock.

Peacock has most of the games, and it’s also the most affordable. It starts $7.99 per month/$79.99 per year for ‘Premium’, or $13.99 per month/$139.99 to step up to the ad-free ‘Premium Plus’. You can sign up for both on the Peacock website.

For NBC itself and USA Network, things are a little more complicated if you don’t want to pay for cable.

The most hassle-free way is to sign up for a live TV streaming services such as YouTube TV ($72.99 per month), Sling TV (requires $45 per month Sling Blue) or Hulu+ Live TV ($76.99 per month). None of these are cheap, but they offer plenty of other benefits.

How to watch the Premier League outside the UK and US

Before trying to watch UK or US TV from abroad, it’s worth checking which broadcaster has the rights to the Premier League where you’re based. See the full list of international broadcasters on the Premier League website.

But if you’re just visiting another country, it makes sense to access your UK or US subscription, which requires a VPN. We’re using NordVPN for the purposes of this tutorial, but there are plenty of great alternatives in our best VPN chart.