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Portugal vs Switzerland live stream and match preview, Tuesday December 6, 7pm GMT
Portugal vs Switzerland live stream and match preview
Looking for a Portugal vs Switzerland live stream? We’ve got you covered. Portugal vs Switzerland is free on ITVX in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch World Cup 2022 free (opens in new tab) from anywhere.
Both Portugal and Switzerland went out at the last-16 in 2018. Neither Uruguay or Sweden, the sides that beat them then, are here this time around. Switzerland also reached this stage in 2014, though Portugal didn’t make it out of the groups in either that or the 2010 tournaments.
Kick-off is at 7pm GMT. Make sure you know how to watch World Cup 2022 wherever you are.
Team news
There are no known injury concerns in the Portugal squad, while Yann Sommer and Nico Elvedi have recovered from illness in the Switzerland squad.
Form
Portugal won their first two games over Ghana, a closer result than it should have been, and Uruguay, an easy 2-0 victory, but fell to a 2-1 defeat to South Korea in the third game.
Switzerland had wins over Cameroon and Serbia sandwiched around a narrow defeat to Brazil in the second round of games.
Referee
Roy Hassan from Israel will be the referee for Portugal vs Switzerland. You can find out more about the World Cup 2022 referees here.
Stadium
Portugal vs Switzerland will be played at the 80,000-seater Lusail Stadium in Lusail. Take a look at all of the World Cup 2022 stadiums and see how it ranks.
Players to watch / key battles
There’s this fella Portugal have called Cristiano Ronaldo who’s worth keep an eye on. Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes and Ruben Dias aren’t bad, either.
Former Liverpool midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, now of Chicago Fire, is one of Switzerland’s best players – but they boast a few current Premier League players too. Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka, Chelsea’s Denis Zakaria and Manchester City’s Manuel Akanji are all good performers for their country.
Read more about the Portugal and Switzerland teams in our guide to the full World Cup 2022 squads.
Kick-off and channel
Portugal vs Switzerland kick-off is at 7pm GMT on Tuesday, December 6 in the UK. The game is free to watch on ITV 1 and ITVX.
In the US, kick-off time is 2pm ET / 11am PT. The match will be shown on FOX/FS1 in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
If you’re out of the country for the World Cup 2022, 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 World Cup 2022, FourFourTwo currently recommends:
International World Cup 2022 TV rights
UK
All of the games in the UK are either on the BBC or ITV.
USA
Fox are the World Cup rights holders in the States. Games are on Fox or FS1 cable channels.
If you don’t have cable, you can use services such Sling and FuboTV to get the Fox channels. You can also watch the games on Peacock TV with Spanish commentary.
Canada
TSN is showing every game. You can subscribe for direct streaming or get it as part of your cable package.
- TSN (opens in new tab) ($19.99/mon or $199.90/year)
Australia
As in the UK, coverage of the World Cup 2022 is entirely free to air. You can watch all 64 games on the SBS TV channel and stream it online too with SBS On Demand.
New Zealand
Paid provider Sky Sports are the World Cup 2022 rights holders in New Zealand. You can watch as part of your Sky subscription of pick up a Sky Now TV pass. There is also a 7-day free trial.
