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Real Madrid v Liverpool live stream and match preview, Wednesday 15 March, 8pm GMT
Real Madrid v Liverpool live stream and match preview
Looking for a Real Madrid v Liverpool live stream? We’ve got you covered. Real Madrid v Liverpool is on BT Sport in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Champions League with your subscription (opens in new tab) from anywhere.
Liverpool will need to produce one of the all-time great Champions League comebacks if they are to overturn an enormous first-leg deficit away to defending champions Real Madrid.
The Reds were hammered 5-2 at Anfield last month on a night to forget, going two goals ahead only to collapse in spectacular fashion as Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema both bagged braces.
Jurgen Klopp’s side seemed to have turned their form around with a stunning 7-0 win over Manchester United, but a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth last time out was another setback.
Real Madrid ended a mini-slump of three games without a win by beating Espanyol 3-1 on Saturday and Carlo Ancelotti’s side are second in La Liga, nine points behind rivals Barcelona.
Kick-off is at 8pm GMT.
Team news
Ferland Mendy and Karim Benzema are approaching comebacks after recent problems, but David Alaba remains sidelined for the Merengues.
Klopp is still without Luis Diaz, Calvin Ramsay, Thiago Alcantara and Joe Gomez, while Naby Keita remains a fitness doubt.
Form
Real Madrid: WDLDW
Liverpool: LWWDL
Referee
Felix Zwayer of Germany is the referee for Real Madrid v Liverpool.
Stadium
Real Madrid v Liverpool will be played at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.
Kick-off and channel
Real Madrid v Liverpool kick-off is at 8pm GMT on Wednesday, 15 March in the UK. The game is being shown on BT Sport 1, BTSport.com and the BT Sport app (opens in new tab).
In the US, kick-off time is 3pm ET / 12pm PT. The match will be shown on Paramount+ in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
If you’re out of the country for a Champions 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 Champions League, FourFourTwo currently recommends:
International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports (opens in new tab) and BT Sport (opens in new tab) are the two main players once again, but Amazon (opens in new tab) also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium (opens in new tab) streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription (opens in new tab) 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 (opens in new tab), which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport (opens in new tab) will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box (opens in new tab) and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport (opens in new tab) are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
