A couple of squads right next to each other in the UEFA Champions League table face off on Wednesday, Oct. 23 when FC Barcelona takes on Bayern Munich at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain.
The match is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on UniMás and TUDN. Fans looking to watch can do so through FuboTV, which offers a free trial and $20 off your first month, or DirecTV Stream, which also offers a free trial. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but does have other promotional offers available.
Paramount+ offers exclusive live streams and on-demand replays of all UEFA Champions League matches and when you sign up, you get a free week trial.
Barcelona got into the win column in its last Champions League match, a 5-0 victory over Young Boys that gave the club 3 points.
Bayern on the other hand was on the wrong end of a 1-0 result against Aston Villa, leaving it stuck at 3 point two matches into the league phase.
Barcelona Dominates First Half Against Bayern Munich
Barcelona are aiming for back-to-back victories in the Champions League. They got off to an excellent start against Bayern Munich before being pegged back, although they have now re-taken the lead before half time at the Estadi Olimpic.
It was Raphinha that opened the scoring inside 60 seconds, although Harry Kane netted the equaliser for Bayern soon after. On 37 minutes, Barcelona have now hit the front again, as it’s Robert Lewandowski that has netted against his former club.
Fermin Lopez has been instrumental on his first start of the season. He played in Raphinha for the opener, and he has now set the ball on a plate for Lewandowski to score – it’s the Polish striker’s 15th goal of the season in only 13 appearances.
It’s been a hectic evening so far in Catalonia, but Barcelona have now re-gained control of proceedings. Hansi Flick will hope that he can see it out to ensure success against his former employers.
Lewandowski's Revenge Against Bayern Munich
Robert Lewandowski, the Polish striker, scored a goal against his former club, Bayern Munich, in a match that brought the two sides together in the UEFA Champions League. Lewandowski's goal gave Barcelona a 2-1 lead in the match. The Polish striker has now scored 15 goals in 13 appearances this season. This was his sixth goal against his former club. Lewandowski's goal was a highlight of the match for Barcelona fans.
Raphinha's Stunning Goal Caps Off Barcelona's Dominance
The first half of the match saw a breathtaking goal by Raphinha. Barcelona was leading 2-1 at this point in the match and looking to extend the lead. Barcelona has always been known for the quality of their players and this is a perfect example of that. Raphinha's stunning goal was a highlight of the match for Barcelona fans.
Champions League: How To Watch Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig, Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich
The Reds look to build on a perfect start to their European campaign as Arne Slot's side travel to Germany.
Liverpool go in search of their third successive victory in this year's UEFA Champions League as they head to the Red Bull Arena on Wednesday to take on RB Leipzig.
Riding high at the top of the English Premier League, Arne Slot's Liverpool have made a similarly strong start to this competition with back-to-back wins over Italian teams AC Milan and Bologna.
While Leipzig boast decent domestic form in the Bundesliga, they've struggled so far in Europe, having suffered defeats to Atletico Madrid and Juventus in their opening two UCL fixtures.
RB Leipzig take on Liverpool on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the the Red Bull Arena, with kickoff set for 8 p.m. BST local time in the UK, making it a 3 p.m. ET or 12 p.m. PT kickoff in the US and Canada, and a 6 a.m. AEDT start in Australia on Thursday morning.
Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the match as it happens, wherever you are in the world.
Curtis Jones scored the winning goal for Liverpool in their 2-1 victory over Chelsea at Anfield in the Premier League at the weekend.
How To Watch Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig
American soccer fans can stream every fixture of this season's tournament via Paramount Plus, which has exclusive live English-language broadcast rights in the US for the UEFA Champions League.
Paramount Plus has two main subscription plans in the US: Essential for $8 per month and Premium for $13 a month. Both offer coverage of the Champions League.
The cheaper Essential option has ads for on-demand streaming and lacks live CBS feeds as well as the ability to download shows to watch offline later. Newcomers to the service can take advantage of a 30-day free trial, while students may qualify for a 25% discount.
Read our Paramount Plus review.
If you find yourself unable to view UCL matches locally, you may need a different way to watch the games -- that's where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds on game day by encrypting your traffic, and it's also a great idea if you're traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network, and you want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins.
With a VPN, you're able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to the game. Most VPNs, like our Editors' Choice, ExpressVPN, make it really easy to do this.
Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you're streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: Even where VPNs are legal, the streaming service may terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing correctly applied blackout restrictions.
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How To Watch Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig in the UK
Along with the shakeup of the Champions League format, the new season brings with it some changes to how to watch UCL games in the UK.
TNT Sports will continue to broadcast the majority of Champions League games, but Amazon Prime Video now has first pick for games on a Tuesday, with one per match week being shown exclusively live on the platform.
This match is set to be shown live on TNT Sports 1.
TNT Sports is offering the lions' share of Champions League matches exclusively live this season to viewers in the UK. You can access TNT Sports in a number of ways, including via Sky Q as a TV package, or direct streaming from its range of mobile and smart TV apps. It costs £31 either way and comes in a package that includes Discovery Plus' library of documentary content.
How To Watch Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig in Canada
If you want to stream UCL games live in Canada, you'll need to subscribe to DAZN Canada. The service has exclusive broadcast rights to the Champions League this season.
A DAZN subscription currently costs CA$30 a month or CA$200 a year and will also give you access to Europa League and EFL Championship soccer, Six Nations rugby and WTA tennis.
As well as dedicated apps for iOS and Android, there's a wide range of support for set-top boxes and smart TVs.
How To Watch Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig in Australia
Football fans Down Under can watch UCL matches on streaming service Stan Sport, which has exclusive rights to show the Champions League live in Australia this season.
Stan Sport will set you back AU$10 a month (on top of a AU$10 Stan subscription), but the streaming service is currently offering a seven-day free trial.
A subscription will also give you access to Europa League and Europa Conference League action, as well as international rugby and Formula E.
Champions League: Raising Awareness for Inclusion for Fans With Disabilities
Atletico Madrid is looking to attract a record number of spectators with disabilities to a Champions League match to raise awareness about inclusion and the need to promote better access to sport for disabled fans in venues across Europe.
Thousands of supporters with disabilities are expected at Atletico’s game against Lille at Metropolitano Stadium on Wednesday, when the club could break the record of 1,740 disabled fans set by Real Betis in a Spanish league game against Valladolid last year.
Atletico and its partners in the initiative, including the groups AccessibAll, Integrated Dreams and World Football Summit hope the feat will help launch a movement to improve access for disabled fans in sports venues.
“They proposed to us to do this type of match and automatically we said, ‘Yes,’” Atletico chief operating officer Óscar Mayo told The Associated Press. “We are not worried about the record, it’s more about the awareness, the importance about thinking about these groups, to sensibilize all of society, and to create the awareness that, no matter what, you can enjoy these types of events.”
The match comes a few days after a report by Level Playing Field, a body representing disabled sports fans, mentioned difficulties for disabled fans in away stadiums across Europe, including complaints of wheelchair users having to sit alongside supporters of the home team.
UEFA said it’s “committed to strengthening inclusivity and accessibility at stadiums in Europe,” in line with policies and targets outlined in its Football Sustainability Strategy 2030 document. The governing body said each of its licensed clubs must have a dedicated “disabled access officer,” and noted that accessibility guidelines compiled in collaboration with AccessibAll were launched in September. The guidelines stipulate that wheelchair-user spaces shouldn’t be located only in home supporter sectors.
One of the first initiatives similar to Atletico‘s came in 2015, when more than 1,000 disabled fans attended a local match in Poland, according to UEFA. Little else has been done since then, with Betis’ initiative coming nearly a decade later.
“We found that it’s time to launch more than a record, it’s time to launch a movement,” AccessibAll CEO Olivier Jarosz told the AP. “When we think about disability, we tend to think that it’s people on wheelchair. And actually wheelchair users are 7%, so it’s a true minority. The majority of disabilities are non-visible. It could be visual, it could be mental, it could be cognitive. And there are many, many different challenges.”
According to data from the European Union, 27% of the EU population over the age of 16 had some form of disability in 2023.
Mayo said Atletico was already contacted by other European clubs, without specifying them, to get more information about the initiative.
“We decided to do it in a UEFA match because the visibility is bigger,” Mayo said. “And I think that if this helps to invite the rest of the teams to join in similar initiatives, it would be great.”
Many times clubs don’t take action because they think there are not enough fans with disabilities interested in attending their matches, so initiatives like the ones by Atletico should help show them that there is a demand for better services.
Germany is likely the country better prepared for fans with disabilities, Jarosz said, in part because it has “the best stadiums” that were used recently in the European Championship. He said the fact that clubs are traditionally owned by fans also helps, and society in general in the country is more used to servicing people with disabilities.
He said France also has improved recently, thanks to Paris having hosted the Olympics and the Paralympics.
“Certainly things are changing, but they are not moving enough,” Jarosz said. “It’s very difficult to tell you on the global scale the situation, but certainly the governing bodies like FIFA and UEFA realized that this is important because it’s part of the population.”
Atletico attracted fans with disabilities for Wednesday’s match by selling tickets to them at reduced prices and working with its fan groups to spread the word about the campaign.
Mayo said Atletico prepared an “intensive operation” to host the match. There will be specific parking places reserved for supporters with disabilities, and employees dedicated exclusively to help them.
Atletico’s 70,000-capacity stadium is one of the newest and most modern ones in Europe, and is considered to be fully equipped to welcome fans with disabilities. Access to and from the stadium in the Spanish capital is also considered to be adequate.
There will be activities before the match at Metropolitano, with exhibitions of wheelchair soccer and stands with information about different types of disabilities. Actors from the Spanish movie “Campeones,” a highly successful comedy about the importance of inclusion, were set to be on hand, as were members of the Spain blind soccer team.
“These types of action help make the people aware of the importance to think of them,” Mayo said.
The Spanish government, through its inclusion ministry, was also involved in the initiative.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
