Crystal Palace vs Chelsea live stream, Saturday 1 October, 3pm
Graham Potter will take charge of his first Premier League match as Chelsea manager against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Potter has already made his debut on the Blues bench – and it did not exactly go to plan. A 1-1 home draw with Red Bull Salzburg leaves Chelsea with plenty of work to do in their Champions League group, although their new boss had little time to work with his squad in the run-up to that match. Potter will have been hard at work over the international break and it will be interesting to see how he sets his team up here.
The consensus after the sacking of Thomas Tuchel was that the German had been harshly treated, but the benefit of making a change early is that it gives the new man plenty of time to get things right. Despite a mixed start to the campaign, Chelsea are only eight points off top spot with a game in hand on the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham.
Crystal Palace have amassed just six points from the first 18 on offer, but they have had a tougher start than most. Meetings with Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City yielded just a single point, but Patrick Vieira will have been more frustrated with his team’s displays in draws with Brentford and Newcastle, two games which Palace could easily have lost.
Chelsea will need to assess both Edouard Mendy and N’Golo Kante after knee and hamstring injuries respectively. Potter will likely tread carefully with Kante, who has struggled to shake off various niggles in the last couple of years.
Palace will be unable to call upon the services of Nathan Ferguson, Jack Butland and James Tomkins, although none of the trio would have started anyway. James McArthur has an outside chance of returning to the bench.
Kick-off is at 3pm BST on Saturday 1 October. See below for international broadcast options.
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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 the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
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UK TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for UK subscribers
Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
US TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for US subscribers
NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season, with other matches split between NBCSN channel, CNBC and the over-the-air NBC broadcast channel. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
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Canada TV rights
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Australia TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for Australian subscribers
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Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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