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Watch Chelsea vs Port Vale today as the lowest-ranked remaining team take on Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals. FourFourTwo brings you all the details on live streams and TV channels, wherever you are in the world.
• Date: Saturday, 4 April 2026
• Kick-off time: 5:15pm BST / 12:15pm ET
• Venue: Stamford Bridge, London
• FREE STREAM: BBC iPlayer (UK)
• TV & streaming: BBC / TNT Sports / HBO Max (UK), ESPN Select (US), Stan Sport (Australia)
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A home quarter-final in the FA Cup against third-tier opposition promises to be rather more serene. If we know anything about Chelsea, Port Vale will either get walloped at Stamford Bridge, or they won't.
Read on as FourFourTwo brings you all the information on how to watch Chelsea vs Port Vale online, on TV, and from anywhere.
Watch Chelsea vs Port Vale for free
Chelsea vs Port Vale is one of two FA Cup quarter-finals being broadcast free-to-air in the UK on Saturday. It will be shown live on BBC One and can be streamed on BBC iPlayer.
All you need is a television licence and a BBC login.
❗Coverage is geo-restricted. If you're not in the UK right now, you can still access BBC iPlayer by using a VPN such as NordVPN.
Watch Chelsea vs Port Vale from anywhere
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Watch Chelsea vs Port Vale on TV in the UK
As well as being shown on BBC One, Chelsea vs Port Vale will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 today.
TNT Sports subscribers will be also able to stream the game. TNT Sports is no longer part of Discovery+ – the stream will be available instead on HBO Max, the new streaming home of TNT Sports.
Watch Chelsea vs Port Vale in the US
Chelsea vs Port Vale and all the other FA Cup quarter-final ties will be on ESPN in the United States and available to stream on ESPN Select.
❗Coverage is geo-restricted. If you're not in the States right now, you can still access your ESPN Select subscription by using a VPN such as NordVPN.
How to watch Chelsea vs Port Vale in Australia
Football lovers in Australia can watch Chelsea vs Port Vale through Stan Sport.
How they got here
Chelsea
- Third round: Charlton Athletic 1-5 Chelsea
- Fourth round: Hull City 0-4 Chelsea
- Fifth round: Wrexham 2-4 Chelsea (AET)
Port Vale
- First round: Port Vale 5-1 Maldon & Tiptree
- Second round: Port Vale 1-0 Bristol Rovers
- Third round: Port Vale 1-0 Fleetwood Town
- Fourth round: Port Vale 1-0 Bristol City (AET)
- Fifth round: Port Vale 1-0 Sunderland
Chelsea vs Port Vale: FA Cup quarter-final preview
Somewhat remarkably, this quarter-final is both Chelsea's first home game in this season's FA Cup and Port Vale's first away from the notorious pitch at Vale Park. Championship and Premier League opposition fell there in a matter of days but Stamford Bridge is a different prospect altogether.
All three of Chelsea's ties up to this point have been away games against Championship opponents. Charlton Athletic and Hull City were dispatched to the tune of a combined score of 1-9 but Wrexham were a tougher nut to crack at the Racecourse Ground.
After a run of four consecutive wins, Chelsea are now on a run of one win in six in the Premier League. With seven matches remaining, that's the sort of form a Champions League hopeful must turn back around quickly. Liam Rosenior will hope Port Vale don't become an additional obstacle.
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Jon Brady, of course, will have other ideas. The Vale boss led his team past Bristol City in the fourth round and Sunderland in the fifth round thanks to two goals in six days from Ben Waine, who has qualified for the World Cup with New Zealand.
As positive as their run in the FA Cup has been, Port Vale are drifting towards the inevitable in League One. They're four points adrift at the bottom and 14 points short of safety with eight matches left to play.
The Staffordshire club will return to the fourth tier after a single season in League One and the FA Cup run has been a welcome positive in an otherwise miserable season. A visit to Wembley would be one heck of a tonic...
FourFourTwo's prediction
Chelsea 4-0 Port Vale
Vale have proved stubborn opposition in the FA Cup this season but Chelsea have already made short work of superior teams in the competition.
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