How to watch Man City vs Galatasaray: Live streams, TV coverage, preview as Pep Guardiola's side aim to avoid a play-off in the Champions League

MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 09: Pep Guardiola, head coach of Manchester City, attends his press conference ahead of their UEFA Champions League 2025/26 match against Real Madrid CF at Bernabeu stadium on December 09, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. (Photo By Dennis Agyeman/Europa Press via Getty Images)
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola (Image credit: Getty Images)

Watch Manchester City vs Galatasaray today as City get one final chance to climb into the league phase top eight in the Champions League, with all the details on live streaming and TV coverage right here in this guide.

Manchester City vs Galatasaray key information

• Date: Wednesday, 28 January 2026

• Kick-off time: 8:00pm BST / 3:00pm ET

• Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester

• TV & Streaming: TNT Sports / Discovery+ (UK), Paramount+ (USA), Stan Sport (Australia)

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Unseeded in the subsequent play-off round, Real Madrid beat them twice and that was that. They'd be seeded this season but the carrot of an automatic berth in the round of 16 is still dangling from the rafters at the Etihad Stadium.

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How to watch Manchester City vs Galatasaray in the UK

Manchester City vs Galatasaray will be available to watch live on TNT Sports 6 in the UK and can be streamed live by subscribers on the Discovery+ platform.

Watch the Champions League on TNT Sports and Discovery+

Watch the Champions League on TNT Sports and Discovery+

TNT Sports is the home of European football in the UK, with almost every Champions League and Europa League live stream. You can add TNT Sports to your TV package for around £25-£30 per month on a long-term contract, but the easiest way to watch is through the Discovery+streaming platform for £30.99 a month.

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Watch Manchester City vs Galatasaray in the US

Manchester City vs Galatasaray will be available for streaming in the United States on Paramount+ courtesy of the official Champions League broadcaster, CBS.

Watch the Champions League on Paramount+

Watch the Champions League on Paramount+

CBS is the exclusive Champions League rights-holder in the US, and every single game is live streamed on their online platform Paramount+. You only need the Essential package, which costs $7.99 per month.

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How to watch Manchester City vs Galatasaray in Australia

Football fans in Australia can watch Manchester City vs Galatasaray live through Stan Sport.

Watch the Champions League on Stan Sport

Watch the Champions League on Stan Sport

Stan Sport is your one-stop shop for football, with every single Premier League game and Champions League game live on the streaming platform, for AU$32 per month.

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Manchester City vs Galatasaray: Champions League preview

Man City start the night in 11th position in the Champions League mega-table, three places outside the crucial top eight but also one of eight teams, some above the line and some below, separated by goal difference.

Pep Guardiola's team need to beat Galatasaray at home on Wednesday and hope the rest of the details take care of themselves. With 16 points and an improved goal difference, they'd have every chance of skipping the play-offs.

Losing to Bodo/Glimt last week was unhelpful in the extreme but City's previous home games offer hope enough that they'll get the job done.

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The 2023 winners have been beaten at the Etihad Stadium in this season's Champions League but they've pulled out a couple of impressive wins too, and Galatasaray are in the bottom half of the table.

Rodri is suspended to compound Man City's crop of injury absences but Guardiola might admit to bigger concerns with one or two players who are on the pitch. Erling Haaland, an output monster, has scored once since Christmas.

The Norwegian has only been goalless in one Champions League match in that time, however, so a concluding fixture at home might be just the ticket.

Galatasaray won't be in town to roll over. They're one of three teams that could still technically achieve any outcome from automatic qualification to elimination, but in reality they're fighting for a seeding in the play-off round.

FourFourTwo's prediction

Manchester City 2-0 Galatasaray

There's no recent evidence to suggest Man City will run away with this one, but there's also no reason to predict anything other than a home win.

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Chris is a Warwickshire-based freelance writer, Editor-in-Chief of AVillaFan.com, author of the High Protein Beef Paste football newsletter and owner of Aston Villa Review. He supports Northern Premier League Midlands Division club Coventry Sphinx.

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