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Watch Sunderland vs Chelsea today as Calum McFarlane takes charge of his final Blues game, with FourFourTwo bringing you all the details on live streams and TV channels, wherever you are in the world.
• Date: Sunday, 24 May 2026
• Kick-off time: 4:00pm BST / 11:00am ET
• Venue: Stadium of Light, Sunderland
• Free Stream: NBCSN via YouTube TV (10-day free trial)
• TV & Streaming: Sky Sports (UK), Stan Sport (Australia), Peacock (USA)
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As the Championship play-offs rumble along to their overshadowed conclusion, last season's winners are showing the way.
Sunderland are in the mix for a European place on the last day of their first season back in the Premier League. They start the day on the outside looking in but it's a funny old game.
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Sunderland vs Chelsea will be broadcast live in the UK by Sky Sports. It will be shown on Sky Sports+.
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Sunderland vs Chelsea will be shown live in the United States on Peacock Premium.
How to watch Sunderland vs Chelsea in Australia
Football fans in Australia can watch Sunderland vs Chelsea through Stan Sport.
Sunderland vs Chelsea: Premier League preview
The limit of both Sunderland's and Chelsea's ambitions this afternoon is seventh place, a leap of three spots for the Black Cats or one place for their visitors to Wearside.
Irrespective of Aston Villa's final position, seventh place will be enough for the Europa League and eighth takes the team in question into the Conference League. Brighton & Hove Albion are seventh at the start of play and take on Manchester United in their last game.
Sunderland are bottom of the top half but would move above Chelsea with a win. That's when Brighton and Brentford, whose game against Liverpool impacts the number of Champions League places, come into play.
It'll all be very straightforward at six o'clock.
See also ► Premier League TV guide
Europa League or Conference League qualification would be a remarkable achievement for Sunderland after the six promoted teams before them all suffered relegation.
Chelsea might see things rather differently, yet failing to achieve anything from this point doesn't bear thinking about. The Blues were on a seven-match winless run before Tuesday's win over Tottenham Hotspur, losing the first six.
Regis Le Bris and Sunderland are unbeaten in three games and won 3-1 against Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium last time out. This is no sure thing for Chelsea but the Londoners will want to give Xabi Alonso something to work with from July.
FourFourTwo's prediction
Sunderland 2-2 Chelsea
The Blues won't end the season happy regardless but news from the Amex Stadium could be absorbed with interest.
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