Where to watch Chelsea vs. Man City live stream, TV channel, start time, lineups for preseason friendly

02-08-2024
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Manchester City play their final preseason game on tour in the USA as the defending Premier League champions take on Chelsea on August 3.

Pep Guardiola's team lost out to Celtic and AC Milan in their opening games, and lost out on penalties to Barcelona, following a 2-2 draw in Orlando.

Chelsea have also struggled in North America, before picking up a first win under Enzo Maresca as they stormed to a 3-0 victory against Club America.

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The Sporting News looks at the key details ahead of this game, including how to watch it across the world, kickoff times and the latest lineup news.

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What time does Chelsea vs. Man City kick off?

This preseason friendly takes place at Ohio Stadium in Ohio, USA and kicks off on Saturday, August 3 at 5:30 p.m. local time.

Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories:

  Date Kickoff time
USA Sat, Aug. 3 5:30 p.m. ET
Canada Sat, Aug. 3 5:30 p.m. ET
UK Sat, Aug. 3 10:30 p.m. BST
Australia Sun, Aug. 4 7:30 a.m. AEST
India Sun, Aug. 4 3:00 a.m. IST

Chelsea vs. Man City live stream, TV channel

Here's how to watch this friendly match across selected areas of the world's major regions:

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Region TV Streaming
USA ESPN, ESPN Deportes ESPN+, Fubo 
Canada

Chelsea TV / CITY+

UK Chelsea TV / CITY+
Australia Paramount+, CITY+
India Chelsea TV / CITY+

USA: This game is available for live broadcasting on ESPN. Streaming options are available on ESPN+ and Fubo with the latter offering a FREE trial to new users.

Canada/Australia/UK/India: In other major territories the game is available to be streamed via the respective club channels Chelsea TV and CITY+. 

Paramount+ is also streaming the game for fans in Australia.

Chelsea vs. Man City lineups, team news

Maresca could hand a start to new goal keeper Filip Jorgensen as part of changes from their last game. France international Christopher Nkunku is in red-hot form in the US with a goal in each of Chelsea's three tour matches.

Chelsea predicted XI (4-3-3 right to left): Jorgensen (GK) — James, Tosin, Colwill, Chilwell — Lavia, Dewsbury-Hall, Ugochukwu — Sterling, Nkunku, Guiu.

Guardiola will look to rotate his options again for this game with more of City's youngsters in line to get some game time. Jacob Wright and Jaden Heskey could be among the changes.

Man City predicted XI (4-3-3 right to left): Ederson (GK) —Lewis, Mbete, Gvardiol, Wilson-Esbrand  — O'Reilly, Wright, Kovacic — Bobb, Haaland, Heskey.