How To Watch The UEFA Champions League

Aug 28, 2026 02:21 AM - 1 hour ago 2

The 2026-27 UEFA Champions League convention shape tie was completed Thursday successful Monaco, mounting up a schedule loaded pinch heavyweight matchups arsenic teams look to return the trophy that Paris Saint-Germain won against Arsenal successful Budapest successful May.

The convention shape kicks disconnected pinch Matchday 1 connected September 8-10 and runs done January, earlier the knockout rounds lead to the last connected June 5 astatine the Estadio Metropolitano successful Madrid, location of Spanish nine Atlético Madrid.

In the United States, CBS Sports holds the exclusive English-language authorities to the tourney arsenic portion of an statement that runs done the 2029-30 season, pinch Paramount+ streaming each match.

In parallel, TelevisaUnivision carries the Spanish-language authorities until the extremity of this existent play crossed Univision, UniMás and TUDN, besides disposable to watercourse connected ViX.

Every match: Paramount+ (English), ViX (Spanish)
Select marquee matches: CBS and CBS Sports Network (English)
Select matches: Univision, UniMás and TUDN (Spanish)
The final: Free, over-the-air connected CBS and Univision, successful summation to Paramount+ and ViX

Paramount+ Essential starts astatine $7.99 a period pinch ads and is the only measurement to guarantee entree to each 144 league-phase matches. Only a prime group of high-profile games aerial connected linear CBS each round.

2026-27 League Phase Schedule

Matchday 1: Sept. 8-10
Matchday 2: Oct. 13-14
Matchday 3: Oct. 20-21
Matchday 4: Nov. 3-4
Matchday 5: Nov. 24-25
Matchday 6: Dec. 8-9
Matchday 7: Jan. 19-20
Matchday 8: Jan. 27

The apical 8 finishers successful the 36-team array beforehand straight to the information of 16, while clubs finishing ninth done 24th participate a two-legged knockout playoff information successful February.

The information of 16 past runs March 9-10 and 16-17, the quarterfinals April 6-7 and 13-14, and the semifinals April 27-28 and May 4-5, mounting up the June 5 final.

Fixtures To Watch For

Thursday’s tie delivered respective standout matchups for the convention phase. Real Madrid vs. Arsenal headlines the field, pitting 2 of the competition’s astir dressed up clubs against each different pinch a caller knockout-round history still fresh. Another Spanish side, Barcelona, will big Manchester City and recreation to Paris Saint-Germain, giving Hansi Flick’s broadside back-to-back tests against 2 of the tournament’s heaviest hitters. Atlético Madrid vs. Bayern Munich, meanwhile, revives a rivalry making love to their 1974 European Cup final.

The Premier League’s 5 representatives were each handed difficult draws. Arsenal look some Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, a mixed 21 European titles betwixt them. Manchester City return connected holders PSG and Barcelona successful their first Champions League run without Pep Guardiola astatine the helm. Manchester United, backmost successful the title aft a twelvemonth away, tie Atlético Madrid and Bayern, while Aston Villa look Barcelona, PSG and Borussia Dortmund. Liverpool avoided the toughest of the Pot 1 draws but still invited Atlético to Anfield and recreation to look Inter Milan.

Elsewhere, Champions League debutants Como, coached by erstwhile Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fàbregas, were handed a daunting slate that includes PSG, Barcelona and Manchester United, while first-timers Sabah of Azerbaijan look Barcelona, Arsenal, Dortmund and Manchester United among their 8 fixtures.