Defending champions Manchester City will be hoping to build on their Premier League winning streak on Saturday as they host a West Ham side licking their wounds from a heavy defeat last time out.
City picked up just their second win in 14 games last weekend as they beat Leicester 0-2 away from home, but any talk of that game marking a revival for the Blues will seem premature, with Pep Guardiola's side far from convincing in that victory.
West Ham's 5-0 defeat at home to Liverpool, meanwhile, has once again raised questions over the long-term future of boss Julen Lopetegui. With inspirational captain Jarrod Bowen sidelined with a fractured foot, the Spanish coach's job here today has become even more difficult.
Manchester City take on West Ham on Saturday 4 January at the Etihad Stadium, kick-off. 3pm GMT local time. That makes a 10 am CET or 7 pm start in the US and Canada, and an 2am AEDT Starting in Australia in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Below, we'll present the best live TV streaming services use it to watch the match as it happens, wherever you are in the world.
With Jarrod Bowen unavailable, West Ham Ghana international Mohamed Qudus could return to a central striking role for the Hammers today.
How to watch Manchester City vs West Ham in USA without cable
Saturday's Man City v West Ham game is shown Peacock. You will need a Peacock Premium or Premium Plus account to follow the game live.
Peacock offers two Premium plans, and after recent price increases, the ad-supported Premium plan costs $8 per month and the ad-free Premium Plus plan is $14 per month.
How to watch the 2024-25 Premier League season from anywhere with a VPN
If you find you can't watch EPL matches locally, you may need a different way to watch the games — that's where using a VPN can help. A VPN is also the best way to prevent your ISP from throttling your game-day speeds by encrypting your traffic, and it's also a great idea if you're traveling and find yourself connected to Wi-Fi and want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins.
With a VPN, you can virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to access the game. Most VPNs, like our Editors' Choice, ExpressVPN, make this really easy.
Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you're streaming. You should make sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: even when VPNs are legal, a streaming service can terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing properly enforced blackout restrictions.
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ExpressVPN is our current top VPN pick for people who want a reliable and secure VPN that works on different devices. It's normally $13 a month, but if you sign up for an annual subscription for $100, you'll get three months free and save 49%. That equates to $6.67 per month with code SPECIALLYwhich should be automatically applied.
Note that ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Can I live stream Man City vs West Ham in the UK?
No broadcaster has the rights to show this game live in the UK due to traditional Saturday at 15:00 start eclipsewhich bans games in the region from being shown at the time to protect those in attendance across the English football pyramid.
It also means that if you're in the UK and traveling for pleasure or work, you probably won't be able to watch the game as you normally would at home, thanks to geoblocking.
There is an option to work around this. By using a VPN, as explained above, you can set your location to a country where the match is being broadcast and go from there.
Live Man City vs West Ham in Canada
If you want to stream this EPL game live in Canada, you will need to subscribe to Fubo Canada. The service has exclusive rights to every Premier League game once again this season.
Fubo is the right destination for Canadians looking to watch the EPL this season, with exclusive streaming rights to every match. It costs CA$30 per month, although you can save cash by paying quarterly or annually.
Live Man City vs West Ham in Australia
Football fans Down Under can watch EPL matches live on streaming service Optus Sport, which is showing all Premier League matches live from the 2024-2025 season in Australia.
With exclusive rights to stream all live EPL matches this season, as well as games from Germany's Bundesliga and Spain's La Liga, the Optus Sport streaming service is a particularly big draw for Australian football fans.
If you're already a customer on the Optus network, you can buy Optus Sport for a discounted price, with discounts bringing the price down to as low as AU$7 per month. If you're not, a standalone monthly subscription to the service starts at AU$25.
Quick tips for streaming the Premier League using a VPN
- With four variables at play – your ISP, browser, video streaming provider and VPN – your experience and success in streaming EPL matches may vary.
- If you don't see your desired location as a default option for ExpressVPN, try using the “city or country search” option.
- If you're having trouble downloading the game after turning on your VPN and setting it to the correct viewing area, there are two things you can try to quickly fix it. First, log in to your streaming service subscription account and make sure the address registered for the account is an address in the correct viewing area. If not, you may need to change the physical address on file with your account. Second, some smart TVs — like Roku — don't have VPN apps that you can install directly on the device itself. Instead, you'll have to install a VPN on your router or the mobile hotspot you're using (like your phone) so that every device on its Wi-Fi network now appears in the correct viewing location.
- All of the VPN providers we recommend have helpful instructions on their main site for quickly installing a VPN on your router. In some cases with Smart TV services, after you install the sports app on a cable network, you will be asked to verify a numeric code or click on a link sent to your email address in your Smart TV file. This is where having a VPN on your router will also help, as both devices will appear to be in the correct location.
- And remember, browsers can often give away location despite using a VPN, so make sure you're using a privacy-first browser to log into your services. We usually recommend Brave.