The 2024-25 English Premier League begins this week, with the league’s defending champions, Manchester City, and 19 other top flight teams beginning their 38-week march to the title. Here’s a look at the best ways to watch the 2024-25 EPL season for free in the United States, starting Friday, August 16 through Sunday, May 25, 2025, including the best streaming services and which ones have free trials or promotions for new customers looking to avoid paying for cable.
• The Premier League airs games on USA Network and NBC, and fans in the United States can watch most games for free with DirecTV Stream (free trial) or fuboTV (free trial). Additional games are exclusive to Peacock Premium, so read on to find out how to watch every game.
Where can I watch the 2024-25 English Premier League for free? What networks or TV channels are 2024 EPL games on?
Premier League matches during the 2024-25 season will air on NBC and USA Network.
Additional live games will stream exclusively on Peacock Premium.
Track down your local channel listings for the channels above with our channel finder: Verizon Fios, Xfinity, Spectrum, Optimum/Altice, Cox, DirecTV
Where can I stream the 2024-25 Premier League season for free without cable? Which service is best?
• Multiple streaming services offer the channels on which the English Premier League will air during the 2024-25 season, but fuboTV (7-day free trial, then $79.99 per month) is the best way to get both a full-week free trial and the best-value monthly subscription rate after the trial is over. The EPL will be played throughout the fall and winter of 2024 and winter and summer of 2025, so if you want to watch all year, you’re going to need to pay monthly, but fuboTV includes NBC and USA Network in its base package pricing, and also offers an additional 190+ channels, unlimited screens and unlimited cloud DVR to tempt you to stick around. Plus, fubo carries a huge selection of international football leagues, including La Liga and Serie A.
• DirecTV Stream Entertainment is the next best option. It offers a 5-day free trial and 90+ channels, including USA Network and local NBC stations. Plus, right now you can get it for its lowest price ever, $49.99 per month, for a limited time as part of a deal promoting the start of the NFL season. You can watch opening weekend for free, and then decide if it’s worth paying $149.97 for the next three months of Premier League coverage, plus other exciting sporting events like the new NFL season and MLB postseason.
• While it doesn’t offer a free trial, Sling Orange is a cost-friendly option worth considering, especially if you already plan on sticking around and a free trial isn’t important to you. Sling Orange includes USA Network, which is where most televised Premier League games air, and you get half off your first month of service for just $20. That’s more than a 50% cost reduction over the more premium live services above. You can also add an HDTV antenna to get local channels like NBC, since Sling doesn’t typically carry them.
• Hulu + Live TV is another tempting option for EPL fans, because even though it has just a short, three-day free trial, it does include both of the required channels to watch the season, and it throws in the full Hulu, ESPN+ and Disney+ libraries at the subscription price ($76.99 per month). ESPN+ is a great destination for soccer fans, as it is home to hundreds of live NCAA soccer games and international leagues not carried by other services.
• Peacock Premium ($7.99/month) is a necessary addition for the most complete Premier League coverage. The service will be home to every non-televised EPL match this season, which typically accounts for around half of the games played on any given matchday. Peacock is packed with other exclusive sports content, including WWE, expanded PGA Tour coverage, horse racing and more.
Cable customers with the listed channels in their cable package can also login on USANetwork.com, NBCSports.com and other associated websites and apps with their cable credentials to stream the games for free.
When does the EPL season start? What is the schedule of the season?
The 2024-25 English Premier League season begins with opening day on Friday, August 16, with a kickoff game between Manchester United and Fulham at 3 p.m. ET. Each team plays 38 games across the same number of matchdays, wrapping Sunday, May 25, 2025. Here’s a look at the schedule for Matchday 2, and the list of matchdays through the end of 2024 for the English Premier League season.
Matchweek 2: Saturday, Aug. 24-Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024
8/24, Brighton vs. Man. United, 7:30 a.m. on Peacock.
8/24, Tottenham vs. Everton, 10 a.m. on Peacock.
8/24, Crystal Palace vs. West Ham, 10 a.m. on Peacock.
8/24, Southampton vs. Nottingham Forest, 10 a.m. on Peacock.
8/24, Fulham vs. Leicester City, 10 a.m. on Peacock.
8/24, Man. City vs. Ipswich Town, 10 a.m. on Peacock.
8/24, Aston Villa vs. Arsenal, 12:30 p.m. on USA Network. (STREAM)
8/25, Bournemouth vs. Newcastle, 9 a.m. on Peacock.
8/25, Wolves vs. Chelsea, 9 a.m. on Peacock.
8/25, Liverpool vs. Brentford, 11:30 a.m. on Telemundo. (STREAM)
Matchweek 3: Saturday, Aug. 31-Sunday, Sep. 1, 2024
Matchweek 4: Saturday, Sep. 14-Sunday, Sep. 15, 2024
Matchweek 5: Saturday, Sep. 21-Sunday, Sep. 22
Matchweek 6: Saturday, Sep. 28-Monday, Sep. 30, 2024
Matchweek 7: Saturday, Oct. 5-Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024
Matchweek 8: Saturday, Oct. 19-Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024
Matchweek 9: Friday, Oct. 25-Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024
Matchweek 10: Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024
Matchweek 11: Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
Matchweek 12: Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024
Matchweek 13: Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024
Matchweek 14: Tuesday, Dec. 3-Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024
Matchweek 15: Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024
Matchweek 16: Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024
Matchweek 17: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024
Matchweek 18: Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024
Matchweek 19: Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024
Times and dates are TBD past a certain point in the season, and the second half of the season resumes in 2025.
EPL results 2024-25
Matchweek 1: Friday, Aug. 16-Monday, Aug. 19, 2024
- 8/16, Man. United vs. Fulham, 3 p.m. (1-0 Man. United)
- 8/17, Ipswich Town vs. Liverpool, 7:30 a.m. (2-0 Liverpool)
- 8/17, Arsenal vs. Wolves, 10 a.m. (2-0 Arsenal)
- 8/17, Everton vs. Brighton, 10 a.m. (3-0 Brighton)
- 8/17, Newcastle vs. Southampton, 10 a.m. (1-0 Newcastle)
- 8/17, Nottingham Forest vs. Bournemouth, 10 a.m. (1-1 Draw)
- 8/17, West Ham vs. Aston Villa, 12:30 p.m. (2-1 Aston Villa)
- 8/18, Brentford vs. Crystal Palace, 9 a.m. (2-1 Brentford)
- 8/18, Chelsea vs. Man. City, 11:30 a.m. (2-0 Man. City)
- 8/19, Leicester City vs. Tottenham, 3 p.m. (1-1 Draw)
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