Manchester United: US Streaming Services Cheaper than Cable for Premier League

I find Manchester United to be among the elite clubs in the Premier League, which stands as one of the world’s premier soccer competitions. My viewing options for matches would be quite limited if I relied solely on cable or satellite TV.

In a hurry? NBC Sports has the broadcasting rights to Manchester United matches in the US. These streaming services have you covered:

Manchester United plays beyond Premier League so you will need to go beyond live TV channels. In addition to a live TV streaming service, you will want Peacock Premium ($7.99/month) and ESPN+ ($10.99/month). (Note that ESPN+ comes with Hulu Live.)

Manchester United is one of the biggest names in this sport. Its supporters spread out from Old Trafford across Manchester, across England, and across the world.

As a result, a significant number of people everywhere are interested in watching the club play as it battles for Premier League and Champions League glory.

How to Watch Manchester United

Watching Man Utd and other soccer teams is often not a simple proposition as each of the competitions that they take part in has its own broadcasting and streaming rights deals. In addition, each of those entities has different rights deals for each of the countries that it works with.

United States

All broadcasting and streaming of Man United’s English Premier League games are the responsibility of NBCUniversal. Some of those contests will be freely available on NBC, only necessitating a television and antenna to watch, but those instances are only sporadic. You will often need to instead head to USA, Telemundo, and Universo, the latter two for Spanish-language options, or stream games on Peacock. We recommend Sling TV + Peacock as a low-cost option to watch the entire season.

To watch the club’s domestic cup matches, in the FA and EFL Cup, secure access to ESPN+.

Meanwhile, if you want to watch Manchester United play in European competitions, whether that is the Champions League, Europa League, or Europa Conference League, you will need to stream the games through Paramount+ or ViX+ or, in some cases, watch their broadcasts on CBS, TUDN, UniMas, and Univision.

Streaming Manchester United Online From Anywhere

If you want virtually complete access Man United games in the US, you need to get Peacock Premium ($7.99/month), ESPN+ ($10.99/month), and one of the following live TV streaming services:

• Fubo (formerly FuboTV): Provides 150+ channels including important soccer networks TUDN and beIN Sports for $79.99/month. (Fubo review)
• DIRECTV STREAM: Get 90+ channels for $86.99/month. UniMas and TUDN are available as upgrades. (DIRECTV STREAM)
• Hulu + Live TV: Comes with 95+ live TV channels as well as ESPN+ and an outstanding on-demand library and Disney+ for $82.99/month. You cannot get TUDN with this service. (Hulu Live review)
• YouTube TV: Offers 100+ TV channels for $82.99/month.

Canada, UK, and Other Countries

Are you a Canadian Man United fan? Or someone based elsewhere but visiting Canada and want to catch this week’s match? If it is a Premier League contest, you will need to head to Fubo. Is it a European contest? In that case, DAZN will be your destination. It is an FA Cup game? Head to Sportsnet.

Or are you in Manchester or elsewhere in the UK? In that case, note that Sky Sports and BT Sport handle most of the team’s Premier League matches while the latter also handles European games. Meanwhile, BBC and ITV share coverage of the FA Cup. However, as you know if you are not a newcomer to the country, games played at 3 pm on Saturdays are not available for viewing.

Perhaps you are instead in Australia. In that case, Optus Sport will be your destination if you are looking for coverage of Premier League matches. Meanwhile, for the club’s European action, take advantage of Stan Sport’s offerings.

Devices to Live Stream Manchester United

All the streaming services above support the vast majority of streaming devices. Peacock supports Amazon Fire TV, Android Mobile, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Hisense TVs, iPads, iPhones, LG TVs, PlayStation, Roku, Samsung TVs, Vizio TVs, Web Browsers, and Xbox.

ESPN+ supports all the same devices except for Hisense, LG, and Vizio smart TVs. Fubo supports all these devices except the PlayStation.

Premier League and Other Competitions

The Premier League is arguably the world’s greatest domestic competition with many of its clubs enjoying worldwide stature. It was created in 1992, replacing the former First Division at the top of the English pyramid. It pushed the latter competition, which had topped that pyramid since 1888, to the second tier.

The format of the Premier League season is a simple one: Each of its 20 clubs plays the others once at home and once away for a total of 38 matches while the team that finishes with the best record claims the title. Unlike American sports leagues and many other types of sports competitions, there are no playoffs.

League play is not the only thing that Manchester United and the other 19 teams take part in.

They all participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup, both single-elimination competitions, while the top sides also take part in the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, or Europa Conference League. The FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FA Community Shield are on the agenda for some clubs as well.

Manchester United

Manchester United was created in 1878 and now has a packed-full trophy cabinet. It is filled with 13 Premier League, seven First Division, 12 FA Cup, five EFL Cup, three Champions League, one Club World Cup, and numerous other trophies. (The seasons that resulted in European championships were 1967-68, 1998-99, and 2007-08 while the Club World Cup win was in 2008.)

However, despite its prominent stature within the sport and within the Premier League, the Red Devils have struggled relative to their own lofty standards the last several years. From the 2013-14 to 2021-22 seasons, they finished outside of the Premier League’s top three on six occasions and did not finish first once. Conversely, they placed in the top three spots every year from 1991-92 to 2012-13.

Unsurprisingly, that timing coincides perfectly with manager Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013. One of the legends in the sport arrived at Old Trafford in 1986 and won the Premier League in 13 of his 26 seasons, in fact in 13 of his last 21 campaigns, to go with two Champions Leagues trophies and a Club World Cup title.

The club is currently led by manager Erik ten Hag while its top players include Marcus Rashford, Christian Eriksen, Bruno Fernandes, and Diogo Dalot.

Man Utd’s local derby is with Manchester City. The clubs, which are separated by just 4 miles, played 194 times from their initial meeting in 1881. Seventy-nine times, United won while City claimed all of the points on 61 occasions. There have been 54 draws between them.

The Red Devils also have rivalries with Liverpool, Arsenal, and Leeds United.

2024-25 Manchester United Schedule

Our Choice

Peacock Premium ended up being my go-to for watching Manchester United games, and here’s why. The streaming is rock-solid, so I never have to worry about buffering mid-match, and it’s super easy to use – no digging around to find what I want. Compared to others like Hulu + Live TV or Fubo, Peacock stood out because it’s the only one offering exclusive access to Premier League games, including every big United showdown. It also works on pretty much any device, so whether I’m on the couch or out and about, I’m covered. If you’re all about Premier League action without paying for extras you don’t need, this is the one to beat.

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I am a Senior Content Editor at Hotdog.com, specializing in sports streaming and regional programming issues. With a PhD in Atmospheric Physics from the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and extensive experience in remote sensing technology, including early video streaming, I bring a unique technical perspective to the streaming industry.

My expertise in sports coverage, particularly for out-of-market games and regional sports networks, stems from years of hands-on experience as an early adopter of streaming services and my work addressing fans' viewing challenges. As a longtime cord-cutter and subscriber to multiple streaming platforms, I combine my technical knowledge with practical user experience, making me a leading expert in the field of sports streaming and entertainment technology.

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