Sunday living update for the mates who just want the scores and a clean answer on where to watch, legally. Results first. Then named rights holders for the UK, US and a few EU markets I actually checked. If a weekend is thin, I skip the fluff. Boxing and tennis weekend posts land separately later.
Article ID: HUSHAM-20260913-FB01. Status: living post, published. Expect Sunday refreshes when there is something worth saying.
Updated 30 Oct 2026: this weekend’s Premier League fixtures (31 Oct to 2 Nov)
Living hub refresh with kick-off times and named broadcasters, not invented full-time scores. Sources checked today: Premier League fixture amendments, Radio Times PL TV schedule, NBC Sports US schedule. UK times are GMT. US clocks go back early on Sunday 1 November, so Sunday and Monday US times are EST.
Saturday 31 October 2026
- Chelsea vs Manchester United, 12:30 GMT, TNT Sports 1 / Ultimate / HBO Max (US: USA Network / Telemundo, 8:30 a.m. ET)
- Bournemouth vs Leeds United, 15:00 GMT (US: Peacock, 11 a.m. ET)
- Brentford vs Nottingham Forest, 15:00 GMT (US: USA Network / Universo, 11 a.m. ET)
- Coventry City vs Sunderland, 15:00 GMT (US: Peacock, 11 a.m. ET)
- Hull City vs Ipswich Town, 15:00 GMT (US: Peacock, 11 a.m. ET)
- Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion, 15:00 GMT (US: Peacock / NBCSN, 11 a.m. ET)
- Tottenham Hotspur vs Crystal Palace, 17:30 GMT, Sky Sports Main Event / Premier League / Ultra HDR (US: NBC / Peacock / Universo, 1:30 p.m. ET)
- Aston Villa vs Fulham, 20:00 GMT, Sky Sports Main Event / Premier League / Ultra HDR (US: Peacock / NBCSN, 4 p.m. ET)
Sunday 1 November 2026
- Liverpool vs Arsenal, 16:30 GMT, Sky Sports Main Event / Premier League / Ultra HDR (US: Peacock / NBCSN / Telemundo, 11:30 a.m. ET)
Monday 2 November 2026
- Newcastle United vs Everton, 20:00 GMT, Sky Sports Main Event / Premier League / Ultra HDR (US: USA Network / Universo, 3 p.m. ET)
The 15:00 Saturday games are not shown live in the UK. Archive note: the previous living cut (24 to 25 Oct 2026) stays available in older revisions and the prior match pages.
How to watch (legal only)
No pirate IPTV. No “IPTV chooser.†No WhatsApp “loaded stick†nonsense. Licensed TV, Freely, Sky, TNT Sports, NOW, and the named overseas rights holders. If I am unsure for a specific fixture in a specific country, I say check local rights or the club’s official site. Do not invent a channel just to fill a cell.
Premier League block (this weekend + season frame)
UK (verified against Premier League UK rights for 2025/26–2028/29): live rights split between Sky Sports (majority package, 215+ games) and TNT Sports (52 games, including the Saturday 12:30 slot). Free-to-air highlights: BBC Match of the Day / BBC Sport digital. Stream routes that stay legal: Sky Go / Sky Stream / Glass for Sky customers; NOW Sports day or month pass for Sky Sports without a long contract; TNT Sports via its own apps and, where offered, HBO Max sport packaging. Official free web for highlights and clips stays on BBC Sport / iPlayer where geo-allowed with a TV Licence.
Fixture-specific UK picks for Sunday 13 Sep (Radio Times / Virgin Media Sky listings / NBC press note cross-check):
- Coventry City v Brighton (14:00): Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League (also NOW for Sky Sports access)
- Manchester United v Manchester City (16:30): Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League (also NOW)
United States (NBC Sports rights): all 380 Premier League matches across NBC / USA Network / Peacock (and Spanish-language partners such as Telemundo / Universo where listed). Sunday derby confirmed on Peacock, NBCSN and Telemundo at 11:30 ET. Coventry–Brighton listed on USA Network in NBC’s weekend grid. Paramount+ is not the Premier League home in the US; that is NBC/Peacock territory.
Named EU / nearby markets (Premier League official 2025–2028 audiovisual list):
- Spain – DAZN
- Germany / Austria – Sky Deutschland
- France / Luxembourg – CANAL+
- Italy – Sky Italia
- Portugal – DAZN
- Netherlands / Nordics (DK/FI/NO/SE) – Viaplay
- Republic of Ireland – Sky Sports, TNT Sports, Premier Sports
If you are elsewhere in the EU and your country is not on that short list, use the Premier League’s published rights table or the club’s official “watch†page rather than guessing from a random aggregator.
Champions League context (just played midweek; next MD in October)
UCL Matchday 1 wrapped 8–10 Sep (Bayern 5–0 Bodø/Glimt, Man United 4–0 Sabah, Como 4–1 Leipzig, and the rest). Matchday 2 is mid-October. For the current 2026/27 cycle, legal routes commonly cited:
- UK – TNT Sports and Amazon Prime Video (final season of this UK cycle before the 2027 changeover)
- US – Paramount+ / CBS (Spanish-language partners as listed by UEFA partners)
- Spain – Movistar Plus+ / Telefónica package
- Germany – DAZN (with free-to-air partners such as ZDF on selected games)
- France – Canal+
- Italy – Sky and Amazon Prime Video
Per-match pick can still move inside those packages. If your app grid looks empty, check the official club or UEFA broadcast partner page for that night rather than hunting a pirate mirror.
- Spain (La Liga domestic): check DAZN / Movistar listings for the specific match; do not assume every kick-off is on one app
- Germany (Bundesliga): domestic packages sit with the usual German pay-TV/stream stack (Sky DE / DAZN depending on package year). Confirm on the Bundesliga site or Sky DE / DAZN guide for that Matchday
- Italy (Serie A): Sky Italia and other Italian partners as published for the season. Confirm on Sky Sport IT or the club site
I am not inventing a French / Italian / Spanish channel logo for a fixture I have not opened the local EPG for. When unsure: local rights / official club site.
Legal living-room stack (UK soft links)
If you want the boring good path instead of a dodgy playlist:
- NOW UK Sports / Entertainment Savers (Sep 2026) – flexible licensed Sky Sports without pretending it is “free IPTVâ€
- Freely – official free UK broadband TV from Everyone TV. Live channels and catch-up. Not a stolen M3U
- EE TV Sport packaging – licensed TNT Sports / NOW Sports route on an EE box where your tariff includes it
- Sky Go on Glass / Stream – Full HD app notes if you already pay Sky
- Chorley illegal IPTV sentencing – why “cheap full sports pack†WhatsApp ads are a legal trap, not a tip
Players and Fire Sticks are tools. Keep the catalogue licensed. Freely / Sky / TNT / NOW / BBC iPlayer. That is the sentence.
How to watch on your living-room device (legal apps only)
Same rule as the rights block above. Official apps. Licensed catalogues. A player is not a licence. If the playlist or addon is a stolen sports pack, it is still pirate IPTV even when the stick looks clean.
Fire Stick / Fire TV
Install the official Sky, NOW, TNT Sports, BBC iPlayer, ITVX and Prime Video apps from the Amazon Appstore. Search on the stick, sign in with the account that already pays for that service, and watch there. That is the legal path.
Vega OS sticks are Appstore only. There is no sideload hole for a random APK. If the stick is Vega, stay inside the Amazon Appstore. Background: Android Fire TV sticks ending, Vega takeover and Surfshark on Vega OS (Appstore install). Never sideload pirate IPTV. A “loaded†Fire Stick from Facebook or WhatsApp is the same illegal trick as the Chorley case, just smaller.
Husham Stick
Use the device’s Play Store, or the player apps already installed, for licensed services only: NOW, Sky, TNT Sports, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Prime Video, and the other named rights holders. Do not drop a pirate M3U in just because a player can open one. If you are not sure which app fits your stick build, ask on forum.husham.com and say which stick and firmware you have. No pirate links in that thread.
Normal Android TV / Google TV
Play Store again. Same licensed apps. A TiviMate-class player is only legitimate when the playlist comes from a legal provider you actually pay, in a country where that provider holds the rights. A cheap “all football†M3U is not that. Hardware notes if you are picking a box: Best IPTV Hardware 2026.
Kodi
Official Kodi from the store, or from the Kodi team. Team Kodi is legal. Use official catch-up or PVR where the service is licensed for you, or play your own local library. Do not install third-party pirate addons or repos for live football. That is not a grey area on this site. Context, without a shopping list of illegal builds: when Kodi’s third-party addon coders scattered and Kodi 22 Piers Beta 2 (official builds).
Match pages this weekend
Per-match legal how-to-watch pages for the highest-interest Premier League fixtures this weekend (verified 30 Oct 2026 against the Premier League, Radio Times and NBC Sports). Countries covered: UK, US, Spain (DAZN), Germany (Sky Deutschland), France (CANAL+).
- Chelsea vs Manchester United, Saturday 31 Oct, 12:30 GMT (TNT Sports; US: USA Network / Telemundo, 8:30 a.m. ET)
- Liverpool vs Arsenal, Sunday 1 Nov, 16:30 GMT (Sky Sports Main Event / Premier League / Ultra HDR; US: Peacock / NBCSN / Telemundo, 11:30 a.m. ET)
Hardware soft-link: best IPTV hardware 2026. Questions and country-specific legal routes: forum.husham.com.
Questions
Fixture confusion, “is this on Sky or TNT this week,†or “what is legal in my country†threads belong on forum.husham.com. Bring the country you are physically in and the kick-off time. Do not post pirate links there.
Coming later this weekend pack
Boxing and tennis weekend posts come later. This page stays football results + legal how-to-watch. I will stamp the next Sunday refresh under the same living URL.
Sources for this first cut: BBC Sport scores 12–13 Sep 2026; ESPN (Sunderland–Arsenal, Real Madrid–Rayo, Lazio–Milan); Sky Sports (Liverpool–Fulham); The Guardian / Bundesliga.com Europe round-up; Premier League official UK and international rights pages; Radio Times / NBC Sports how-to-watch for Sunday’s Sky and Peacock picks; UEFA partner notes for UCL territories.
Also useful: players that run the official broadcaster apps for the matches above.
- Google TV Streamer 4K: a simple Google TV box with Ethernet and the full Play Store. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT
- Xiaomi TV Box S (3rd Gen): a cheaper Google TV box with Wi-Fi 6 and 32GB storage. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT
- NVIDIA SHIELD TV Pro: the strongest Android TV player for Kodi and IPTV player apps, with AI upscaling and Gigabit Ethernet. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT
Best IPTV boxes to buy
These are media boxes and sticks that can run players and licensed apps. The first six are Google certified Android TV or Google TV devices with Google Play. The three Fire TV Sticks run Amazon’s own systems with the Appstore instead of Google Play: the 4K Max and 4K Plus run Fire OS, which is Android based, while the new Fire TV Stick 4K (2026) runs Vega OS, which does not allow sideloading Android apps, only Appstore apps. The last one, the Formuler, runs its own Android and is not certified. They are not pirate hardware. They do not come with channels or playlists. I am not claiming I personally lab-tested every SKU this month.
Pick a Google TV box when you want Play Store apps on a proper TV OS or a dedicated player behind the sofa. Pick a Fire TV Stick when Prime Video and the Appstore already cover what you watch. If you need an Android player from outside the Appstore, skip the Vega OS stick.
- NVIDIA SHIELD TV Pro: the premium pick, a certified Android TV player with AI upscaling, Dolby Vision/Atmos and Gigabit Ethernet for the main living-room telly. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT
- Google TV Streamer 4K: solid Google TV living-room default with Ethernet, 32GB storage and Dolby Vision/Atmos. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT
- Xiaomi TV Box S (3rd Gen): Google TV box with 32GB storage, Wi-Fi 6 and Dolby Vision/Atmos, the cheaper box route than the Streamer. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT
- Xiaomi TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen): budget Google TV stick with Wi-Fi 6 and Dolby Vision/Atmos when you want HDMI-simple, not a full box. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT
- Budget Google TV 4K player: a cheaper certified Google TV player for a second telly. The model differs by store, so each link names the one you get there. MECOOL KD3 (Amazon UK) | onn. Google TV 4K Streaming Box (Amazon US) | Strong LEAP-NOVA-X (Amazon DE) | Strong LEAP-NOVA-X (Amazon FR) | Strong LEAP-NOVA-X (Amazon IT)
- MECOOL MEon1: Google TV certified 4K box with AI upscaling and 32GB storage for a dedicated player behind the sofa. Amazon UK
- Fire TV Stick 4K Max: the most powerful Fire TV Stick, with Wi-Fi 6E, Dolby Vision/Atmos and 16GB storage. It runs Fire OS, which is Android based, so you get Appstore apps and can still sideload an Android player. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE
- Fire TV Stick 4K Plus: the older Fire OS stick with Wi-Fi 6 and Dolby Vision/Atmos. It is being phased out, so buy it only while stock lasts. Like the Max, it can still sideload Android apps. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT
- Fire TV Stick 4K (2026): the newest and slimmest 4K stick, with a new remote. It runs Vega OS, which does not allow sideloading Android apps, only Appstore apps, so check your player is in the Appstore before you buy. Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT
- Formuler Z12 Ultra SE: the newest Formuler box, built around MYTVOnline 4 for IPTV playlists. It runs Formuler’s own Android rather than certified Google TV, so there is no Netflix in HD and no Google certification. Formuler Z12 Ultra SE (Amazon UK) | Formuler Z12 Ultra SE (Amazon US) | Formuler Z12 Ultra SE (Amazon DE) | Formuler Z12 Ultra SE (Amazon FR) | Formuler Z12 Ultra SE (Amazon IT)
Whichever you pick, check that the app you need is in its store before you pay. And none of these boxes or sticks magically make unlicensed streams legal.
