How to watch Arsenal vs Man City: Live stream the FA Cup semi-final online
Watch Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Man City live from Wembley anywhere in the world
The first FA Cup semi-final will see Mikel Arteta go up against his former mentor Pep Guardiola as Arsenal face Manchester City on Saturday, 18 July. The game will be broadcast live from London’s Wembley Stadium on BT Sport in the UK from 7pm, with kickoff at 7:45pm.
Both teams faced each other almost exactly a month ago in one of the first return games after the Premier League took a three-month break because of the coronavirus pandemic. In that game, hosts Manchester City won 3-0 with Raheem Sterling, Kevin de Bruyne and Phil Foden finding the back of the net. However, Arsenal were playing with 10-men for most of the game as defender David Luiz was sent off early in the second half.
Since then, Arsenal have won five Premier League games, lost two and drawn one. The Gunners can take consolation from the fact that their latest victory was against newly-crowned Premier League champions, Liverpool, who played with a full-strength side on Wednesday. Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored 20 goals in the Premier League so far this season, and Arteta will be hoping the Gabanoese forward is wearing his shooting boots come Saturday.
Manchester City, meanwhile, have been one of the better sides since the league’s resumption last month. Since their victory against Arsenal almost a month ago, Guardiola’s side have lost just two matches, winning six – most by an average of three goals.
While Arsenal hold the FA Cup record with 13 wins, Man City are the defending FA Cup champions and have been one of the most dominant Premier League teams in the last decade. Last season, City won the domestic treble of the Premier League, EFL and FA Cup. With the Premier League out of their grasp, Guardiola will want to add the FA Cup to his domestic 2019-2020 cabinet this year, along with the EFL Cup that they won earlier this year.
The winner of Saturday’s game will face the winner of Manchester United vs Chelsea on Sunday in the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 1 August, 2020.
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How to watch Arsenal vs Man City in the UK: BT Sport 1
The first FA Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Man City will be broadcast live on BT Sport 1 on Saturday, 18 July, from 7pm onwards. BT Sport has a range of different packages that you can add to your TV starting from £15/mnth. However, all these packages include a one-time setup fee of £30/mnth and tie you down to two-year contracts.
Your best option to get instant access to BT Sport 1 HD to watch the FA Cup semi-final is to buy a BT Sport Monthly Pass. This costs £25/mnth and you can cancel at any time. It gives you instant access to a range of BT Sports channels on any of your devices, meaning you can also watch the other Premier League games and even the Champions League and Europa League that resume in a few weeks.
How to watch the FA Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Man City anywhere in the world
US: Both the FA Cup semi-finals will be broadcast on ESPN+. Kickoff between Arsenal and Man City takes place at 2:45pm ET and 11:45am PCT on Saturday, 18 July.
Europe: If you live in Austria, Germany, Italy or Spain, then you can watch the Fa Cup semi-final between the Gunners and Man City on Saturday on the sports streaming service DAZN. The game will start at 8:45pm Spain time.
Australia: Those living Down Under can stream both FA Cup semi-finals on the country’s best streaming service Kayo Sports. Kickoff between Arsenal and Man City starts at 2:45am AWST.
Middle East: Those living in Saudia Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and Yemen can stream live coverage of the first FA Cup semi-final on beIn Sports from 10:45pm onwards Gulf Standard Time.
Africa: Almost all South African countries – including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Namibia – can stream live coverage of the FA Cup semi-final on SuperSport. Kickoff starts at 8:45pm South Africa time.
Indian sub-continent: Finally, people living in the Indian sub-continent of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka can watch live coverage of the game on Sony Ten. Kickoff between Arsenal and Man City starts at 12:15am IST on Sunday, 19 July.
How to watch the FA Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Man City abroad: use a good VPN service
All of the aforementioned streaming services are geo-blocked, meaning you won’t be able to watch the FA Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Man City outside the country unless you use a reputable VPN service. Apart from keeping all your browsing activity completely anonymous, VPNs work by tricking your PC into thinking you’re in a different country.
In this way, you’ll be able to stream content through streaming services that may not be available in the country where you reside. While there are many free VPNs, they won’t let you unblock streaming services and other paid-for VPN services can be too slow or deny you access to servers abroad. With this in mind, we’ve chosen the two best VPN services that will let you access any of the streaming services from abroad.
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NordVPN: NordVPN is slightly cheaper and it shares many of ExpressVPN’s best features, including a 30-day moneyback guarantee, 24/7 customer support, access to thousands of lightning-fast servers worldwide and a strict no-logs policy meaning all your data is in safe hands. NordVPN can be used on six devices simultaneously and we like its globe-based PC interface that lets you choose the country you want to surf from on a map.