Champions League Away Games — How to Follow Every Match in 2026

The Champions League draws English clubs into the great European stadiums — Real Madrid's Bernabéu, Inter's San Siro, Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena, PSG's Parc des Princes. For fans watching from home, away fixtures mean adjusting for time zones, finding the right stream, and sometimes setting an alarm for unusual kick-offs.

Champions League Away Game Kick-Off Times for UK and US Fans

Every Champions League match kicks off in one of two slots fixed in European time: 6:45 PM or 9:00 PM CET, which is 5:45 PM or 8:00 PM in the UK. The host city does not change the slot, so an away game in Madrid and one in Istanbul start at the same moment on your TV. What changes is the local clock in the stadium:

The early slot is one hour and 15 minutes earlier in every column: 5:45 PM UK, 12:45 PM Eastern. Turkey keeps the same clock all year, so its local time moves when Europe changes its clocks. For a week or two in late October and again in March, Europe and the US change clocks on different dates and US kick-offs move an hour. Always confirm the time in the TNT Sports EPG on the day.

The full slot-by-slot breakdown, including Pacific and Central times, is on our Champions League kick-off times page.

What Channel Are Champions League Away Games On?

In the UK, most Champions League away games are on TNT Sports, while Amazon Prime Video has first pick of one Tuesday match per matchday; in the US, CBS Sports holds the English-language rights, with every match streaming on Paramount+. Which channel your game lands on depends on the matchday.

TNT Sports 1 carries the main fixture of the night, and TNT Sports 2, 3 and 4 carry the matches that kick off at the same time. If your club is not in the headline tie, its away game is usually on one of the secondary channels, so check the guide rather than assuming it is on TNT Sports 1.

If your club's away game is the Tuesday Prime Video pick, it will not be on TNT Sports at all, so check both schedules. If you watch through TVNado, its 55,000+ channel lineup includes international sports channels; lineups change, so use the free 24-hour trial to confirm the channels you need before the matchday.

How Many Away Games Does Your Team Play?

In the league phase each club plays eight matches, four at home and four away, against eight different opponents. The league phase runs from September to January, so you can expect roughly one away night a month in the autumn and winter.

From the knockout rounds onwards every tie is played over two legs, one at each ground, until the single final in late May or early June (Saturday 5 June 2027 in Madrid). That means at least one more away game for each round your team survives. Because opponents in the league phase come from a draw, the cities you will be watching from are only known once UEFA publishes the fixtures, so it is worth adding them to your calendar as soon as they appear.

When Your Team's Away Game Is Hard to Find

On a busy matchday several fixtures share the same slot, and the one you want can sit on a channel you do not usually watch. If you cannot find it:

• Check TNT Sports' and Prime Video's published fixture schedules for the matchday, usually announced about a week in advance
• Search the EPG for the opponent's name rather than your own club, since listings sometimes put the home side first
• UEFA's own platforms may carry certain fixtures in specific regions
• TVNado's channel library includes international sports channels that may carry the fixture where they hold the rights

Setting Up for a Weeknight Away Game

Get the channel, the device and the connection ready before kick-off, because Tuesday and Wednesday evenings are when home broadband is busiest.

1. Favourite the sports channels. Pin the channels that carry the competition at the top of your player so you are not scrolling during the build-up.
2. Plan for the 5:45 PM slot. Early kick-offs often clash with the commute. Install the same player on your phone and log in with the same details so you can watch the first half on the way home.
3. Use catch-up if you are late. Channels with catch-up let you start the match from the beginning; mute score alerts on your phone first.
4. Watch two games at once. On nights when a rival plays in the same slot, TiviMate Premium's multi-view can show two channels side by side on one TV.
5. Wire the TV. An Ethernet cable to the streaming stick removes most of the evening Wi-Fi drop-outs. If the picture still stutters, follow our step-by-step buffering fixes.

If you would rather watch later without spoilers, our guide on recording live IPTV channels explains how to schedule a recording from the guide.

Travelling to the Away Game?

If you are making the trip yourself, plan around local time, not UK time: a 9:00 PM kick-off in Madrid or Munich means the match finishes close to 11:00 PM, and late public transport home from the stadium matters more than the flight.

For the rest of the travelling week, or if you are away for work while your team plays somewhere else, your IPTV login works on a phone or laptop in a hotel. Hotel Wi-Fi is often slow in the evening, so test a channel on arrival. Our guide to watching UK channels abroad covers what to check before you go.

Following Away Games in Real Time

When you cannot watch, live text and score apps keep you up to date minute by minute:

• BBC Sport Live Text — free, minute-by-minute commentary with stats
• Sky Sports app Score Centre — real-time scores and key events for all concurrent Champions League matches
• UEFA's official app — official live scores and match stats

For the end of the season, see our guide to watching the Champions League final.