You can have the Premier League in your pocket with Showmax, and the 2024-25 season continues with some cracking matches this week!
With some mouthwatering football action waiting for you, here are five reasons to stream the Premier League action on Showmax!
East Midlands Derby
Okay, we’re stretching the definition of ‘derbies’ and ‘rivalries’ with Friday night’s East Midlands Derby between Leicester City and Nottingham Forest, but keep these two things in mind: (1) What better way to start a weekend than a Premier League clash under lights? And (2) Leicester manager Steve Cooper comes up against his former club in a key clash for two teams whose primary aim is to remain clear of the relegation zone… can you spell ‘narrative’?
Watch Man City absolutely batter Southampton
Southampton have endured a miserable start to the season, with just one point from eight matches. And when it rains, it pours, as the Saints now have the unenviable task of heading to the Etihad Stadium to face champions Manchester City. Sergio Aguero, Dimitar Berbatov, Jermain Defoe, Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole have all scored a record five goals in a single Premier League game… what price Erling Haaland joins their club this Saturday?
The ‘can we actually do competence?’ derby
West Ham United and Manchester United will meet at the London Stadium on Sunday in a clash of two teams which have wavered between two distinct levels: a vague semblance of competence or ‘break out the clown shoes’. United (the Manchester kind) looked half decent in beating Brentford this past weekend… so they will inevitably be awful against the Hammers.
Chelsea v Newcastle will be a banger
Stamford Bridge will play host to a banger on Sunday afternoon when Chelsea welcome Newcastle United. These two teams may both be powered by pale, pasty nerds who look like extras for a high school production of ‘Dracula’ (Cole Palmer for the Blues, Anthony Gordon for the Magpies), but they can play some damn fine football when the mood hits them.
Arsenal v Liverpool will be even more of a banger
The undoubted ‘match of the weekend’, Arsenal v Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday evening will probably be an absolute thriller. Both teams fancy themselves as the ‘usurpers’ who will dethrone Man City as champions, so this is very much a Title Race Six Pointer™. Sit back, relax, and enjoy these two heavyweights slugging it out.
Match details
Times CAT
Friday 25 October
21:00: Leicester City v Nottingham Forest
Saturday 26 October
16:00: Aston Villa v AFC Bournemouth
16:00: Brentford v Ipswich Town
16:00: Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers
16:00: Manchester City v Southampton
18:30: Everton v Fulham
Sunday 27 October
16:00: Chelsea v Newcastle United
16:00: Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur
16:00: West Ham United v Manchester United
18:30: Arsenal v Liverpool
