Bournemouth v Crystal Palace: is the Premier League fixture being screened live, how to watch highlights

With the Qatar World Cup now done and dusted, all eyes once again return to the Premier League this weekend, as Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace travel down south to face Bournemouth. The game will be played at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth on Saturday, January 31 2022.

Vieira will be looking to bounce back from back-to-back defeats, as the Eagles lost to both Premier League newcomers Nottingham Forest 1-0 and then a 3-0 defeat at the hands of London neighbours Fulham at home. Despite the recent rash of bad form, Crystal Palace still find themselves at this stage of the season in 11th position in the Premier League table.

For Bournemouth, their last game saw another London team in the form of Chelsea beat them 2-0 away from home. Goals from World Cup stars Kai Havertz (Germany) and Mason Mount (England) saw off the Cherries, who currently sit 14th in the Premier League table.

Crystal Palace have gotten the better of Bournemouth in the last five games played, with Palace winning three of the fixtures and drawing once. The biggest scoreline between both teams in their last five fixtures was a 5-3 win for Palace back in 2019.

Londonworld takes a look at the ways, if any, you can watch Crystal Palace travel to face Bournemouth in the latest Premier League gameweek.

Will Bournemouth v Crystal Palace be screened live on TV or streaming?

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace has been selected for a 3pm kick-off time on Saturday and so it won’t be shown live on UK television. This is to comply with the ‘blackout’ regulation on televised coverage between 2:45pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday. Under the rules, broadcasting rights are restricted for clubs in the UK, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.

Not all is lost, though, as highlights will be available for Sky Sports subscribers on the Sky Sports app around 15-30 minutes after the final whistle. The flagship BBC show Match of the Day will also show extensive highlights of the game along with all the other Friday and Saturday fixtures on BBC One on Saturday evening at 10pm followed by the BBC iPlayer.

How do I sign up to Sky Sports?

Sky Sports is available with a Sky TV package:

• Those who already have a Sky subscription can add Sky Sports for an extra £25 per month.
• Those Sky customers who only wish to watch Football coverage can sign up to the “2-for-1” offer, getting Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Football for £18 per month.
• Those new to Sky can sign up and get Sky Sports alongside Sky’s entertainment package for £44 per month (18 month contract, £20 set up fee)

To learn more about how to add Sky Sport to existing packages, or to create a new package with the provider, you can visit the dedicated Sky Sports page.

For those that hate being tied down to contracts, NOW TV offer two sports passes on their flagship stream service:

• NOW TV Daily pass - £11.99 (per 24 hour)
• NOW TV Monthly pass - £25 (per month)

For more details on how to get NOW TV, or to purchase a no-contract pass to watch the Premier League, you can visit NOW TV’s website for more details.

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