Liverpool-Chelsea headline Wednesday’s packed football schedule

Wednesday, 28 October 2026 features a full programme of domestic and continental football, with Liverpool hosting Chelsea in the English League Cup and Manchester City facing Brighton.

Five Serie A matches are also scheduled, alongside fixtures in the Asian Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League Two, Gulf Champions League, German Cup, Egyptian Premier League, Moroccan league and Saudi First Division.

Live coverage of the English League Cup is available on beIN SPORTS, with TOD TV providing the official streaming service. Serie A matches are shown on stc tv, while Saudi First Division games are available on Thamanya.

Serie A – matchweek nine

– AC Milan v Bologna, 20:30 Saudi Arabia, 21:30 UAE – stc tv, commentator: Fares Awad – Parma v Udinese, 20:30, 21:30 – stc tv, Ahmed Al Khair – Venezia v Inter, 20:30, 21:30 – stc tv, Mohammed Al Shamsi – Genoa v Juventus, 22:45, 23:45 – stc tv, Amer Abdullah – Monza v Napoli, 22:45, 23:45 – stc tv, Abdullah Al Saadi

English League Cup – fourth round

– Manchester City v Brighton, 22:30 Saudi Arabia, 23:30 UAE – beIN SPORTS 3, Hafiz Darraji – Sunderland v Brentford, 22:45, 23:45 – beIN SPORTS 5, Montaser Al Azhari – Fulham v Crystal Palace, 22:45, 23:45 – beIN SPORTS 9, Ali Mohammed Ali – Bournemouth v Aston Villa, 22:45, 23:45 – beIN SPORTS 6, Mohamed Barakat – Liverpool v Chelsea, 23:00, 00:00 – beIN SPORTS 1, Ahmed Al Balushi

Asian competitions

In the Asian Champions League Elite, Gamba Osaka play Buriram at 13:00 Saudi Arabia, 14:00 UAE on beIN SPORTS 2, with Mohammed Nidal commentating. Kashima Antlers meet the Steelers at the same time on beIN SPORTS 1, with Ahmed Soko.

AFC Champions League Two fixtures see Al Nahda face Al Rayyan at 19:00 Saudi Arabia, 20:00 UAE on beIN SPORTS 1, with Hassan Al Aidaroos; Al Jazira play Al Muharraq at the same time on beIN SPORTS 3, with Ahmed Abdu. Al Faisaly v Al Taawoun and Al Khaldiya v Al Wahda both begin at 21:15 Saudi Arabia, 22:15 UAE, on beIN SPORTS 2 and beIN SPORTS 6 respectively. The commentators are Amer Al Khudhairi and Abdullah Al Ghamdi.

The Gulf Champions League programme is: Erbil v Al Ettifaq, 17:30 Saudi Arabia, 18:30 UAE, Al Kass 4, Sameer Al Yaqubi; Shab Hadramawt v Al Duhail, 18:15, 19:15, Al Kass 2, Sameer Al Maerfi; and Al Zawraa v Al Nassr, 20:30, 21:30, Al Kass 1, Mohammed Al Saadi.

German Cup and domestic fixtures

Freiburg v Wolfsburg and Paderborn v Stuttgart start at 20:00 Saudi Arabia, 21:00 UAE on Abu Dhabi Sports 1 and Abu Dhabi Sports Extra. Bayer Leverkusen v Nuremberg and Bayern Munich v Magdeburg begin at 22:45, 23:45 on Abu Dhabi Sports 2 and Abu Dhabi Sports 1. The commentators are Faisal Al Hindi, Issa Al Harbin, Ahmed Al Hamed and Hazem Abdel Salam.

In Egypt, National Bank face Al Masry at 17:00 Saudi Arabia, 18:00 UAE on On Sport Max, while Zamalek play Al Mokawloon Al Arab at 20:00, 21:00 on On Sport. The commentators are Essam Abdu and Bilal Allam.

Moroccan league matches are Raja v Hassania Agadir at 21:00 Saudi Arabia, 22:00 UAE, and FAR Rabat v Ittihad Tanger at 23:00, 00:00, both on Arryadia, with no commentators listed.

Saudi First Division fixtures are Al Jandal v Damac at 15:35 Saudi Arabia, 16:35 UAE on Thamanya 2; Al Jabalain v Al Raed and Al Najma v Al Zulfi at 18:05, 19:05 on Thamanya 2 and Thamanya 1. Commentators are Munir Al Otaibi, Mohammed Misbah and Sultan Al Harbi.