Football live today: Matches & broadcasts via stream & TV on August 17, 2025

There's plenty of live football on the agenda for Sunday , August 17. In the first round of the DFB Cup, several Bundesliga teams will be looking to avoid disappointment. Both Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Mönchengladbach will play their opening match against fifth-division sides. Schalke and Augsburg will face regional league teams, while newly promoted Cologne will face third-division Regensburg .

In addition, the ball continues to roll in Europe's top leagues. In the Premier League , Manchester United and Arsenal face off on Sunday, while Chelsea host Crystal Palace .

The football overview for August 17, 2025 :

DFB Cup, 1st round (broadcast live on pay-TV on Sky and streamed on WOW)

• 1:00 p.m.: FV Engers 07 – Eintracht Frankfurt
• 1:00 PM: Viktoria Köln – SC Paderborn 07
• 3:30 p.m.: 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig vs. FC Schalke 04
• 3:30 p.m.: Blau-Weiß Lohne – Greuther Fürth
• 3:30 p.m.: Jahn Regensburg – 1. FC Cologne
• 3:30 p.m.: RSV Eintracht 1949 – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• 3.30 p.m.: Atlas Delmenhorst – Borussia Mönchengladbach
• 3:30 p.m.: ZFC Meuselwitz – Karlsruher SC
• 6:00 PM: FC 08 Homburg vs. Holstein Kiel
• 6:00 PM: Hallescher FC vs. FC Augsburg
• 6 p.m.: SSV Ulm 1846 – SV Elversberg

Premier League, Matchday 1 (partially broadcast live on pay-TV via Sky and streamed via WOW)

• 3 p.m.: Chelsea FC – Crystal Palace
• 3:00 PM: Nottingham Forest vs. Brentford
• 5.30pm: Manchester United vs Arsenal

La Liga, Matchday 1 (live broadcast on DAZN)

• 5:00 PM: Celta Vigo vs. Getafe FC
• 7.30pm: Athletic Bilbao vs. Sevilla FC
• 9.30pm: Espanyol Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid

Ligue 1, Matchday 1 (live broadcast on DAZN)

• 3 p.m.: Stade Brest – Lille OSC
• 5.15pm: Angers SCO – Paris FC
• 5.15pm: FC Metz – Racing Strasbourg
• 5.15 p.m.: AJ Auxerre – FC Lorient
• 8:45 p.m.: FC Nantes vs. Paris St. Germain

Eredivisie, Matchday 2 (live broadcast on DAZN)

• 12:15 p.m.: Go Ahead Eagles Deventer vs. Ajax Amsterdam
• 2:30 p.m.: Twente Enschede – PSV Eindhoven
• 2:30 p.m.: Sparta Rotterdam vs. FC Utrecht
• 4:45 p.m.: FC Volendam vs. AZ Alkmaar
• 8:00 PM: NAC Breda – Fortuna Sittard

Coppa Italia, 1st round (live broadcast on DAZN)

• 6 p.m.: AC Monza – Frosinone Calcio
• 6.30 p.m.: Parma Calcio – Delfino Pescara 1936
• 8:45 p.m.: Cesena FC vs. Pisa Sporting Club
• 9:15 p.m.: AC Milan vs. SSC Bari

Public broadcasters regularly report on football events and show selected matches live on television. These often include matches of the German national team, DFB Cup matches, selected matches from international tournaments such as the European Championship or World Cup, as well as special charity matches and test matches.

In addition to live broadcasts, both channels also offer comprehensive matchday summaries. The most well-known is the Sportschau on ARD , which shows Bundesliga highlights on Saturdays starting at 6:30 p.m. ZDF also broadcasts summaries, analyses, and interviews on the weekend's matches on Sundays in the Sportstudio.

RTL has held the rights to the UEFA Champions League in Germany since 2021 and will broadcast selected top matches, including the final. The broadcasts are available free-to-air on TV and via streaming on RTL+ .

ProSieben/Sat.1 occasionally broadcasts UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League matches. Some of these are also available via the Joyn streaming platform.

DAZN has expanded its rights to the Bundesliga and will show from the 2025/26 season:

• The Saturday conference at 3:30 p.m.
• All singles matches on Sunday

DAZN also broadcasts international competitions such as the UEFA Champions League, national leagues such as the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and national cup competitions such as the FA Cup and Coppa Italia.

Sky retains the rights to:

• DFB Cup
• Friday Bundesliga games
• Saturday Bundesliga games
• Top games on Saturday evening
• All matches of the 2. Bundesliga
• Premier League matches

The content is available via Sky Sport and WOW , Sky’s associated streaming service.

MagentaSport , the streaming service of Deutsche Telekom, will show in the 2025/26 season:

• All 380 games of the 3rd league
• The 2026 FIFA World Cup

The World Cup will be broadcast in cooperation with Telekom, with Johannes B. Kerner as host and Wolff Fuss as commentator.

For several seasons, Amazon Prime Video has been showing individual Bundesliga games exclusively on Friday evenings (usually one game per matchday).

Amazon also broadcasts selected UEFA Champions League matches and other football events, depending on the rights allocation.

The streaming service is only available to Prime members.