Wednesday's football fixtures: Liverpool face Chelsea as Manchester City host Brighton

Wednesday, 28 October 2026 features a full schedule of domestic and continental football, including five Serie A matches, the fourth round of the English League Cup and Bayern Munich's German Cup tie against Magdeburg. The day also includes fixtures in the AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League Two, Gulf Champions League, Egyptian Premier League, Moroccan league and Saudi First Division.

How to watch English League Cup matches will be shown on beIN SPORTS, with live streaming available through TOD TV. Serie A fixtures are available on stc tv, while Saudi First Division matches will be broadcast on Thamanya.

Kashima Antlers meet Steelers at the same time on beIN SPORTS 1, with احمد سوكو. The AFC Champions League Two schedule sees Al Nahda face Al Rayyan at 19:00 Saudi Arabia time and 20:00 UAE time on beIN SPORTS 1, while Al Jazira meet Al Muharraq on beIN SPORTS 3.

Al Faisaly v Al Taawoun and Al Khaldiya v Al Wahda both begin at 21:15 Saudi Arabia time and 22:15 UAE time, on beIN SPORTS 2 and beIN SPORTS 6 respectively. The Gulf Champions League begins with Erbil v Al Ettifaq at 17:30 Saudi Arabia time, followed by Shabab Hadramout v Al Duhail at 18:15 and Al Zawraa v Al Nassr at 20:30.

The matches are on Al Kass 4, Al Kass 2 and Al Kass 1. German Cup and domestic fixtures Freiburg v Wolfsburg and Paderborn v Stuttgart are both at 20:00 Saudi Arabia time and 21:00 UAE time.

Bayer Leverkusen v Nurnberg and Bayern Munich v Magdeburg follow at 22:45 Saudi Arabia time and 23:45 UAE time. The matches are shown on Abu Dhabi Sports 1, Abu Dhabi Sports Extra, Abu Dhabi Sports 2 and Abu Dhabi Sports 1 respectively.

Saudi First Division matches see Al Jandal play Damac at 15:35 Saudi Arabia time, followed by Al Jabalain v Al Raed and Al Najma v Al Zulfi at 18:05. The first two are on Thamanya 2, while the final match is on Thamanya 1.