Upcoming fixtures
UK La Liga broadcasting is on Premier Sports, a smaller UK broadcaster that has held the rights since 2019. Premier Sports carries roughly 380 La Liga matches per season (most of the season, with the remainder selectively distributed). A subset of high-profile matches — typically the Real Madrid–Barcelona Clásicos and a handful of title-deciding fixtures — also appear on Sky Sports under a sub-licensing arrangement that varies year to year.
Premier Sports — the primary UK home
Premier Sports operates on a subscription model with two access paths in the UK:
- Premier Player — direct streaming at £14.99/mo with no contract
- Premier Sports on Sky — added to a Sky TV package for around £15/mo extra
- Premier Sports on Virgin TV — added to Virgin TV packages for around £15/mo extra
The Premier Player route is the cleanest for a fan who doesn’t want a Sky or Virgin subscription. Coverage includes:
- Every La Liga match across the season (roughly 380 matches)
- Every Copa del Rey match Premier Sports carries
- Selected Spanish lower-division coverage
- Premier Sports’ Brazilian Serie A coverage (a substantial side benefit)
- Coppa Italia and Italian lower-division coverage
Sky Sports’ La Liga matches
Sky has a sub-licensing arrangement with Premier Sports for a small number of high-profile matches each season. This typically includes:
- Both annual Clásicos (Real Madrid v Barcelona)
- The season’s biggest title-deciding match (varies year to year)
- Selected matches involving Atlético Madrid in title contention
These matches are on Sky Sports La Liga (in past seasons) or Sky Sports Main Event. They are included with any Sky Sports subscription — NOW Sports Membership (£26/mo) covers them. The Sky carriage is a small fraction of the total La Liga slate.
What you actually need to subscribe to
For a UK fan who wants every La Liga match: Premier Player at £14.99/mo. That’s the only way to get the full season.
For a UK fan who only watches the biggest matches (Clásicos, title-deciders): NOW Sports Membership at £26/mo, which also gives you Sky’s Premier League coverage. Cheaper if you’re already a Sky Sports subscriber, more expensive if you’d be subscribing solely for La Liga.
For a UK fan who wants both the big Sky-shown matches and the full season: Premier Player (£14.99) plus NOW Sports if you’re already subscribing for the Premier League.
Spanish-language coverage in the UK
Spanish-language La Liga coverage in the UK is limited. The main Spanish channels do not have direct UK distribution. Some Spanish-language commentary is available on the LaLiga Sportstar app for users with a UK-compatible subscription.
La Liga TV — the LaLiga app
The Spanish league’s own app, LaLiga Sportstar, is available in the UK but does not carry live UK match streams (those rights are with Premier Sports). The app carries highlights, replays, and behind-the-scenes content.
Cross-reference: our Premier League UK guide covers the domestic top-flight picture. US readers — La Liga in the US is on ESPN+; see our US La Liga guide. For broader football coverage references see Totalsportek and Footybite.
See also
For readers arriving via a stream2watch search: see our mystream2watch explainer and Stream2Watch alternatives — both pages explain what the old site was, why it’s gone, and the legal broadcaster map for the UK, US, and Germany.