In addition to long-term absentees James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin, Yves Bissouma missed last weekend’s victory after picking up a knock in training. The former Brighton midfielder missed the Uefa Super Cup clash with Paris Saint-Germain due to disciplinary reasons with the severity of the issue still to be disclosed.

Elsewhere around the world, some of the other channels also showing the match live includes: SuperSport Premier League (Africa), BeIN Sports English (Arab nations), Canal+ (France), Now Premier League (Hong Kong), Hub Premier 1 (Singapore) and NBC (USA).