{"id":438752,"date":"2026-08-20T22:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438752\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T22:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:18:17","slug":"how-to-watch-los-angeles-chargers-san-francisco-49ers-nfl-preseason-game-for-free-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438752\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Los Angeles Chargers-San Francisco 49ers NFL preseason game for free tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Chargers play against the San Francisco 49ers in an NFL preseason game tonight. The matchup is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. CT on NFL Network<\/a>. Fans can watch this game for free online by using the free trials offered by DIRECTV<\/a> and Fubo TV.<\/a> Alternatively, Sling offers an affordable monthly subscription<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Chargers won their first preseason game this year, defeating the Houston Texans 27-7. Notably, neither team played its starters in the game. <\/p>\n

The Chargers will let their starters receive some playing time in tonight\u2019s game, including star quarterback Justin Herbert. The starters are expected to only play for one series, as Los Angeles tries to remain healthy for the regular season. <\/p>\n

The 49ers lost their preseason opener to the Tennessee Titans, but none of their starters played in the matchup. <\/p>\n

The San Francisco squad is expected to play numerous starters in tonight\u2019s game, including their quarterback Brock Purdy. <\/p>\n

San Francisco\u2019s star running back Christian McCaffrey will not participate in tonight\u2019s game, as he is dealing with an ongoing injury. <\/p>\n

Fans can watch this NFL preseason game for free online by using the free trials offered by DIRECTV<\/a> and Fubo TV.<\/a> Alternatively, Sling offers an affordable monthly subscription<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Chargers play against the San Francisco 49ers in an NFL preseason game tonight. The matchup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-438752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}