{"id":50967,"date":"2025-07-31T21:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/50967\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:37:12","slug":"where-to-watch-liverpool-vs-athletic-bilbao-uk-kick-off-time-and-team-news-for-double-header-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/50967\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to watch Liverpool vs Athletic Bilbao: UK kick-off time and team news for double-header friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool return to Anfield for a double-header against Spanish side Athletic Bilbao.<\/p>\n

The Reds began their pre-season schedule with a 3-1 away win over Preston<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

\"Liverpool<\/a><\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Liverpool return home to Anfield following their pre-season tour of AsiaCredit: Getty\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

The Reds welcome Spanish side Athletic Bilbao to Merseyside for a double-headerCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

Arne Slot’s side followed that up with a 5-0 victory over fellow Championship team Stoke in a behind-closed-doors fixture.<\/p>\n

They have since taken on AC Milan and Yokohama F. Marinos on an Asian tour across Hong Kong and Japan.<\/p>\n

After losing to their Italian opponents on July 26, Liverpool<\/a> earned a 3-1 victory over Yokohama in the J.League World Challenge.<\/p>\n

Slot will now see his team turn out in back-to-back matches against Athletic Bilbao ahead of the Community Shield against Crystal Palace<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Their Premier League title defence is then set to begin on August 15 at home to Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

Liverpool vs Athletic Bilbao: Where to watch<\/p>\n

These back-to-back pre-season friendlies will take place on Monday, August 4.<\/p>\n

They will be played at Anfield with the first match kicking-off at 5pm before the second fixture at 8pm.<\/p>\n

Supporters not in attendance will be able to watch all of the action live on either Liverpool’s dedicated LFCTV or ‘All Red Video’ services.<\/p>\n

The matches will be broadcast live on LFCTV, with coverage set to start an hour before kick-off in the first match at 4pm.<\/p>\n

In addition, you can watch the friendlies with an ‘All Red Video’ membership, which costs \u00a34.99 a month.<\/p>\n

\"Slot's<\/a><\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Slot’s side will face Bilbao on Monday, August 4 at 5pm and 8pmCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

However, if you sign up now, you can get the first month of your membership FREE, meaning this game will cost nothing to watch live.<\/p>\n

More details can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Liverpool pre-season fixtures<\/p>\n

Sunday, July 13 – Beat Preston North End 3-1<\/p>\n

Sunday, July 20 – Beat Stoke City 5-0<\/p>\n

Saturday, July 26 – Lost to AC Milan 4-2<\/p>\n

Wednesday, July 30 – Beat Yokohama F. Marinos 3-1<\/p>\n

Monday, August 4 17:00 – Athletic Bilbao, Anfield<\/p>\n

Monday, August 4 20:00 – Athletic Bilbao, Anfield<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 10 15:00 – Crystal Palace, Wembley Stadium, Community Shield<\/p>\n

Liverpool vs Athletic Bilbao: Team news<\/p>\n

Slot’s side came through their win over Yokohama without any fresh injury concerns.<\/p>\n

However, Alisson missed the match due to ‘private reasons’ the Dutchman confirmed.<\/p>\n

The goalkeeper returned to Brazil from the tour as a result of the matter.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Federico Chiesa and Joe Gomez are both being assessed by the club’s medical staff.<\/p>\n

Football finance expert explains how Liverpool are able to spend so much this summer<\/p>\n

The former was not part of the squad for the Asian tour due to a muscular injury.<\/p>\n

As for Gomez, he returned to England after picking up an Achilles injury in training last week.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Luis Diaz has left the club<\/a>, joining Bayern Munich in a \u00a365.5million deal.<\/p>\n

Liverpool vs Athletic Bilbao: What has been said?<\/p>\n

Speaking after Wednesday’s friendly in Japan, Slot addressed whether his squad know who will be his new vice-captain following Trent Alexander-Arnold’s departure to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

He explained: “The group doesn’t know yet. I did talk to the individuals already, so the one that’s going to be vice-captain already knows.<\/p>\n

“Everybody likes to have leaders in the team, and in modern football you don’t see that that much anymore.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

The Liverpool boss says he has not yet chosen his vice-captain for the new seasonCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“I have the privilege that I have a few of them, so experienced players that are not only experienced but understand the game and can be a voice inside the group and during the game. So, that’s always very helpful.<\/p>\n

“It’s difficult to say but we are now at the beginning of August, so there’s a month to go.<\/p>\n

“So many things can happen in football in a month, so let’s wait and see.<\/p>\n

“First, we go back home and then we’re going to play at Anfield next week.<\/p>\n

“Although I liked it a lot over here, the respect of the fans, the way they treated us, how many there were, but I can tell you that Anfield has a better pitch than the last two pitches we’ve played [on].”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool return to Anfield for a double-header against Spanish side Athletic Bilbao. The Reds began their pre-season schedule…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[30159,16093,39349,3450,403,99],"class_list":["post-50967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-anfield","tag-arne-slot","tag-athletic-bilbao","tag-liverpool","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}