Serie A Opening Day: Date & Time, Full Fixtures, TV Channels, Live Stream

Sally Polly July 23, 2021 | 00:15

The Serie A 2021/22 opening day including Juventus vs Udinese on August 22. Check out date and time, full fixtures, TV channel and live stream of the opening-day matches.

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Serie A is the top tier professional football league in Italy. The 2021-22 Serie A season will be the 90th season of the Italian league.

Serie A Opening Day: Date and Time

The Serie A 2021/22 is am upcoming season of the football tournament. The opening match of the Serie A 2021-22 will play on 22 August 2021. And the final match will play on 22 May 2022.

Serie A Opening Day Full Fixtures

Bologna vs Salernitana
Cagliari vs Spezia
Empoli vs Lazio
Verona vs Sassuolo
Inter vs Genoa
Napoli vs Venezia
Roma vs Fiorentina
Sampdoria vs Milan
Torino vs Atalanta
Udinese vs Juventus

Where to Stream the Italian Serie A Opening Day Online

There are multiple ways you can get your Serie A fix. The domestic Serie A TIM TV partners are Sky Sport and Mediaset Premium, both available as digital platforms offering live and on-demand replays.

In the US, beIn Sports broadcasts the Serie A on beIn Sports English and Spanish channels, also available to subscribers of FuboTV, Sling TV and DirecTV Now. Additionally, you can tune in Rai Italia America for several matches a week.

How much does beIN SPORTS cost?

There are three ways to subscribe to beIN SPORTS – a monthly plan, a yearly plan or through another streaming service that offers beIN Sports.. If you choose to use another platform, the cost will depend on their individual subscriptions or bundles available. If you choose to subscribe to beIN SPORTS CONNECT, a monthly plan will set you back $19.99 a month, with the yearly plan costing $179.99.

Both the monthly and yearly plan also come with a two-week free trial, meaning you can try before you buy. Just be sure to cancel after your free trial though, or you’ll be automatically rolled onto a recurring plan.

Payment can be made by credit and debit card, with both Visa and Mastercard accepted.

Similarly, beIn Sports, beIn Sports Connect, fuboTV Canada, Rai Italia America as well as Bell TV and Shaw Direct stream the Serie A games in Canada.

In the UK, you can check BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2, BT Sport 3, BT Sport ESPN and BT Sport Extra for your Serie A fix. For live streams, install the BT Sport app.

BT Sport on Sky

Sky TV customers who want to access BT Sport through their Sky box have a couple of options available.

People who already have or switch to BT broadband can add BT Sport to Sky TV for less. Customers who don't have BT broadband can still add BT Sport to Sky, but it costs a little more. The Sky TV only option mentioned above is for a 12-month contract, but there is also a 1-month option with a larger upfront fee. It's only available in SD though.

Sky TV and BT Broadband

Customers who have Sky TV boxes, but who take broadband from BT, can add the BT Sport pack to their viewing card.

It costs £20 a month with no activation charge. It's an extra £6.50 a month for BT Sport in HD, but HD is currently offered free for the first three months.

Customers can sign up via the BT website with their 9-digit Sky viewing card number.

Australian soccer fans can find their Serie A streams through beIn Sports and beIn Sports Connect.

Also, DAZN streams the games in Austria and Germany and Eurosport in select European countries.

Overall, Serie A is broadcast throughout the world, with Serie A Tim TV, bwin and Bet365 being its official international streaming partners.

Serie A TIM TV streams three matches per week live in HD. A single-match pass costs € 1.99 while a three-match pass will set you off € 3.99.

bwin streams six Serie A games a week in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Romania, Portugal, Greece, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Cyprus. Although the sports streaming feature is free of charge, you need to have a deposited account. The conditions are similar with Bet365.

As is always the case, international streamers apply blackouts for regions where national broadcasters cover the games.

In case you’ve been looking for free live streams of the Serie A games, your best bet would be to try the 7-day free trial of fuboTV and Sling TV – combined, that’s two weeks of HD streams. Other than that, the gambling providers could be a viable option, but those aren’t entirely free since you need a deposited account (circa $10).

How to Stream the Serie A Opening Day Matches with a VPN

Buy a VPN subscription and install the VPN client on your device.

Connect to an Italian server to stream through Sky Sport (to a US server to unlock fuboTV, or a UK server to watch via BT Sport).

Clean your browser’s cache and launch your streaming portal.

You are all set to enjoy Serie A live streams – from anywhere in the world.

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Serie A 2021-22 Teams

Serie A is among the top five best leagues in Europe and one of the best overall. This historic league features some great times like AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan, Napoli.

20 teams will compete in the 2021/22 Serie A season; 17 teams from last season and 3 promoted teams. The following teams will feature

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atalanta	Bergamo	Gewiss Stadium
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall’Ara
Cagliari	Cagliari	Sardegna Arena
Empoli	Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro
Juventus	Turin	Allianz Stadium
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico
Milan	Milan	San Siro
Napoli	Naples	Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico
Salernitana	Salerno	Stadio Arechi
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium (Reggio Emilia)
Spezia	La Spezia	Stadio Alberto Picco
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli
Venezia	Venice	Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo

Crotone, Benevento and Parma were the three teams that got relegated after the 2020/21 season concluded.

Empoli, Salernitana and Venezia are the three promoted teams that will play in the 2021/22 Serie A season.

Empoli became the first team to secure promotion from Serie B on May 4, 2022. Empoli returns to Italian top league after a two year absence

Salernitana will play in the Serie A after 22 years.

Venezia won the promotion playoffs and will contest in the Serie A after 19 years.

Inter Milan are the defending champions after winning their 19th scudetto last year. Inter ended the 9-year domination of Juventus, who had won the league for 9 consecutive years.

With many in-form teams like Inter, Juventus, Atalanta, AC Milan, Napoli, Roma taking centre stage of Italy’s top tier league, Serie A promises an exciting 2021/22 season ahead.