Turkey vs Belgium kicks off at 5pm GMT / 12pm ET / 9am PT on Thursday, 12 November. In Australia, it starts at 4am AEDT on Friday, 13 November — a critical UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group-stage fixture played at Gursel Aksel Stadium in Izmir. Turkey arrives under new management after Vincenzo Montella was dismissed following a 3–1 loss to Italy, a result that left the team pointless after four Nations League matches and facing near-certain relegation.
Ex-Besiktas boss Sergen Yalcin takes charge for his first game, relying on 21-year-old playmaker Arda Güler and captain Hakan Çalhanoğlu to spark a turnaround. Belgium, meanwhile, needs a win to keep pace with Italy and set up a winner-takes-all final group match against the Azzurri, with a quarter-final berth hanging in the balance.
Kevin De Bruyne, who scored twice in Belgium’s 3–0 win over Turkey in October, returns after missing the Red Devils’ 4–1 defeat by France. Mark van Bommel, who replaced Rudi Garcia after the 2026 World Cup, has won two and lost two since taking over. The two sides have met 12 times historically: Belgium leads 4–3, with five draws.
The last Nations League meeting ended 3–0 to Belgium. The match is not a technology launch, app rollout or hardware release, it is a live sporting event with broadcast logistics, and therefore belongs in “other-news” rather than gadgets or apps.
Where to watch
| Country | Channel or service | Free or paid |
|---|
| Turkey | atv & TV8 | Free | | Belgium | VTM & RTL Play | Free | | United States | FS1 (available via Sling, YouTube TV, Fubo, and DirecTV Stream) | Paid (requires Fox One subscription at $19.99/month) | | United Kingdom | Prime Video | Paid (£2.49 pay-per-view fee) | | Canada | DAZN | Paid (soccer package starts at CA$24.99/month. Includes Premier League, Champions League, Bundesliga) | | Australia | beIN Sports Connect | Paid (AU$16.99/month or AU$169.99/year. 7-day free trial available) | Free options exist only in Turkey and Belgium, atv and TV8 carry the match without charge in Turkey.
VTM and RTL Play do the same in Belgium. No other country’s listed service offers a free stream. All other services require either a subscription or a one-off payment. Neither TechRadar nor TechRadar India states that any broadcaster outside Turkey or Belgium provides free access, and neither outlet names a free global stream.
NordVPN is promoted across both sources as a tool to access region-locked streams, but Hitechreports does not list it as a viewing option in any country’s row, nor does it recommend or endorse its use for circumventing geo-restrictions. The sources note that VPNs are tested “in the context of legal recreational uses”, including accessing services from another country subject to those services’ terms, but they also explicitly state that consuming paid-for content without payment is neither endorsed nor approved.
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