How to watch Scottish Premier football live and free in Australia
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Established a decade ago, the Scottish Premiership, also known as the SPFL, is a merger between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League.
The top flight of Scottish football, the 2025-26 Premiership season, is set to begin on Sunday, 3 August 2025, and will conclude on Sunday, 18 May 2026, with relegation playoffs to follow.
Celtic are the defending champions, having claimed the title in April 2025 - their 11th Premiership title and record-extending 55th league championship overall.
Fortunately, you won’t have to miss a minute of the biggest games with the information provided in this where to watch the Scottish Premiership live in Australia guide.
How to watch the 2025/26 Scottish Premier live in Australia
The 2025-26 Scottish Premiership season kicks off on Saturday, 2 August 2025, and concludes on Saturday, 17 May 2026, followed by post-split fixtures across mid-May. The split format sees 12 teams play 33 rounds, then split into the Top Six (competing for the title and European spots) and Bottom Six (avoiding relegation), with an extra 5 matches per team for a total of 38 games.
In Australia, beIN Sports (TV & CONNECT) holds exclusive broadcast rights, showing 62 live matches per season - including post-split games and relegation playoffs - along with full match replays and highlights packages.
In addition to live SPFL action, beIN Sports are the exclusive Australian providers of live Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, the CONMEBOL Libertadores, EFL Cup, and EFL Championship matches.
In Australia, SPFL fans can watch beIN Sports and their programming by signing onto the beIN Sports website directly and paying a relatively small monthly fee, or via their current 7-day free trial offering for new customers.
| Provider | Live SPFL | Streaming |
|---|---|---|
| beIN Sports | Over 80 games available to watch LIVE, with mini-matches on replay and weekly highlights | Yes - 7 day Free trial |
| Foxtel/Kayo | Discontinued | N/A |
| Optus Sport | None | N/A |
Stream Scottish Premier League live and free with beIN Sports
beIN Sports is the online streaming service for the beIN Sports channels in Australia, and is the exclusive destination for watching SPFL matches live. Additionally, every live match on beIN will also be available to watch later on-demand, which is handy for those late night contests.
The beIN Sport streaming platform is easy to access, all you need is an internet connection, and their live content is available to stream with a variety of popular devices. Compatible devices include laptops, desktops, tablets and Smart TV’s, as well as Android, Apple and IOS mobile devices.
Best of all, if you’re a brand new customer to beIN Sports, you can take advantage of a 7-day free trial period. This should be time enough to allow you to watch the next available round of Serie A matches, as well as other live sport that’s available on the service.
In total, beIN Sports is home to over 2,500 live events each year, including a big selection of European Rugby and football leagues and competitions.
beIN Sports also doesn’t have a lock-in contract or equipment fees, which means you can cancel anytime if you’re no longer using it. If you want to continue watching after your trial is over, simply choose between the Connect Monthly or Connect Annual plans.
Scottish Premiership live streaming features on beIN Sports
beIN Sports takes the Scottish premiership live streaming experience to a new level with enhanced features, including Multi-view, full HD viewing, Language Options, a Catch-UP replay option, and beIN XTRA LIVE. Check out the details below.
| Multi-view | Multi-view allows you to gain more control over your Scottish Premiership streaming experience. You can watch multiple games simultaneously without flicking between channels and eliminate the risk of missing key moments. As beIN Sports broadcasts games in high definition, you can stream every sport in their lineup in full HD. |
| Language Options | This feature enables access to alternative language commentary for specified leagues that air on channels 1, 2, and 3, such as Serie A, Ligue 1 or available CONMEBOL competitions. |
| beIN XTRA LIVE | beIN XTRA LIVE allows you to access and watch exclusive games via beIN Sports that are unavailable to view on their regular broadcast channels. |
| Catch-Up | beIN Sports provides a catch-up service for all of its subscribers so they can watch on-demand Scottish Premiership replays of a live event they've missed. |
Other football to watch after the Scottish Premiership League
Looking for more football to watch? Here are a few other leagues that may take your interest until the next Serie A game round comes along.
