Watch the opening game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup featuring Russia vs. Saudi Arabia for free with a 7-day trial to fuboTV.

On television, the match will be shown live on the FOX network. But if you’re at work, on the go or at home and you can’t get FOX, the next best way to watch the game is with a no-strings attached free trial.

In previous World Cup opening games, the last time we’ve seen an upset on opening day was in 2002 when Senegal shocked the world by defeating France 1-0 in Seoul, South Korea.

Here are all of the details below of how you can watch Russia vs. Saudi Arabia legally and for free:

Match: Russia vs. Saudi Arabia
Kickoff: Thursday, 11am ET
Looking to watch Russia vs. Saudi Arabia online from your work, home or on the go? If you live in the USA, there are several options to catch all the action.

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US Only.

Here are all of the details of where you can watch it on television and via legal streaming:

Who: Russia vs. Saudi Arabia
What: World Cup opening game, Group A
When: Game kicks off at 11am ET / 8am PT; Thursday, June 14, 2018
Where: Live on FOX, Telemundo and fubo (7-day free trial)

Plus with fubo, you also get 5 bonus feeds for every game, which feature:

• 2 team feeds with English audio (with FOX announcers),
• 1 360 feed with natural audio (i.e. no commentary feed)
• 1 cable cam with natural audio (i.e. no commentary feed)
• 1 highlight feed with natural audio (i.e. no commentary feed)

With fubo, you can watch Russia vs. Saudi Arabia and all of the World Cup games with a 7-day trial. With the legal streaming service, you can watch the game on your computer, smartphone, tablet, Roku, Apple TV or hook it up to your TV with Google Chromecast. Or you can watch it via the app on your Windows PC, Mac, Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, Apple TV, Android smartphones, Android tablets, Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Kindle.

Now with fubo, you can stream NBCSN, FS1, FS2 as well as beIN SPORTS, beIN SPORTS en Español, beIN SPORTS Connect, NBC (in select cities), CNBC, USA, FOX (in select cities), FOX Soccer Plus, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports Net, TyC Sports, GolTV, Telemundo, Univision, Univision Deportes, UniMas, Sports Illustrated TV, NFL Network, NBC Golf, Eleven Sports, CBS, Big Ten Network, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX News, Showtime, HGTV, AMC, BBC America, FX, FXX, Hallmark Channel, History, Lifetime, Galavision, Universo and much more.

 

Plus fubo, the legal streaming service streams the FIFA World Cup, Premier League, Women’s World Cup, La Liga, Liga MX, MLS, Ligue Un, Bundesliga, international friendlies, Euro 2020 qualifiers, Turkish Super Lig, UEFA Champions League (in Spanish), UEFA Europa League (in Spanish), Brasileirao, Chelsea TV and more.

 

Here are the steps to take to watch the Russia vs. Saudi Arabia game with your free fuboTV trial:

1. Click on this link for the fuboTV 7-day trial.

2. Click on the red ‘Start for free’ button (see screengrab below)

3. On the login page, enter your e-mail address to sign up (or you can use your Facebook or Google logins) (see screengrab below)

4. After entering your login details and signing up for the free trial, you’ll be taken to the fuboTV main screen (see screengrab below)

5. From here, you can either scroll down the page to see the TV listings which include the Russia vs. Saudi Arabia game (see screengrab below)

6. Or you can click on the ‘Guide’ button at the top to see all of the channels available to you, which will include FOX featuring Russia vs. Saudi Arabia (see screengrab below)

 

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