Getty Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo of the San Francisco 49ers prepares to snap the football against the Arizona Cardinals
The defending NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers will kick their 2020 campaign off against Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals.
The game starts at 4:25 p.m. ET and will be televised on Fox in select markets. But if you don’t have cable, here’s how to watch a live stream of the Cardinals vs 49ers online:
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If the Game is in Your Market: FuboTV
Note: Fox is live in most markets, including Phoenix, San Francisco and every other NFL city
You can watch a live stream of Fox, NFL Network, NFL Redzone (Sports Extra add-on) and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which you can use for free with a seven-day trial right here:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the Cardinals vs 49ers live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
You can also watch the game live via FoxSports.com or the Fox Sports app. You need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can do that with your FuboTV credentials.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 30 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch the game on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
If the Game is in Your Market: Hulu With Live TV
Note: Fox is live in most markets, including Phoenix, San Francisco and every other NFL city
You can watch a live stream of Fox and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which you can try out for free with a seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch the Cardinals vs 49ers live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Hulu website.
You can also watch the game live via FoxSports.com or the Fox Sports app. You need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can do that with your Hulu credentials.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu with Live TV also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
If the Game is in Your Market: Sling TV
Note: Fox is live in select markets, including Phoenix and San Francisco
You can watch a live stream of Fox and 35-plus other TV channels via Sling TV’s “Sling Blue” bundle. It comes with a free three-day trial, but if you bypass that, you can get it for $20 for the first month (normally $30), and get Showtime, Starz, and Epix included for free:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the Cardinals vs 49ers live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
You can also watch the game live via FoxSports.com or the Fox Sports app. You need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can do that with your Sling credentials.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 10 hours of cloud DVR.
If the Game is in Your Market: Vidgo
Note: Fox is live in select markets, including Phoenix. It is NOT available in San Francisco
You can watch a live stream of Fox and 65+ other TV channels on Vidgo, which you can use for free with a seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Vidgo, you can watch the Cardinals vs 49ers live on the Vidgo app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Vidgo website.
You can also watch the game live via FoxSports.com or the Fox Sports app. You need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can do that with your Vidgo credentials.
If the Game is Out of Your Market: SundayTicket
SundayTicket.TV allows you to watch a cable-free live stream of all games that are out of your market and aren’t nationally televised. Unfortunately, the service is only available for people who live in residences where DIRECTV satellite isn’t available (apartments, condos, etc.), as well as residents of various metropolitan cities. You can check here to see if you’re eligible.
Additionally, most college students can get this service via SundayTicket U.
Once signed up, out-of-market fans can watch the Cardinals vs 49ers live on the NFL Sunday Ticket app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch games on your computer via the NFL Sunday Ticket website.
If You’re in Canada: DAZN
Viewers in Canada can watch a live stream of every regular season and postseason NFL game on DAZN. It comes with a free trial:
Once signed up, viewers in Canada can watch the Cardinals vs 49ers live on the DAZN app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch games on your computer via the DAZN website.
49ers vs Cardinals Game Preview
Two of the NFL’s top young coaches will duke it out in this one, with Kyle Shanahan and Kliff Kingsbury both leading promising young offenses. The 49ers swept the season series last year, but they didn’t manhandle this Arizona team by any means. San Francisco won both games by a total of 13 points, putting up 64 points on the Cardinals defense in both contests combined.
It’s also worth noting Murray and the Cardinals scored on the 49ers’ far more formidable defense, averaging 25.5 points a game against a unit that allowed 17.8 points per contest in 2019. The Cardinals defense was able to stop San Francisco’s run game in a way most teams weren’t last year, though, and that’ll be something to watch in this game.
Fullback Kyle Juszczyk said this week that San Francisco’s offense has been thinking about how they could be perceived after that.
“Arizona only knows us as the team that ran for, I think, a hundred yards in the first game against them and like 30 yards against them in the second game,” Juszczyk said heading into the game. “So, they don’t look at us as the team that had three different running backs that averaged like six yards per carry and all that kind of stuff. They see us as a team that they were able to kind of shut down in the run game and a team that they played very well against.”
In two matchups last year, the Cardinals forced Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to beat them through the air — and he did, but they also held the NFL’s second-best rushing attack to 101 yards on the ground one game and a paltry 34 yards on the ground the other game. San Francisco averaged 2.6 yards per carry against Arizona last season, but Garoppolo bailed them out.
Jimmy G threw for eight touchdowns and two interceptions in his two appearances against Arizona in 2019, and Arizona’s secondary had no answer for him. He won’t have speedy wideout Deebo Samuel this time around, though, so All-Pro tight end George Kittle and running back Raheem Mostert will likely be seeing more action.
As for Arizona, the Cardinals now have more firepower on offense than they have in recent years after they sent running back David Johnson and a few draft picks to Houston in exchange for receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who joins Larry Fitzgerald and Christian Kirk as a trio of extremely dangerous wideouts Murray can utilize.
On defense, Arizona selected Clemson linebacker Isaiah Simmons eighth overall, and it will be interesting to see how much the rookie impacts the game. Together with Chandler Jones, Simmons could give Garoppolo a pass rush he hasn’t seen before.
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