Sidemen charity football match explained as KSI and pals face YouTube All-Stars

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The Sidemen are back and bigger than ever for their duel against the YouTube All-Stars in the 2023 edition of their world-renowned charity football match and the stakes couldn’t be higher. While the proceeds will go to a number of charities and good causes in the UK and beyond, the bragging rights between the internet stars such as KSI and his friends means this is likely to be a feisty contest, with no love lost once the teams step out onto the pitch.

Last year’s match smashed the Guinness World Record as it became the most-viewed live sports event ever broadcast on YouTube, with a whopping £1million going to charities.

Now, they will be looking to smash that target with a massive 60,000 tickets selling out in record time at West Ham’s London Stadium, with the money raised going to the Teenage Cancer Trust, CALM, M7 Education and Rays of Sunshine. Ahead of his boxing match against Tommy Fury, KSI in particular will be hoping to record a morale-boosting win.

Ahead of the event, Express Sport has the lowdown on everything you need to know – from line-ups to live stream information.

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Where is it being played?

The match will kick off at 3pm on Saturday, September 9 at the London Stadium. All 62,000 tickets sold out in less than 90 minutes.

Rapper Aitch will be performing a show at half-time for the fans inside the ground.

How to watch for free

For those watching at home, the game will be available to live stream for free on The Sidemen’s official YouTube channel, with commentary from YouTube duo Spencer Owen and Stephen Tries.

In the build-up to the highly-anticipated grudge match, Elz the Witch and Big Zuu are on pitchside presenting duty. Former professional footballers Joleon Lescott and Adebayo Akinfenwa will be the pundits sat at a desk, with Seema Jaswal fronting the coverage. The broadcast will begin at 2.10pm, 50 minutes before kick-off.

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Official squads

The F2’s Billy Wingrove will have no shortage of talent to choose from after the Sidemen announced their squad for the game, as the popular trickster will be in the dugout.

Manchester United fan and streamer Mark Goldbridge will be in the opposite technical area as he looks to guide his squad of YouTube hopefuls to victory once again.

Sidemen FC squad: KSI, Miniminter, W2S, Vikkstar123, Behzinga, Zerkaa, TBJZL, Callux, Lazarbeam, Calfreezy, Randolph, Tareq, JME, Deji, Manny, Angryginge13, Jacksepticeye

YouTube All-Stars squad: IShowSpeed, Mr Beast, xQc, Danny Aarons, Chandler Hallow, Niko Omilana, Max Fosh, Kai Cenat, Airrack, AboFlah, Chunkz, ChrisMD, Karl Jacobs, Theo Baker, WillNE, Yung Filly, JiDion, Duke Dennis

Last year’s match

The two teams squared off at The Valley, home of Charlton Athletic, where 25,000 fans packed in to see The Sidemen – the famous group of YouTubers led by the rapper, boxer and internet sensation KSI – clinch a nailbiting 8-7 victory.

Sidemen FC were inspired by their goalscoring hero Miniminter, who bagged an impressive hat-trick.

But it was Manny who struck the all-important winner with 86 minutes on the clock to conclude the 15-goal thriller.

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