It's time for a Dolphins vs. Raiders live stream, offering a pair of teams headed in opposite directions. Miami is on the rise after a rough start to the season; at 9-5 overall, they have won eight of their last ten games.

In contrast, the 7-7 Raiders have lost four of their last five games, barely winning against the beleaguered New York Jets. Miami has more at stake in this game. As the seventh seed, Miami still has a chance to make the playoffs. Oddsmakers are slightly favoring Miami in this NFL Live stream, with the betting spread up to 2.5 points.

You may have to squint to see the Vegas defense during this NFL live stream. It has been abysmal, giving up an average of 30 points per game this season. Moreover, it has put up an astounding 36 points in its last four games and is trending higher. Even the then-undefeated Jets gave up 28 points in their Week 13 matchup, losing only by a Raiders touchdown near the end of play.

A lot is being asked of the Raiders' offensive line to make up for such a weak secondary--especially with their starting quarterback injured. Derek Carr left the previous game against the Chargers with a groin injury. Still, backup quarterback Marcus Mariota was excellent, completing 17 of 28 passes for 226 yards, a touchdown, 88 yards rushing and another score. The game went into overtime, and an interception thrown by Mariota resulted in Vegas losing by just three points (30-27). Despite the blunder, Mariota had an impressive debut.

Miami has a promising new quarterback in Tua Tagovailoa. Tagovailoa has led the Dolphins to wins in five of the six games he has started and has a respectable 63.8 percent pass success rate. Miami is not a high-scoring team, averaging 25.4 PGs this season. However, unlike the Raiders, the Dolphins boast an ironclad defense. They have allowed just 18.8 PPG, which ranks second in the NFL this season.

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In the United States, Dolphins vs. Raiders is available on most cable packages and will be broadcast on two NFL networks, our favorite streaming services fuboTV and Sling TV. The game begins at 8:15 p.m. ET/5:15 p.m. ET on Friday, December 25.

It will also be available on Amazon Prime Video.

If you can watch all the football you need on FOX, ESPN, NBC, and NFL Network, you can rely on Sling (which does not include CBS or NFL RedZone).

A more comprehensive package comes from fuboTV: CBS, ESPN, FOX, NBC, and NFL Network. This makes it one of the best streaming services.

Sling Orange & Blue (required to watch ESPN, FOX, NBC, and NFL Network) costs $45 per month, whereas the Fubo TV Standard package offers all of the above for $59.99 per month.

NFL Sunday Ticket: Dolphins vs. Raiders is one of the games DirecTV subscribers can watch via NFL Sunday Ticket (provided you do not live in either team's market). Sunday Ticket streams the entire live game to TVs, computers, Android and iOS devices, and game consoles.

The NFL Sunday Ticket is available on its own, but only if you live in an area not served by DirecTV.

American football fans across the pond can watch Dolphins vs Raiders, but it will be broadcast at the awful time of 1:15 a.m. BST. Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event are the standard channels.

If you are an existing Sky customer, you can get all of this with the Sky Sports Complete Pack for £39 per month.

If you don't want to spend that much money, you can get a less comprehensive Sky Sports pass from Now TV. Daily, weekly and monthly passes range from £9.99 to £33.99.

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