THE BALLON D’Or 2022 is here live and direct TONIGHT!
World football is reaching fever pitch for the announcement of the biggest individual prize in the game, and there is a way to watch it all unfold for FREE tonight.
There will be a new twist as the winner will be chosen based on performances over a season as opposed to the calendar year.
And Karim Benzema is the bookies favourite to win the prize by some distance.
The Real Madrid superstar has odds as short as 1/33 to win the Ballon d’Or for the first time.
Benzema finished the 2021-22 season with an incredible 44 goals in 46 games, and a further 15 assists to boot.
He guided Real Madrid to the Spanish league title and the Champions League, which was their first since Ronaldo’s departure in 2018.
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When is the Ballon d’Or 2022?
The Ballon d’Or 2022 takes place on Monday, October 2022.
It will start from 7.30pm UK time.
What live stream is the Ballon d’Or on?
You can watch all of the awards ceremony live on L’Equipe’s YouTube channel.
Who are the nominees?
- Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
- Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
- Joao Cancelo – Manchester City
- Casemiro – Manchester United (formerly Real Madrid)
- Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid
- Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United
- Kevin de Bruyne – Manchester City
- Luis Diaz – Liverpool (formerly Porto)
- Fabinho – Liverpool
- Phil Foden – Manchester City
- Erling Haaland – Manchester City (formerly Borussia Dortmund)
- Sebastien Haller – Borussia Dortmund (formerly Ajax)
- Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur
- Joshua Kimmich – Bayern Munich
- Rafael Leao – AC Milan
- Robert Lewandowski – Barcelona (formerly Bayern Munich)
- Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City
- Mike Maignan – AC Milan
- Sadio Mane – Bayern Munich (formerly Liverpool)
- Kylian Mbappe – Paris Saint-Germain
- Luka Modric – Real Madrid
- Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig
- Darwin Nunez – Liverpool (formerly Benfica)
- Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid (formerly Chelsea)
- Mohamed Salah – Liverpool
- Bernardo Silva – Manchester City
- Son Heung-min – Tottenham Hotspur
- Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool
- Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid
- Dusan Vlahovic – Juventus (formerly Fiorentina)
What are the odds?
Betfair have Karim Benzema as favourite for the prestigious trophy.
Here is a list of contenders, courtesy of the bookmaker.
- Karim Benzema – 1/33
- Erling Haaland – 12/1
- Kylian Mbappe – 16/1
- Mo Salah – 25/1
- Virgil van Dijk – 25/1
- Robert Lewandowski – 33/1
- Kevin de Bruyne – 33/1
- Harry Kane – 33/1
- Vinicius Jr – 33/1
- Sadio Mane 33/1
- Cristiano Ronaldo – 40/1
- Trent Alexander-Arnold – 40/1
- Luis Diaz – 40/1
- Phil Foden – 66/1
- Joshua Kimmich – 100/1
- Dusan Vlahovic – 125/1
- Bernardo Silva – 150/1
- Riyad Mahrez – 150/1
- Joao Cancelo 250/1
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