The latest Premier League TV selections have been confirmed by, Amazon Prime, TNT and Sky Sports for December and January.
However the deadline has come for a batch of TV picks to be made, so that clubs can inform match going supporters, who have to sort out tickets and travel arrangements.
Take a look below at what has been chosen along with the rest of the season’s selected games for broadcast…
Tuesday 3 December
19:30 Ipswich v Crystal Palace (Amazon Prime Video)
20:15 Leicester v West Ham (Amazon Prime Video)
Wednesday 4 December
19:30 Everton v Wolves (Amazon Prime Video)
19:30 Man City v Nott’m Forest (Amazon Prime Video)
19:30 Newcastle v Liverpool (Amazon Prime Video)
19:30 Southampton v Chelsea (Amazon Prime Video)
20:15 Arsenal v Man Utd (Amazon Prime Video)
20:15 Aston Villa v Brentford (Amazon Prime Video)
Thursday 5 December
19:30 Fulham v Brighton (Amazon Prime Video)
20:15 AFC Bournemouth v Spurs (Amazon Prime Video)
Saturday 7 December
12:30 Everton v Liverpool (TNT Sports)
Aston Villa v Southampton
Brentford v Newcastle
Crystal Palace v Man City
17:30 Man Utd v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
Sunday 8 December
14:00 Fulham v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
14:00 Ipswich v AFC Bournemouth*
14:00 Leicester v Brighton*
16:30 Spurs v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
*Due to Bournemouth and Brighton respective matches against Spurs and Fulham the preceding Thursday
Monday 9 December
20:00 West Ham v Wolves (Sky Sports)
Saturday 14 December
Arsenal v Everton
Liverpool v Fulham
Newcastle v Leicester
Wolves v Ipswich
17:30 Nott’m Forest v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
Sunday 15 December
14:00 AFC Bournemouth v West Ham (Sky Sports)*
16:30 Man City v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
19:00 Chelsea v Brentford**
19:00 Southampton v Spurs (TNT Sports)
*Match may move to Monday 16 December 20:00 on Sky Sports if Brighton and/or Crystal Palace remain involved in EFL Cup
**Due to participation in UEFA Conference League the preceding Thursday
Monday 16 December
20:00 Brighton v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)*
*Match may move to Sunday 15 December 14:00 on Sky Sports if Brighton and/or Crystal Palace remain involved in EFL Cup
Saturday 21 December
12:30 Aston Villa v Man City (TNT Sports)
Brentford v Nott’m Forest
Ipswich v Newcastle
Leicester v Wolves
Man Utd v AFC Bournemouth
West Ham v Brighton
17:30 Crystal Palace v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 22 December
14:00 Everton v Chelsea*
14:00 Fulham v Southampton (Sky Sports)
16:30 Spurs v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
*Due to participation in UEFA Conference League the preceding Thursday
Thursday 26 December
12:30 Man City v Everton (Amazon Prime Video)
AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (Amazon Prime Video)
Chelsea v Fulham (Amazon Prime Video)
Newcastle v Aston Villa (Amazon Prime Video)
Nott’m Forest v Spurs (Amazon Prime Video)
Southampton v West Ham (Amazon Prime Video)
17:30 Wolves v Man Utd (Amazon Prime Video)
20:00 Liverpool v Leicester (Amazon Prime Video)
Friday 27 December
19:30 Brighton v Brentford (Amazon Prime Video)
20:15 Arsenal v Ipswich (Amazon Prime Video)
Sunday 29 December
14:30 Leicester v Man City (Sky Sports)
Crystal Palace v Southampton
Everton v Nott’m Forest
Fulham v AFC Bournemouth
Spurs v Wolves
17:15 West Ham v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Monday 30 December
19:45 Aston Villa v Brighton*
19:45 Ipswich v Chelsea*
20:00 Man Utd v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
*Due to Brighton and Ipswich’s respective matches against Brentford and Arsenal the preceding Friday
Wednesday 1 January 2025
17:30 Brentford v Arsenal (TNT Sports)
Saturday 4 January 2025
12:30 Spurs v Newcastle (TNT Sports)
AFC Bournemouth v Everton
Aston Villa v Leicester
Crystal Palace v Chelsea
Man City v West Ham
Southampton v Brentford
17:30 Brighton v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 5 January 2025
14:00 Fulham v Ipswich (Sky Sports)
16:30 Liverpool v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
Monday 6 January 2025
20:00 Wolves v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
Tuesday 14 January 2025
19:30 Brentford v Man City (TNT Sports)
19:30 Chelsea v AFC Bournemouth (TNT Sports)
19:30 West Ham v Fulham (TNT Sports)
20:00 Nott’m Forest v Liverpool (TNT Sports)
Wednesday 15 January 2025
19:30 Everton v Aston Villa (TNT Sports)
19:30 Leicester v Crystal Palace (TNT Sports)
19:30 Newcastle v Wolves (TNT Sports)
20:00 Arsenal v Spurs (TNT Sports)
Thursday 16 January 2025
19:30 Ipswich v Brighton (TNT Sports)
20:00 Man Utd v Southampton (TNT Sports)
Saturday 18 January 2025
12:30 Newcastle v AFC Bournemouth (TNT Sports)
Brentford v Liverpool
Leicester v Fulham
West Ham v Crystal Palace
17:30 Arsenal v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
Sunday 19 January 2025
14:00 Everton v Spurs (Sky Sports)
14:00 Man Utd v Brighton*
14:00 Nott’m Forest v Southampton*
16:30 Ipswich v Man City (Sky Sports)
*Due to Brighton and Southampton’s respective matches against Ipswich and Man Utd the preceding Thursday
Monday 20 January 2025
20:00 Chelsea v Wolves (Sky Sports)
Saturday 25 January 2025
AFC Bournemouth v Nott’m Forest
Brighton v Everton
Liverpool v Ipswich
Southampton v Newcastle
Wolves v Arsenal
17:30 Man City v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Sunday 26 January 2025
14:00 Crystal Palace v Brentford (Sky Sports)
14:00 Spurs v Leicester*
16:30 Aston Villa v West Ham (Sky Sports)
19:00 Fulham v Man Utd (TNT Sports)
*Due to participation in UEFA Europa League the preceding Thursday
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Saturday 19th October 2024
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Sunday 20th October 2024
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Wolves v Manchester City
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Liverpool v Chelsea
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Monday 21st October 2024
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Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace
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Friday 25th October 2024
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Saturday 26th October 2024
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Sunday 27th October 2024
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Chelsea v Newcastle United
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Saturday 2nd November 2024
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Newcastle United v Arsenal
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Wolves v Crystal Palace
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Sunday 3rd November 2024
14:00
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
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Manchester United v Chelsea
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Monday 4th November 2024
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Fulham v Brentford
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Saturday 9th November 2024
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Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City
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Liverpool v Aston Villa
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Sunday 10th November 2024
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Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
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Chelsea v Arsenal
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Saturday 23rd November 2024
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Leicester City v Chelsea
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Sunday 24th November 2024
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Southampton v Liverpool
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Ipswich Town v Manchester United
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Monday 25th November 2024
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Newcastle United v West Ham United
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Friday 29th November 2024
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Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton
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Saturday 30th November 2024
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West Ham United v Arsenal
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Sunday 1st December 2024
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Chelsea v Aston Villa
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Liverpool v Manchester City
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Fixtures are amended throughout the 2024/25 season for several reasons, including live TV broadcast selections and to accommodate domestic and European cup competitions.
For this reason, Premier League fixtures are always advertised as being subject to change.
Below are the approximate dates for when the announcements on matches that have been selected for live TV broadcast will be made.
Period of matches – Provisional announcement date
August/September 18 June – 5 July
October 22 July – 19 August
November 2 September – 13 September
December/January 16 September – 14 October
February 14 November – 9 December
March 2 January – 24 January
April 27 January – 28 February
MW35 17 March – 21 March
MW36 24 March – 28 March
MW37 31 March – 4 April
MW38 Post MW37
N.B. These dates are subject to change
Why is there a Saturday football blackout in the UK for live streams and TV broadcasts?
Since before the formation of the Premier League, Saturday 3pm kick offs have been forbidden to be televised in the UK, with broadcasters only allowed to show early and late matches on national TV.
Though the 3pm kick off is the slot in which the majority of weekend matches are played with a number of games happening at the same time, they are never broadcast live on television due to the ‘football blackout’.
The United Kingdom is the only place to prohibit the broadcast of 3pm Saturday kick offs.
The 3pm blackout is said to be tradition, with Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday – the go to show where a panel of pundits report in-game action to viewers with none of the match footage actually being showed.
This is also why ratings for Match of the Day remain ever-popular, though numbers are made tougher to achieve due to online streams, footage of goals appearing within seconds online and highlights uploaded to Sky Sports’ YouTube just after 5pm Saturdays.
Major European leagues in France, Spain, Germany and Italy don’t observe such a blackout, and there has been sufficient evidence to prove that closed periods do not affect the outcome of lower league football match attendance.
If anything, you’re more likely to watch more Premier League games if your based in North America or Asia rather than your own country (UK), despite the England priding themselves as a nation who are the home of football.
In February 2011, Advocate General Kokott of the European Court of Justice launched an investigation into the “closed periods” and concluded that they did not affect match attendance at lower league games.
“It is, in fact, doubtful whether closed periods are capable of encouraging attendance at matches and participation in matches,” she said in a statement .
“Both activities have a completely different quality to the following of a live transmission on television. It has not been adequately shown to the Court that the closed periods actually encourage attendance at and participation in matches.
“No closed periods were adopted in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, or in Northern Ireland, that is to say, within the sphere of influence of English football.”
In 2016, Ofcom launched an investigation into the rights of televised football and surveyed football fans about whether they wanted to see a change.
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