We check out the latest Premier League TV selections with there to be 40 matches shown over 15 days of the festive period.
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.
There had been plenty of complaints by fans waiting for this news to drop in recent months, with the league tending to not announce this on the dates they have set out.
Writer Tom Hancock said on the league website: “It will, as ever, be a time of rotation for managers, with every team playing four games in barely two weeks. It will also be a time of fixation for Premier League fans: there is at least one live televised match in the UK on 10 of the 15 days making up the top flight’s festive period.
“Some sides may be less affected by the thick and fast nature of the fixtures – perhaps none more so than Spurs, who don’t leave London at all. After entertaining Liverpool, Spurs travel to Crystal Palace and then Brentford, before a home encounter with Sunderland to begin 2026.”
This year’s Premier League festive fixtures are in! 🎄
All in all, Sky Sports will broadcast over 200 games across December and into the new year – ensuring fans needn’t look elsewhere for the gift of live football! 🎁 pic.twitter.com/nObmRe4ZQi
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) November 1, 2025
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Take a look below at what has been chosen along with the rest of those selected games for broadcast…
LATEST PICKS:
Friday 26 December 2025
20:00 Manchester United v Newcastle United (Sky Sports)
Saturday 27 December
12:30 Nottingham Forest v Manchester City (TNT Sports)
Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion
Brentford v AFC Bournemouth
Burnley v Everton
Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United v Fulham
17:30 Chelsea v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
Sunday 28 December
14:00 Sunderland v Leeds United (Sky Sports)
16:30 Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur (Sky Sports)
Tuesday 30 December
19:30 Burnley v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
19:30 Chelsea v Bournemouth (Sky Sports)
19:30 Nott’m Forest v Everton (Sky Sports)
19:30 West Ham v Brighton (Sky Sports)
20:15 Arsenal v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
20:15 Man Utd v Wolves (Sky Sports)
Thursday 1 January 2026
17:30 Crystal Palace v Fulham (Sky Sports)
17:30 Liverpool v Leeds (Sky Sports)
20:00 Brentford v Spurs (Sky Sports)*
20:00 Sunderland v Man City (Sky Sports)*
*Due to the movement of Spurs and Sunderland’s previous matches to 28 December
Saturday 3 January
12:30 Aston Villa v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
Brighton v Burnley
Wolves v West Ham
17:30 Bournemouth v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 4 January
12:30 Leeds v Man Utd (TNT Sports)
15:00 Everton v Brentford (Sky Sports)*
15:00 Fulham v Liverpool (Sky Sports)*
15:00 Newcastle v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)*
*Due to Brentford, Fulham, Liverpool and Palace all playing on 1 January
15:00 Spurs v Sunderland (Sky Sports)
17:30 Man City v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Tuesday 6 January
20:00 West Ham v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
Wednesday 7 January
19:30 Bournemouth v Spurs (Sky Sports)
19:30 Brentford v Sunderland (Sky Sports)
19:30 Crystal Palace v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
19:30 Everton v Wolves (Sky Sports)
19:30 Fulham v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
19:30 Man City v Brighton (Sky Sports)
20:15 Burnley v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
20:15 Newcastle v Leeds (Sky Sports)
Thursday 8 January
20:00 Arsenal v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
ALREADY PICKED:
Saturday 1st November 2025
17:30
Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
20:00
Liverpool v Aston Villa
Premier League
TNT Sports 1 – TNT Sports Ultimate
Sunday 2nd November 2025
14:00
West Ham United v Newcastle United
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
16:30
Manchester City v AFC Bournemouth
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Monday 3rd November 2025
20:00
Sunderland v Everton
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Saturday 8th November 2025
12:30
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United
Premier League
TNT Sports 1 – TNT Sports Ultimate
17:30
Sunderland v Arsenal
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
20:00
Chelsea v Wolves
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Sunday 9th November 2025
14:00
Aston Villa v AFC Bournemouth
Premier League
Sky Sports TBC
14:00
Brentford v Newcastle United
Premier League
Sky Sports TBC
14:00
Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League
Sky Sports TBC
14:00
Nottingham Forest v Leeds United
Premier League
Sky Sports TBC
16:30
Manchester City v Liverpool
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Saturday 22nd November 2025
12:30
Burnley v Chelsea
Premier League
TNT Sports 1 – TNT Sports Ultimate
17:30
Newcastle United v Manchester City
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Sunday 23rd November 2025
14:00
Leeds United v Aston Villa
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
16:30
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Monday 24th November 2025
20:00
Manchester United v Everton
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Saturday 29th November 2025
17:30
Everton v Newcastle United
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
20:00
Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham
Premier League
Sky Sports Main Event – Sky Sports Premier League – Sky Sports Ultra HDR
Sunday 30th November 2025
12:00
Crystal Palace v Manchester United
Premier League
TNT Sports 1 – TNT Sports Ultimate
14:05
Aston Villa v Wolves
Premier League
Sky Sports TBC
14:05
Nottingham Forest v Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League
Sky Sports TBC
14:05
West Ham United v Liverpool
Premier League
Sky Sports TBC
16:30
Chelsea v Arsenal
Premier League
Sky Sports Main EventSky Sports Premier LeagueSky Sports Ultra HDR
Tuesday 2 December
19:30 AFC Bournemouth v Everton (Sky Sports)
19:30 Fulham v Manchester City (Sky Sports)
20:15 Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur (Sky Sports)
Wednesday 3 December
19:30 Arsenal v Brentford (Sky Sports)
19:30 Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
19:30 Burnley v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
19:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest (Sky Sports)
20:15 Leeds United v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
20:15 Liverpool v Sunderland (Sky Sports)
Thursday 4 December
20:00 Manchester United v West Ham United (Sky Sports)
Saturday 6 December
12:30 Aston Villa v Arsenal (TNT Sports)
AFC Bournemouth v Chelsea
Everton v Nott’m Forest
Manchester City v Sunderland
Newcastle United v Burnley
Spurs v Brentford
17:30 Leeds United v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Sunday 7 December
14:00 Brighton v West Ham (Sky Sports)
16:30 Fulham v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
Monday 8 December
20:00 Wolves v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
Saturday 13 December
Chelsea v Everton
Liverpool v Brighton
17:30 Burnley v Fulham (Sky Sports)
20:00 Arsenal v Wolves (TNT Sports)
Sunday 14 December
14:00 Crystal Palace v Man City* (Sky Sports)
14:00 Nott’m Forest v Spurs* (Sky Sports)
14:00 Sunderland v Newcastle United (Sky Sports)
14:00 West Ham v Aston Villa* (Sky Sports)
16:30 Brentford v Leeds United (Sky Sports)
*Moved due to participation of Palace, Forest and Villa in European competition on the preceding Thursday
Monday 15 December
20:00 Man Utd v AFC Bournemouth (Sky Sports)
Saturday 20 December
12:30 Newcastle United v Chelsea (TNT Sports)
AFC Bournemouth v Burnley
Brighton v Sunderland
Manchester City v West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford
17:30 Spurs v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Sunday 21 December
14:00 Everton v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
14:00 Leeds v Crystal Palace* (Sky Sports)
16:30 Aston Villa v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
*Moved due to participation of Palace in European competition on the preceding Thursday
Monday 22 December
20:00 Fulham v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
| Period of games | MW | Estimate release |
| Aug/Sep | 2-6 | 9 Jul |
|---|---|---|
| Oct | 7-9 | 20 Aug |
| Nov | 10-13 | 17 Sep |
| Dec/Jan | 14-24 | 15 Oct |
| Feb | 25-28 | 17 Dec |
| Mar | 29-31 | 21 Jan |
| Apr | 32-34 | 4 Mar |
| MW35 | 35 | 25 Mar |
| MW36 | 36 | 1 Apr |
| MW37 | 37 | 8 Apr |
| MW38 | 38 | Post-MW37 |
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 you’re 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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