Latest Premier League TV selections announced for February and March

Amendments for Premier League fixtures in Matchweeks 5, 6, 7 and 9 in September and October have been announced, as a result of the participation of Premier League clubs in UEFA cup competitions.

Changes to fixtures from November 2025 to January 2026 as a result of participation in UEFA club competitions will be confirmed at the same time as the broadcast selections for the respective month.

All kick-off times below are BST unless otherwise stated.

Sunday 21 September
14:00 AFC Bournemouth v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
Due to Newcastle’s Champions League participation the Thursday before.

Saturday 27 September
20:00 Spurs v Wolves (Sky Sports)
Due to Spurs’ Champions League participation the following Tuesday.

Sunday 28 September
14:00 Aston Villa v Fulham (Sky Sports)
Due to Villa’s Europa League participation the Thursday before.

Sunday 5 October
14:00 Everton v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
Due to Palace’s Conference League participation the Thursday before.

Saturday 25 October
20:00 Brentford v Liverpool (TNT Sports)
Due to Liverpool being scheduled to play away in the Champions League the Wednesday before.

Sunday 26 October
14:00 Arsenal v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
Due to Palace’s Conference League participation the Thursday before.

FULL SCHEDULE:

Sat 13 Sep
12:30 – Arsenal v Nottingham Forest – TNT Sports
17:30 – West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur – Sky Sports
20:00 – Brentford v Chelsea – Sky Sports

Sun 14 Sep
14:00 – Burnley v Liverpool – Sky Sports
16:30 – Manchester City v Manchester United – Sky Sports

Sat 20 Sep
12:30 – Liverpool v Everton – TNT Sports
17:30 – Manchester United v Chelsea – Sky Sports
20:00 – Fulham v Brentford – Sky Sports

Sun 21 Sep
14:00 – Bournemouth v Newcastle United – Sky Sports
14:00 – Sunderland v Aston Villa – Sky Sports
16:30 – Arsenal v Manchester City – Sky Sports

Sat 27 Sep
12:30 – Brentford v Manchester United – TNT Sports
17:30 – Nottingham Forest v Sunderland – Sky Sports
20:00 – Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers – Sky Sports

Sun 28 Sep
14:00 – Aston Villa v Fulham – Sky Sports
16:30 – Newcastle United v Arsenal – Sky Sports

Mon 29 Sep
20:00 – Everton v West Ham United – Sky Sports

Fri 3 Oct
20:00 – Bournemouth v Fulham – Sky Sports

Sat 4 Oct
12:30 – Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur – TNT Sports
17:30 – Chelsea v Liverpool – Sky Sports

Sun 5 Oct
14:00 – Everton v Crystal Palace – Sky Sports
14:00 – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton and Hove Albion – Sky Sports
16:30 – Brentford v Manchester City – Sky Sports

Sat 18 Oct
12:30 – Nottingham Forest v Chelsea – TNT Sports
17:30 – Fulham v Arsenal – Sky Sports

Sun 19 Oct
14:00 – Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa – Sky Sports
16:30 – Liverpool v Manchester United – Sky Sports

Mon 20 Oct
20:00 – West Ham United v Brentford – Sky Sports

Fri 24 Oct
20:00 – Leeds United v West Ham United – Sky Sports

Sat 25 Oct
17:30 – Manchester United v Brighton and Hove Albion – Sky Sports
20:00 – Brentford v Liverpool – TNT Sports

Sun 26 Oct
14:00 – Arsenal v Crystal Palace – Sky Sports
14:00 – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley – Sky Sports
14:00 – Everton v Tottenham Hotspur – 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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