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Premier League live TV games: Liverpool v Leeds among matches to be televised

By Sporting Life

Football

Fri August 28, 2020 · 5y ago

Seventeen Premier League matches will be shown live on Sky Sports or BT Sport in September, with Liverpool v Leeds and Fulham v Arsenal shown on the opening day.

But 11 of the 28 matches confirmed for the month will not be available for fans in the UK to view live after the first batch of televised fixtures for the 2020-21 season were announced.

Newly-promoted Fulham and Arsenal will kick off the season at 12.30pm on Saturday, September 12, with the Cottagers’ first game back in the top flight live on BT Sport.

Premier League champions Liverpool will be on Sky Sports later that day, with their match against Sky Bet Championship winners Leeds kicking off at 5.30pm.

Tottenham’s opening two matches, at home to Everton on September 13 and away to Southampton on September 20, will be broadcast live.

West Brom, who finished runners-up to Leeds in the Championship, will also be on TV in their first game.

They will host Leicester on September 13, with the match kicking off at 2pm.

Newcastle and Burnley are the only sides who will not feature in a televised Premier League match in September.

This season 220 matches will be broadcast live, up from 200 in 2019-20.

However, even though all Premier League matches next month will be played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, no arrangement has been put in place similar to the one agreed for the end of last season which meant the final 92 matches were all broadcast live, with 33 of those made available free to air.

The situation for the new season has been described as “ridiculous” by Football Supporters’ Association chief executive Kevin Miles, whilst various individual club supporters’ groups have voiced their opposition.

The EFL has reached agreement with Sky Sports for all non-televised matches in its divisions to be available via stream while restrictions on stadium capacities remain in place, plus those in the Carabao Cup first round.

Premier League clubs are scheduled to be able to welcome fans back on a socially-distanced basis from the start of October, but grounds are expected to be only operating at around a maximum 30 per cent capacity even at that point.

Televised Fixtures: September

Saturday 12 September

12:30 Fulham v Arsenal (BT Sport)
17:30 Liverpool v Leeds Utd (Sky Sports)

Sunday 13 September

14:00 West Brom v Leicester City (Sky Sports)
16:30 Spurs v Everton (Sky Sports)

Monday 14 September

20:00 Brighton v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Saturday 19 September

12:30 Everton v West Brom (BT Sport)
17:30 Man Utd v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)

Sunday 20 September

12:00 Southampton v Spurs (BT Sport)
14:00 Arsenal v West Ham (Sky Sports)
14:00 Aston Villa v Sheff Utd*
14:00 Newcastle Utd v Brighton*
*Due to EFL Cup participation on Thursday 17 Sep
16:30 Chelsea v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Monday 21 September