The latest Premier League TV selections have been confirmed by TNT and Sky Sports for the months of August, September and October.
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, having no confirmed this in the initial batch.
Take a look below at what has been chosen along with the rest of those selected games for broadcast…
STATEMENT:
See the revised schedule as matches including Chelsea v Liverpool are moved for live TV coverage
Amendments for Premier League fixtures in Matchweeks 7, 8 and 9 in October have been announced. These include selections for live TV coverage in the UK.
There will be no Premier League matches played between Monday 6 and Friday 17 October due to a break in the schedule for international fixtures.
Please note that matches across Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October are subject to possible change, due to UEFA Champions League participation in the following midweek.
All kick-off times are 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
Stay up to date on all the fixtures with the Premier League’s digital calendar.
Friday 3 October20:00 AFC Bournemouth v Fulham (Sky Sports)
Saturday 4 October12:30 Leeds v Spurs (TNT Sports)Arsenal v West HamEverton v Crystal PalaceMan Utd v Sunderland17:30 Chelsea v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Sunday 5 October14:00 Aston Villa v Burnley (Sky Sports)14:00 Newcastle v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)14:00 Wolves v Brighton (Sky Sports)16:30 Brentford v Man City (Sky Sports)
Saturday 18 October12:30 Nott’m Forest v Chelsea (TNT Sports)Brighton v NewcastleBurnley v Leeds UnitedCrystal Palace v AFC BournemouthMan City v EvertonSunderland v Wolves17:30 Fulham v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 19 October14:00 Spurs v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)16:30 Liverpool v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
Monday 20 October20:00 West Ham v Brentford (Sky Sports)
Friday 24 October20:00 Leeds v West Ham (Sky Sports)
Saturday 25 October12:30 Brentford v Liverpool (TNT Sports)Arsenal v Crystal PalaceChelsea v SunderlandNewcastle v Fulham17:30 Man Utd v Brighton (Sky Sports)
Sunday 26 October14:00 GMT AFC Bournemouth v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)14:00 GMT Aston Villa v Man City (Sky Sports)14:00 GMT Wolves v Burnley (Sky Sports)16:30 GMT Everton v Spurs (Sky Sports)
Fixture amendments and matches selected for live TV broadcast in the UK in Matchweeks 7, 8 and 9 in October are confirmed 👇
— Premier League (@premierleague) August 20, 2025
ALREADY PICKED:
Friday 22 August20:00 West Ham v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Saturday 23 August12:30 Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur (TNT Sports)AFC Bournemouth v Wolverhampton WanderersBrentford v Aston VillaBurnley v Sunderland17:30 Arsenal v Leeds United (Sky Sports)
Sunday 24 August14:00 Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest (Sky Sports)**Due to Forest’s participation in UEFA Conference League playoff preceding Thursday14:00 Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion (Sky Sports)16:30 Fulham v Manchester United (Sky Sports)
Monday 25 August20:00 Newcastle United v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Friday 29 August20:00 Aston Villa v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
Saturday 30 August12:30 Chelsea v Fulham (TNT Sports)Manchester United v BurnleySunderland v BrentfordTottenham Hotspur v AFC BournemouthWolverhampton Wanderers v Everton17:30 Leeds United v Newcastle United (Sky Sports)
Sunday 31 August14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City (Sky Sports)14:00 Nottingham Forest v West Ham United (Sky Sports)**Due to Forest’s participation in UEFA Conference League playoff preceding Thursday16:30 Liverpool v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Saturday 13 September12:30 Arsenal v Nott’m Forest (TNT Sports)AFC Bournemouth v BrightonCrystal Palace v SunderlandEverton v Aston VillaFulham v Leeds UnitedNewcastle United v Wolves17:30 West Ham v Spurs (Sky Sports)20:00 Brentford v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Sunday 14 September14:00 Burnley v Liverpool (Sky Sports)16:30 Man City v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
Saturday 20 September12:30 Liverpool v Everton (TNT Sports)*AFC Bournemouth v Newcastle UnitedBrighton v SpursBurnley v Nott’m ForestWest Ham v Crystal PalaceWolves v Leeds United17:30 Man Utd v Chelsea (Sky Sports)20:00 Fulham v Brentford (Sky Sports)*Match will move to 21 Sept, 12:00, on TNT Sports should Liverpool play away in Champions League the preceding Wednesday
Sunday 21 September14:00 Sunderland v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)16:30 Arsenal v Man City (Sky Sports)
Saturday 27 September12:30 Brentford v Man Utd (TNT Sports)Aston Villa v FulhamChelsea v BrightonCrystal Palace v LiverpoolLeeds United v AFC BournemouthMan City v Burnley17:30 Nott’m Forest v Sunderland (Sky Sports)
Sunday 28 September14:00 Spurs v Wolves (Sky Sports)**16:30 Newcastle United v Arsenal (Sky Sports)**Match is subject to movement dependent on Spurs’ participation in Champions League the following Tuesday
Monday 29 September20:00 Everton v West Ham (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.
