All Premier League ties to be televised
THE remaining 92 matches of the Premier League season will all be available to watch live on television, it has been confirmed.
Clubs have agreed on a return date that will see the league resume following the coronavirus pandemic. Manchester City v Arsenal and Aston Villa v Sheffield United will kick off the resumed campaign on June 17.
All the remaining fixtures will be televised across Sky Sports, BT Sport, BBC and Amazon Prime with supporters not allowed to return to stadiums for the foreseeable future.
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said: “We have provisionally agreed to resume the Premier League on Wednesday, June 17 but this date cannot be confirmed until we have met all the safety requirements needed. Sadly, matches will have to take place without fans in stadiums, so we are pleased to have come up with a positive solution for supporters to be able to watch all the remaining 92 matches.”
The weekend schedule will see games on Friday and Monday evenings as well in four time slots on Saturdays and Sundays.
Midweek matches will be played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with two kick-off slots each. The BBC will show four live games, the first time the broadcaster has televised a Premier League game live since its inception in 1992.
In another landmark move Sky will make 25 of their games free-to-air in a first for the corporation, including Everton vs Liverpool in the Merseyside derby on the opening weekend.