Premier League Restart: Live TV coverage guide

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Premier League football returns to our screens in June after a 100-day shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and you can watch all of the remaining matches of the 2019/20 season live on UK television across Sky Sports, Sky Pick, BT Sport, BBC Sport and Prime Video.

As England’s top flight plays out its remaining matches behind closed doors, fans wait to see what effect, if any, the break has had on their club’s form, with Liverpool on course to win their first league title since 1990.

All 92 games left to be played this season will be shown live across the Premier League’s four TV broadcast partners – Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and the BBC – with 33 of those matches available to watch free-to-air.

The Premier League announced the fixture schedule and live TV coverage split for the first three match rounds up to 2 July. A further 30 live matches have now been confirmed for matchweeks 33-35 from 4 to 13 July.

Sport On The Box presents a comprehensive guide to the resumption of live Premier League action across Sky Sports, BT Sport, BBC Sport and Prime Video.

Full details of each broadcaster’s live matches and coverage plans, including TV schedules, kick-off times and free-to-air matches, can be found below.

For a full list of all forthcoming major football matches on the box, visit SOTB’s dedicated football TV listings page.

Sky Sports will show 64 live Premier League games when the season resumes.

In addition to the 39 matches already scheduled to be broadcast exclusively live on Sky Sports before the coronavirus interruption, 25 more matches will be available on Sky Sports Premier League, Sky One and free-to-air Sky Pick, which is available on Freeview and Freesat.

Live free-to-air matches include the Merseyside derby – Everton v Liverpool – on the first full weekend back and all Sky Pick matches will be available to watch in high-definition for viewers watching on Sky and Freesat.

The regular Sky Sports Premier League team, led by David Jones, Kelly Cates, Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, will present the matches from the grounds, with the majority of the studio presentation and match coverage being produced remotely from Sky Studios in west London.

With no fans in attendance at the matches, Sky Sports’ coverage will utilise interactive crowd noise across all its live matches, via Sky Sports Crowds, in partnership with EA Sport’s FIFA series.

Viewers can choose between the live stadium noise on Sky Sports Premier League, or watch the action with the added crowd sound on the Main Event channel (both will feature match commentary).

The Crowds feature will be available via Sky Sports Main Event on all but two of 22 currently scheduled live on Sky games, switching to Sky Sports Premier League for Burnley v Watford (25 June) and Bournemouth v Newcastle (1 July).

All free-to-air matches on Sky Pick and Sky One will also have the Sky Sports Crowds feature available.

Other innovations include in-game catch-up service Sky Sports Recap and Sky Sports Fanzone, both of which will be available for viewers watching online via the Sky Sports website and app.

Free-to-watch highlights of every remaining Premier League game this season will be available from shortly after the full-time whistle on the Sky Sports website – skysports.com – as well as the Sky Sports App and Sky Sports Football YouTube channel.

In addition to the live matches, Sky Sports will also broadcast its regular slate of football programmes across each weekend, including Soccer AM, Gillette Soccer Saturday and Sunday Supplement.

Live matches on Sky Sports, Sky One and Sky Pick are listed below:

WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE

Aston Villa v Sheffield United
Premier League

18:00

Manchester City v Arsenal
Premier League

20:15

FRIDAY 19th JUNE

Norwich City v Southampton
Premier League

18:00

Tottenham v Manchester United
Premier League

20:15

SATURDAY 20th JUNE

West Ham v Wolves
Premier League

17:30

SUNDAY 21st JUNE

Newcastle United v Sheffield United
Premier League

14:00

Aston Villa v Chelsea
Premier League

16:15

Everton v Liverpool
Premier League

19:00

MONDAY 22nd JUNE

Manchester City v Burnley
Premier League

20:00

TUESDAY 23rd JUNE

Leicester City v Brighton
Premier League

18:00

Tottenham v West Ham
Premier League

20:15

WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE

Manchester United v Sheffield United
Premier League

18:00

Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Premier League

20:15

THURSDAY 25th JUNE

Burnley v Watford
Premier League

18:00

Southampton v Arsenal
Premier League

18:00

SUNDAY 28th JUNE

Watford v Southampton
Premier League

16:30

TUESDAY 30th JUNE

Brighton v Manchester United
Premier League

20:15

WEDNESDAY 1st JULY

Bournemouth v Newcastle
Premier League

18:00

Everton v Leicester
Premier League

18:00

West Ham v Chelsea
Premier League

20:15

THURSDAY 2nd JULY

Sheffield United v Tottenham
Premier League

18:00

Manchester City v Liverpool
Premier League

20:15

SATURDAY 4th JULY

Leicester City v Crystal Palace
Premier League

15:00

Wolves v Arsenal
Premier League

17:30

Chelsea v Watford
Premier League

20:00

SUNDAY 5th JULY

Burnley v Sheffield United
Premier League

12:00

Newcastle United v West Ham
Premier League

14:00

Liverpool v Aston Villa
Premier League

16:30

MONDAY 6th JULY

Tottenham v Everton
Premier League

20:00

TUESDAY 7th JULY

Crystal Palace v Chelsea
Premier League

18:00

Watford v Norwich City
Premier League

18:00

Arsenal v Leicester City
Premier League

20:15

WEDNESDAY 8th JULY

Sheffield United v Wolves
Premier League

18:00

Brighton v Liverpool
Premier League

20:15

THURSDAY 9th JULY

Bournemouth v Tottenham
Premier League

18:00

Aston Villa v Manchester United
Premier League

20:15

SATURDAY 11th JULY

Sheffield United v Chelsea
Premier League

17:30

Brighton v Manchester City
Premier League

20:00

SUNDAY 12th JULY

Wolves v Everton
Premier League

12:00

Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Premier League

14:00

Tottenham v Arsenal
Premier League

16:30

Bournemouth v Leicester City
Premier League

19:00

MONDAY 13th JULY

Manchester United v Southampton
Premier League

20:00

TUESDAY 14th JULY

Chelsea v Norwich City
Premier League

20:15

WEDNESDAY 15th JULY

Manchester City v Bournemouth
Premier League

18:00

Arsenal v Liverpool
Premier League

20:15

THURSDAY 16th JULY

Everton v Aston Villa
Premier League

18:00

Leicester City v Sheffield United
Premier League

18:00

FRIDAY 17th JULY

West Ham v Watford
Premier League

20:00

SATURDAY 18th JULY

Norwich City v Burnley
Premier League

17:30

SUNDAY 19th JULY

Tottenham v Leicester City
Premier League

16:00

MONDAY 20th JULY

Brighton v Newcastle United
Premier League

18:00

TUESDAY 21st JULY

Watford v Manchester City
Premier League

18:00

Aston Villa v Arsenal
Premier League

20:15

WEDNESDAY 22nd JULY

Manchester United v West Ham
Premier League

18:00

Liverpool v Chelsea
Premier League

20:15

SUNDAY 26th JULY

Arsenal v Watford
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

Burnley v Brighton
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

Chelsea v Wolves
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

Crystal Palace v Tottenham
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

Everton v Bournemouth
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

Leicester City v Manchester United
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

Manchester City v Norwich City
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

Southampton v Sheffield United
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

BT Sport will broadcast 20 live Premier League games for the remainder of the 2019/20 season.

Jake Humphrey and the regular BT Sport football team, including Rio Ferdinand, Steve McManaman, Peter Crouch and Robbie Savage, will present the live action, with Early Kick-Off returning to build-up to BT’s live matches on Saturdays from 20 June.

BT’s coverage will be produced remotely to minimise the number of people that will be at a ground or the studio, with presenters at the BT Sport studios in Stratford, and some guests and the majority of crew working remotely or from home.

Across the first three matchdays, BT Sport will be showing seven games, including matches that could have huge ramifications at both ends of the table.

Coverage restarts with double-header on 20 June, as Watford host Leicester from midday, before Arsenal travel to Brighton for the Premier League’s first-ever UK-televised 3pm kick-off.

Other standout fixtures on BT Sport include a huge clash at the top of the table as Frank Lampard’s Chelsea host Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Thursday, 25 June.

BT Sport viewers will have the option to watch with or without pre-recorded crowd noise via the red button, with this option also available online via bt.com/sport and BT Sport app.

Also available on the app will be Watch Together, a new social innovation allowing customers to watch, see and chat with friends in a split screen while the match is being played.

The majority of BT’s live games will be broadcast in 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos via BT Sport Ultimate, as well as in 360° on the BT Sport app for mobile and tablet.

Live matches on BT Sport are listed below:

SATURDAY 20th JUNE

Watford v Leicester City
Premier League

12:30

Brighton v Arsenal
Premier League

15:00

WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE

Newcastle United v Aston Villa
Premier League

18:00

Wolves v Bournemouth
Premier League

18:00

THURSDAY 25th JUNE

Chelsea v Manchester City
Premier League

20:15

SATURDAY 27th JUNE

Aston Villa v Wolves
Premier League

12:30

WEDNESDAY 1st JULY

Arsenal v Norwich City
Premier League

18:00

SATURDAY 4th JULY

Norwich City v Brighton
Premier League

12:30

Manchester United v Bournemouth
Premier League

15:00

WEDNESDAY 8th JULY

Manchester City v Newcastle United
Premier League

18:00

West Ham v Burnley
Premier League

18:00

SATURDAY 11th JULY

Norwich City v West Ham
Premier League

12:30

Liverpool v Burnley
Premier League

15:00

WEDNESDAY 15th JULY

Newcastle United v Tottenham
Premier League

18:00

THURSDAY 16th JULY

Crystal Palace v Manchester United
Premier League

20:15

Southampton v Brighton
Premier League

20:15

SUNDAY 19th JULY

Bournemouth v Southampton
Premier League

14:00

MONDAY 20th JULY

Wolves v Crystal Palace
Premier League

20:15

SUNDAY 26th JULY

Newcastle United v Liverpool
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

West Ham v Aston Villa
Premier League – Final Day

16:00

BBC Sport

For the first time since the Premier League’s inception in 1992, the BBC will broadcast live games from England’s top flight on free-to-air television.

Four live games in total will air on BBC TV until the end of the season, complimenting regular Match Of The Day highlights programmes on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Before the Premier League era, the last time a top-flight league football match was broadcast live on the BBC was 32 years ago, during the 1987/88 season.

The BBC’s live Premier League coverage will be presented by Gary Lineker and starts on 20 June with Bournemouth v Crystal Palace on BBC One, followed by Norwich v Everton on 24 June, which will be split across BBC Two (first half) and BBC One (second half).

Like Sky and BT, BBC viewers will also be given the option to watch the matches with or without crowd effects via an alternative audio option on the BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website.

In addition, there will be special MOTDx Watchalongs available the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website, featuring Reece Parkinson and Liam Loftus, along with special celebrity fans, bringing together viewers from up and down the country to watch the BBC’s live Premier League matches and FA Cup games.

Along with the live matches and MOTD highlights shows, Football Focus returns to BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes from 20 June, but Final Score will not be returning in its usual format.

A non-studio version of the programme – 5 Live Final Score – featuring the usual Final Score graphics with commentary from BBC Radio 5 live, will instead be broadcast on selected days via the Red Button, iPlayer and BBC Sport website.

All of the BBC’s coverage will be available to watch live or catch-up on the action via the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer.

Live matches on BBC TV are listed below:

SATURDAY 20th JUNE

Bournemouth v Crystal Palace
Premier League

19:45

WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE

Norwich City v Everton
Premier League

18:00

SUNDAY 5th JULY

Southampton v Manchester City
Premier League

19:00

WEDNESDAY 15th JULY

Burnley v Wolves
Premier League

18:00

Amazon’s Prime Video service will make its four Premier League games free to watch for all viewers when the season restarts.

Fans will not need a Prime membership to watch live matches on its online streaming platform when the top-flight campaign resumes.

Gabby Logan will present Prime Video’s live coverage of all four matches, which will also give viewers the choice of watching the action with artificial crowd noise or live stadium sound.

Fans in the UK will also have the option to live stream Prime Video’s Premier League matches for free on video streaming platform Twitch.

Prime Video made their first foray into live Premier League coverage earlier in the season with two rounds of December fixtures, including exclusive coverage of the Boxing Day clashes.

Live matches on Prime Video are listed below:

MONDAY 29th JUNE

Crystal Palace v Burnley
Premier League

20:00

THURSDAY 9th JULY

Everton v Southampton
Premier League

18:00

SATURDAY 11th JULY

Watford v Newcastle United
Premier League

12:30

MONDAY 20th JULY

Sheffield United v Everton
Premier League

18:00

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