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Publication Date: Saturday, August 29, 2020 8:35 AM
Eleven of the 28 Premier League matches confirmed for September will not be available for UK fans to view live after the first batch of televised matches were made for the 2020-21 season. Announced with Arsenal throwing us into Fulham.
This season 220 games will be broadcast live, compared to 200 in the 2019-20 season.
However, despite the fact that all Premier League matches next month will be played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, an agreement similar to the one agreed to for the end of last season has not been implemented, which meant that the final 92 matches were broadcast live. , with 33 of them available for open air.
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The situation for the new season has been described as “ridiculous” by the executive director of the Football Fans Association, Kevin Miles, while various groups of individual club fans have voiced their opposition.
The EFL has reached an agreement with Sky Sports to make all non-televised matches in its divisions available via broadcast while maintaining restrictions on stadium capacity, plus those for the first round of the Carabao Cup. .
It is planned that Premier League clubs will be able to welcome fans back in a socially distanced way from the beginning of October, but the fields are only expected to operate at a maximum of 30% capacity even then.
Seventeen matches will be broadcast live on Sky Sports or BT Sport in September, beginning with the match between newly promoted Fulham and Arsenal at 12.30pm on Saturday, September 12.
The first Cottagers game in the top flight will be broadcast live on BT Sport.
Premier League champions Liverpool will be on Sky Sports later that day, and their match against Sky Bet Championship winner Leeds will begin at 5.30pm.
Tottenham’s first two games, at home to Everton on 13 September and away from Southampton on 20 September, will be broadcast live.
West Brom, who finished runner-up for Leeds in the Championship, will also be on television in their first game.
They host Leicester on September 13, with the match kicking off at 2pm.
Newcastle and Burnley are the only teams that will not participate in a televised Premier League match in September.
Complete list of televised games for September
Saturday September 12
12:30 pm Fulham – Arsenal (BT Sport)
17:30 Liverpool v Leeds Utd (Sky Sports)
Sunday September 13
14:00 West Brom v Leicester City (Sky Sports)
16:30 Spurs – Everton (Sky Sports)
Monday September 14
20:00 Brighton v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Saturday September 19
12:30 Everton – West Brom (BT Sport)
17:30 Man Utd v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
Sunday September 20
12:00 Southampton v Spurs (BT Sport)
14:00 Arsenal v West Ham (Sky Sports)
14:00 Aston Villa – Sheff Utd
14:00 Newcastle Utd v Brighton
16:30 Chelsea v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Monday September 21
20:00 Lobos v Man City (Sky Sports)
Saturday September 26
12:30 Brighton v Man Utd (BT Sport)
17:30 West Brom v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Sunday September 27
12:00 Sheff Utd – Leeds Utd (BT Sport)
14:00 Fulham v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
16:30 Man City v Leicester City (Sky Sports)
Monday September 28
20:00 Liverpool v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
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