Sky Sports has added 28 live Premier League matches across Christmas and the New Year, including the Merseyside derby, Tottenham against Chelsea and Man Utd v Liverpool, as part of a huge festive football schedule.
Across a massive period of football on Sky Sports, pub goers will be treated to 35 Premier League and EFL games in December alone as the season reaches the halfway stage with some of the biggest rivalries and best stories from across the four divisions.
December kicks off with Chelsea visiting Pep Guardiola’s current Premier League leaders Manchester City, and the following day Liverpool visit Bournemouth and Manchester United travel to Goodison Park to take on Everton.
One week before Christmas it is derby weekend with three matches involving local rivalries. On Saturday Crystal Palace host Chelsea in a London derby, then on Sunday it’s the turn of the South coast with Bournemouth taking on Southampton before the Merseyside derby gets the Monday Night Football treatment.
Sky Sports pub customers will be able to follow the Premier League story across Christmas and into 2017, with Watford against Tottenham Hotspur the first game of the new year, and Manchester United welcoming Liverpool to Old Trafford later on in January.
David Rey, Managing Director at Sky Business, said: “Sky Sports’ huge line-up of 28 live Premier League games over Christmas and New Year gives people even more reason to visit pubs in the busy festive period. In December alone Sky Sports will be showing 35 live games, including some great EFL matches. With some massive fixtures lined up including Manchester City v Chelsea, Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City v Arsenal, Sky Sports will draw the crowds in to venues across the country.”
Pub goers can look forward to more football than ever before this season, with over 700 games, including 126 from the Premier League, 127 matches from the Sky Bet EFL and EFL Cup, SPFL football including every Old Firm derby, as well as hundreds of matches from Spain’s La Liga, the Copa del Rey Final, the William Hill Scottish Cup, the Eredivisie and MLS. Sky Sports will also show exclusively live coverage of the qualification matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup for Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as well as highlights of England’s matches.
Sky Sports live Premier League Fixtures
October
Liverpool v Manchester United Mon 17 Oct 8.00pm
Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur Sat 22 Oct 12.30pm
Manchester City v Southampton Sun 23 Oct 1.30pm
Chelsea v Manchester United Sun 23 Oct 4pm
Sunderland v Arsenal Sat 29 Oct 12.30pm
Everton v West Ham United Sun 30 Oct 1.30pm
Southampton v Chelsea Sun 30 Oct 4pm
Stoke City v Swansea City Mon 31 Oct 8.00pm
November
Liverpool v Watford Sun 6 Nov 2.15pm
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion Sun 6 Nov 4.30pm
Manchester United v Arsenal Sat 19 Nov 12.30pm
Middlesbrough v Chelsea Sun 20 Nov 4pm
West Bromwich Albion v Burnley Mon 21 Nov 8.00pm
Watford v Stoke City Sun 27 Nov 12noon
Arsenal v Bournemouth Sun 27 Nov 2.15pm
Southampton v Everton Sun 27 Nov 4.30pm
December
Manchester City v Chelsea Sat 3 Dec 12.30pm
Bournemouth v Liverpool Sun 4 Dec 1.30pm
Everton v Manchester United Sun 4 Dec 4pm
Middlesbrough v Hull City Mon 5 Dec 8pm
Watford v Everton Sat 10 Dec 12.30pm
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur Sun 11 Dec 2.15pm
Liverpool v West Ham United Sun 11 Dec 4.30pm
Crystal Palace v Chelsea Sat 17 Dec 12.30pm
Bournemouth v Southampton Sun 18 Dec 1.30pm
Manchester City v Arsenal Sun 18 Dec 4pm
Everton v Liverpool Mon 19 Dec 8pm
Watford v Crystal Palace Mon 26 Dec 12.30pm
Hull City v Manchester City Mon 26 Dec 5.15pm
Liverpool v Stoke City Tue 27 Dec 5.15pm
Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur Wed 28 Dec 7.45pm
Hull City v Everton Fri 30 Dec 8pm
January
Watford v Tottenham Hotspur Sun 1 Jan 1.30pm
Arsenal v Crystal Palace Sun 1 Jan 4pm
Middlesbrough v Leicester City Mon 2 Jan 12.30pm
West Ham United v Manchester United Mon 2 Jan 5.15pm
Bournemouth v Arsenal Tue 3 Jan 7.45pm
Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea Wed 4 Jan 8pm
Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion Sat 14 Jan 12.30pm
Everton v Manchester City Sun 15 Jan 1.30pm
Manchester United v Liverpool Sun 15 Jan 4pm
Arsenal v Burnley Sun 22 Jan 1.30pm
Chelsea v Hull City Sun 22 Jan 4pm
Southampton v Leicester City Mon 23 Jan 8pm*
* Fixture could change to Sunday 22 Jan, 12noon subject to EFL Cup semi-finals. Should that occur, Arsenal v Burnley would move to 2.15pm and Chelsea v Hull City to 4.30pm.