Upcoming fixtures
The UK Premier League broadcast picture is split three ways through the current rights cycle running to the end of the 2027-28 season. Sky Sports holds the largest share with 128 live matches per season. TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) carries 52 live matches. Amazon Prime Video has two midweek match-rounds — typically a December round and a Boxing Day round — plus the new Premier League 200, totalling 20 matches per season. The 3pm Saturday blackout remains in force: matches played at 3pm UK time on a Saturday are not broadcast live anywhere in the UK by Premier League agreement.
The split by broadcaster
| Broadcaster | Matches per season | Typical windows | UK subscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Sports | 128 | Friday night, Saturday 12:30/17:30/20:00, Sunday 14:00/16:30, Monday Night Football | Sky TV + Sky Sports (around £56/mo combined) or NOW Sports Membership (£26/mo or £35/mo for the Premier League included tier) |
| TNT Sports | 52 | Saturday 12:30 (selected), Sunday 14:00 (selected), midweek floodlit cards | TNT Sports via Discovery+ (£30.99/mo) or BT/EE broadband bundle |
| Amazon Prime Video | 20 | Midweek December round, Boxing Day round | Amazon Prime (£8.99/mo or £95/yr) |
| BBC Sport | 0 (live) but Match of the Day highlights | Saturday 22:30 and Sunday 22:30 | Free with TV Licence |
Sky Sports — the volume holder
Sky’s 128 matches per season is the bulk of UK Premier League broadcasting. Most of the league’s marquee matches go to Sky: every Sunday afternoon double-header, most Saturday late kick-offs, every Monday Night Football. Sky Sports Premier League is the dedicated channel; the matches also stream on Sky Go for Sky TV subscribers.
For UK fans who want Sky Sports without a long-term Sky TV contract, NOW Sports Membership is the streaming-only path. The standard Sports Membership (£26/mo) carries Sky Sports’ core channels. Confirm carriage of the Premier League channel and any season-specific NOW deals at sign-up.
TNT Sports — the secondary holder
TNT Sports’ 52 matches include several premium Saturday lunchtime kick-offs (the 12:30 window where Sky does not have the rights for that week), select Sunday afternoon matches, and the bulk of midweek floodlit fixtures during the European competition weeks. TNT Sports is on Discovery+ (£30.99/mo Premium tier) as the standalone streaming home, on BT/EE broadband bundles for existing customers, and via Sky channel carriage as an add-on to a Sky TV package.
Amazon Prime Video — the midweek round
Amazon’s Premier League rights have been a fixture since 2019. The deal covers two specific match-rounds per season: typically a midweek December round (a full match-day where every game is on Prime) and the Boxing Day matchday. Coverage is in 4K HDR with a typically strong presentation team. Included with the standard Prime subscription — no additional UK fee.
The 3pm Saturday blackout
UK Premier League agreement still includes the 3pm Saturday blackout — no live match broadcast in the UK between 14:45 and 17:15 on a Saturday. This applies to matches played during that window across all UK broadcasters. The blackout dates to the 1960s and is intended to protect lower-league attendances. For UK fans, this means the 3pm matches are simply not on television. International broadcasters typically carry these matches.
Match of the Day
BBC One’s Match of the Day on Saturday and Sunday evenings remains the UK’s free-to-air highlights show. Goals and analysis only — no live broadcast — but a free option for fans who don’t want to subscribe to any premium service.
What a comprehensive UK Premier League subscription looks like
A UK fan who wants to see every Premier League match available in the UK needs:
- NOW Sports Membership (£26/mo) — Sky’s 128 matches
- Discovery+ Premium (£30.99/mo) — TNT Sports’ 52 matches
- Amazon Prime (£8.99/mo) — 20 Prime matches
- TV Licence (£169.50/yr) — Match of the Day highlights
Total roughly £66/mo plus the TV Licence. The 3pm Saturday blackout is unavoidable.
Cross-reference: our Champions League UK guide covers TNT Sports’ continental coverage. US readers — see our US Premier League guide for the NBC/Peacock picture. For wider football coverage our editors also point readers to Totalsportek and Footybite.
See also
For readers arriving via a stream2watch search: see our mystream2watch explainer and Stream2Watch alternatives — both pages explain what the old site was, why it’s gone, and the legal broadcaster map for the UK, US, and Germany.