Premier League fixtures and TV: kick-offs in UTC

Why this page shows UTC and two markets

A fixture list is only useful if the time on it is the time where you are. Because this site has no single home market, every kick-off above is given in UTC — the one reference that is unambiguous everywhere — and the countries we can state rights for are named explicitly rather than folded into a vague "on TV". We list the United Kingdom in the fixture rows and the United States below. If your country is not named, we do not have a verified rights holder for it and would rather say nothing than invent one.

In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports and TNT Sports share the live rights for the current cycle; which of them carries a given match is confirmed round by round, so we link the competition's own broadcast schedule instead of printing a channel that may be wrong. In the United States, NBC Sports holds the exclusive rights and splits coverage across NBC, USA Network and Peacock.

The UK Saturday closed period — and why it does not travel

No football may be broadcast live in the United Kingdom between 14:45 and 17:15 on a Saturday. The rule comes from Article 48 of the UEFA statutes, applied by the Football Association, and exists to protect attendances lower down the pyramid. Fixtures inside that window are marked in the list above, because a blank channel column reads like missing data rather than a deliberate restriction.

Two things follow. First, a Saturday 15:00 UK kick-off has no legal live UK broadcast at all — not on a subscription, not through a bookmaker, and no workaround changes that. Second, the restriction is territorial: it applies to broadcasting within the UK, so the same fixture is shown normally by the rights holder in Ireland, the United States and elsewhere. That asymmetry is the single most common reason a reader concludes a match is "not on" when, where they are, it is.

What a bookmaker stream actually is

Live streaming appears in bookmaker feature lists across every market this site covers, and the terms are consistent:

• Access requires a funded account or a qualifying bet, usually within the previous 24 hours. It is not a substitute for a subscription.
• Coverage is territorial and shifts between seasons. Premier League football in particular is not available on bookmaker streams to UK customers.
• Streams run behind the broadcast feed. Betting in-play on a delayed picture means trading against a market that has already seen what you are watching.

Pick a bookmaker on price, market depth and how the account behaves at withdrawal. Pick a broadcaster on rights. Conflating the two is how people end up paying for both and getting neither.

Why we do not link to unlicensed streams

Searches for free Premier League streams are dominated by illegal sites, and the UK closed period is the single largest driver of that demand. We do not name or link them. Distributing unlicensed broadcasts is not lawful in any of the markets we operate in, and those sites are a well-documented route to malware and payment fraud. Saying plainly that a match is not available is more useful than a shortcut that is neither free nor safe.

18+ and gambling responsibly

18+ (or the legal age where you are). Availability of the operators listed here depends on your country, and each one shows its own licensing on its site. If gambling stops being entertainment, BeGambleAware and Gambling Therapy offer free, international support. Watching football costs a subscription; it should never cost a bet.