Sky and ESPN announce Festive matches

Sky and ESPN have announced the games that they will show throughtout the Christmas and New Year period, with the pair set to screen 24 matches in total.

Sky will have 21 of the 24 games which includes a tasty triple-header Super Sunday on December 18th as QPR v Man Utd is followed by Aston Villa v Liverpool and then Man City v Arsenal.

ESPN’s 3 matches are Aston Villa v Man Utd, Wigan v Chelsea and then Man Utd v Blackburn on New Year’s Eve. By the end of December ESPN will have used all their 5 picks for Manchester United, and therefore cannot show them again this season in the premier league live.

December/Early January TV Matches  (ESPN Matches in brackets)

Sat 3: Newcastle v Chelsea (12.45pm)

Sat 3: Aston Villa v Man Utd (ESPN, 5.30pm)

Sun 4: Wolves v Sunderland (4pm)

Mon 5: Fulham v Liverpool (8pm)

Sun 11: Sunderland v Blackburn (1.30pm)

Sun 11: Stoke v Tottenham (4pm)

Mon 12: Chelsea v Man City (8pm)

Sat 17: Wigan v Chelsea (ESPN, 5.30pm)

Sun 18: QPR v Man Utd (12pm)

Sun 18: Aston Villa v Liverpool (2.05pm)

Sun 18: Man City v Arsenal (4.10pm)

Tue 20: Blackburn v Bolton (8pm)

Wed 21: Wigan v Liverpool (8pm)

Thu 22: Tottenham v Chelsea (8pm)

Mon 26: Stoke v Aston Villa (8pm)

Tue 27: Swansea v QPR (5pm)

Tue 27: Norwich v Tottenham (7.30pm)

Fri 30: Liverpool v Newcastle (7.45pm)

Sat 31: Man Utd v Blackburn (ESPN, 12.45pm)

January

Sun 1: West Brom v Everton (12.30pm)

Sun 1: Sunderland v Man City (3pm)

Mon 2: Fulham v Arsenal (5.30pm)

Tue 3: Man City v Liverpool (8pm)

Wed 4: Newcastle v Man Utd (8pm)