Sky Sports to show 215 Premier League games a season from 2025/26
Premier League TV broadcast rights: Sky Sports to show more Premier League matches than ever before from 2025/26; Sky wins rights to show at least 215 live games in new deal, an increase of up to 100 more Premier League matches each season; watch or stream on TV or mobile
Thursday 19 June 2025 12:24, UK
Sky Sports will broadcast a record minimum of 215 Premier League matches a season from 2025/26 after finalising a new four-year agreement for TV rights.
From the 2025/26 season, Sky Sports' exclusively live coverage will increase from 128 Premier League matches to at least 215 games.
As part of the new rights deal, Sky Sports will show more Premier League action than any other broadcaster with at least four matches per week.
Sky Sports' 215 matches will include more than 140 matches played at weekends, evening matches on Fridays and Mondays and full coverage of three midweek match rounds.
For the first time, Sky Sports will also broadcast all 10 Premier League matches on the final day of each season.
Dana Strong, Group CEO, Sky said: "This is a fantastic result for Sky customers, who will see a significant increase in the number of matches from the most iconic league in the world. Sky is the undisputed home for sport fans in the UK."
The 2025/26 season will kick-off with a bumper opening weekend as Liverpool face Bournemouth in the curtain raiser on Friday August 15, live on Sky Sports.
Sky's opening weekend coverage will also include Wolves vs Man City, a Super Sunday of Chelsea vs Crystal Palace and Manchester United vs Arsenal, before Leeds vs Everton on Monday Night Football.
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🚨 Sky Sports' new Premier League TV rights
The unrivalled line-up of Premier League football on Sky Sports will include:
- At least 215 live games each season.
- All first-pick matches, giving fans the best matches week in week out until May 2029.
- Super Sunday remains the flagship kick-off slot at 4.30pm.
- First and last word on a Premier League weekend with more live games on Fridays and Mondays.
- For the first time, all the final games on the last day of the season will be live in one place, creating a real moment for fans.
- And in another first, Sky Sports will now be able to offer multiple live matches on a number of weekends at Sunday 2pm.
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