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Premier League kick-off time changes for 2025-26 as Sky Sports add more TV matches

Daily mirror | June 18, 2025 8:39 PM CST

Sky Sports are set to feature the opening weekend of the new season across five different kick-off times - as the broadcaster expands their coverage of the English top-flight to record levels. The 2025-26 season will have at least 215 games broadcasted on , a significant increase on the previous 128 matches.

Sky's exclusive live coverage of the record number of featured fixtures is part of their new rights deal with the Premier League that runs until May 2029.

Thanks to the deal, the new campaign will begin with a bang with kicking off the season at home to on Friday (August 15) at 8pm.

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TNT Sports retain coverage of the 12:30pm kick-off with welcoming on Saturday (August 16) in the first early start of the season.

Pep Guardiola's are slated for Saturday's 5:30pm kick-off live on Sky Sports as they travel to .

The first Super Sunday of the season (August 17) is a scorcher as it's an all-London affair that kicks off proceedings at 2pm with playing host to city rivals .

The primetime 4:30pm slot features an age-old rivalry in English football with hoping to get off to a good start in Ruben Amorim's first full season in charge as they challenge three-time runner's up .

In the new season's first TV broadcast of a newly-promoted Premier League side, it's who bear that honour as they welcome to Elland Road for Monday Night (August 18).

The increased number of fixtures for the new campaign mean that for the first time, Sky Sports will show multiple games in the 2pm slot rather than just one on several weekends throughout the season.

Fans will also be able to enjoy more Friday Night Football and Monday Night Football than ever before. It's more good news for supporters as Sky will show every game on the last day of the season live for the first time ever.

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