Which Premier League clubs matches are on TV most often?
It’s a day almost as feverishly awaited as the release of the fixture list itself: Which games are featured live on the TV? Sky Sports and BT have released their Premier League coverage schedules up to the end of 2017. All 20 clubs are featured, of course – but not entirely equitably.
Arsenal and Manchester United lead the way here with 15 of a possible 20 Premier League games shown before we hit 2018 – three times as many as five of their Premier League rivals.
But those forgotten teams can't draw audiences like on December 10, for instance, which will see fans rooted to their sofas for the Manchester and Merseyside derbies after Arsenal take themselves to Southampton. Tasty.
Unsurprisingly, Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City are all featured prominently before the New Year – the latter pair once more than Chelsea, for instance, who share 11 Premier League games on the box with Newcastle and only one more than Leicester.
Down in the contractual-obligation box are five appearances for West Brom, Watford, Stoke, Huddersfield and Swansea – but at least their fans won’t have their Saturday 3pm kick-offs faffed about with...
October
Fri 20 Oct 20:00 West Ham v Brighton Sky
Sat 21 Oct 12:30 Chelsea v Watford Sky
Sat 21 Oct 17:30 Southampton v West Brom BT
Sun 22 Oct 13:30 Everton v Arsenal Sky
Sun 22 Oct 16:00 Tottenham v Liverpool Sky
Sat 28 Oct 12:30 Man United v Tottenham Sky
Sat 28 Oct 17:30 Bournemouth v Chelsea BT
Sun 29 Oct 13:30 Brighton v Southampton Sky
Sun 29 Oct 16:00 Leicester v Everton Sky
Mon 30 Oct 20:00 Burnley v Newcastle Sky
November
Sat 4 Nov 12:30 Stoke v Leicester Sky
Sat 4 Nov 17:30 West Ham v Liverpool BT
Sun 5 Nov 12:00 Tottenham v Crystal Palace BT
Sun 5 Nov 14:15 Man City v Arsenal Sky
Sun 5 Nov 16:30 Chelsea v Man United Sky
Sat 18 Nov 12:30 Arsenal v Tottenham Sky
Sat 18 Nov 17:30 Man United v Newcastle BT
Sun 19 Nov 16:00 Watford v West Ham Sky
Mon 20 Nov 20:00 Brighton v Stoke Sky
Fri 24 Nov 20:00 West Ham v Leicester Sky
Sat 25 Nov 17:30 Liverpool v Chelsea BT
Sun 26 Nov 16:00 Huddersfield v Man City Sky
Tue 28 Nov 20:00 Watford v Man United BT
Wed 29 Nov 20:00 Everton v West Ham BT
December
Sat 2 Dec 12:30 Chelsea v Newcastle Sky
Sat 2 Dec 17:30 Arsenal v Man United BT
Sun 3 Dec 13:30 Bournemouth v Southampton Sky
Sun 3 Dec 16:00 Man City v West Ham Sky
Sat 9 Dec 12:30 West Ham v Chelsea Sky
Sat 9 Dec 17:30 Newcastle v Leicester BT
Sun 10 Dec 12:00 Southampton v Arsenal BT
Sun 10 Dec 14:15 Liverpool v Everton Sky
Sun 10 Dec 16:30 Man United v Man City Sky
Tue 12 Dec 20:00 Huddersfield v Chelsea BT
Wed 13 Dec 20:00 West Ham v Arsenal BT
Sat 16 Dec 12:30 Leicester v Crystal Palace Sky
Sat 16 Dec 17:30 Man City v Tottenham BT
Sun 17 Dec 14:15 West Brom v Man United Sky
Sun 17 Dec 16:30 Bournemouth v Liverpool Sky
Mon 18 Dec 20:00 Everton v Swansea Sky
Fri 22 Dec 19:45 Arsenal v Liverpool Sky
Sat 23 Dec 12:30 Everton v Chelsea Sky
Sat 23 Dec 17:30 Burnley v Tottenham BT
Sat 23 Dec 19:45 Leicester v Man United Sky
Tue 26 Dec 12:30 Tottenham v Southampton Sky
Tue 26 Dec 17:30 Liverpool v Swansea Sky
Wed 27 Dec 19:45 Newcastle v Man City Sky
Thu 28 Dec 20:00 Crystal Palace v Arsenal Sky
Sat 30 Dec 17:30 Man United v Southampton BT
Sun 31 Dec 12:00 Crystal Palace v Man City BT