The UK is bracing itself for a blast of snow, as Arctic conditions hit most of the country this weekend. People in many parts of the country have woken up to freezing conditions on Thursday morning, with a big freeze to continue into the weekend.

Almost the entirety of the UK is under a yellow snow warning for the weekend, starting at 12pm on Saturday and continuing until Monday morning. And that could hit the Premier League fixture list hard.

The Met Office weather warning reads:

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• Yellow snow and ice warning for northeast Scotland (Thursday 4pm to Friday 10am)

• Yellow ice warning for northwest Scotland, northwest England and parts of Northern Ireland (Thursday 5pm to Friday 10am)

• Yellow snow warning for most of England, southern Scotland and all of Wales (noon on Saturday to Monday 9am)

• Yellow snow warning for most of Scotland (midnight on Sunday to Monday 12pm)

Tottenham get the weekend's fixtures under way as they host Newcastle United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday lunchtime, with the game kicking off at 12.30pm.

With the match kicking off just 30 minutes after the initial weather warning is in place, you would expect the fixture to go ahead as planned without any disruption due to snow.

West Ham's game at Manchester City kicks off at 3pm, while Chelsea are at Crystal Palace at the same time. Any snowfall would have to be extensive in the London area to call those matches off too.

Arsenal are the late kick-off on Saturday, travelling to the south coast to take on Brighton & Hove Albion at 5.30pm. Out of all the matches that one seems the most at threat, but it remains to be seen just how much snowfall and how low temperatures drop in the south.

Given the state-of-the-art stadia in England, snow is unlikely to make a significant impact on the pitch but safety of supporters is a real concern. Earlier in this campaign, the Merseyside Derby between Liverpool and Everton at Goodison Park was postponed due to adverse weather conditions caused by Storm Darragh.

However, as Spurs found out a few years ago when their game against Burnley was called off, lots of snow arriving in a short amount of time can cause huge issues.