How to follow the Premier League opening weekend on the BBC

August 20, 2026 No Comments

How to follow the Premier League opening weekend on the BBCPublished53 minutes agoThe Premier League is back – and you can keep across the action all season long on the BBC.Arsenal will begin their title defence with the opening game of the season against newly-promoted Coventry City on Friday.

The rest of the week one matches will be spread across Saturday and Sunday, followed by Fulham hosting Chelsea in the sole Monday night fixture.

Throughout the 2026-27 season, you can watch highlights from every game on Match of the Day, get live updates in our text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app and keep across all the goals as they go in on Final Score.

You can get live score updates on your phone lock screen simply by following your favourite teams.

And you can listen to match coverage wherever you are in the UK via BBC Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sounds app.

Digital highlights will be available post-match on the BBC Sport website and app.

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Defending champions Arsenal take on newly-promoted Coventry City in the season’s opening fixture

Friday, 21 August

Arsenal v Coventry City (20:00)

Saturday, 22 August

Hull City v Manchester United (12:30)
Everton v Crystal Palace (15:00)
Ipswich Town v Sunderland (15:00)
Nottingham Forest v Leeds United (15:00)
Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur (17:30)

Sunday, 23 August

Brighton and Hove Albion v Aston Villa (14:00)
Manchester City v Bournemouth (14:00)
Newcastle United v Liverpool (16:30)

Monday, 24 August

Fulham v Chelsea (20:00)

All times in BST

What time is Match of the Day this week?

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Match of the Day will bring you all the goals and analysis from this week’s Premier League games

Match of the Day will bring you all the best of the action and talking points from the Premier League on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Saturday at 22:20 BST.

The BBC Sport website has featured highlights of every Premier League match during the 2026-27 season.

At weekends, these will be available on the BBC Sport app, website and iPlayer on Saturdays and Sundays – ordinarily from 20:00 BST.

Don’t miss any of the goals as they go in on Final Score – starting on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 15:45 BST.

How to listen on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

Club badges for Forest v Leeds, Ipswich v Sunderland, Brentford v Tottenham, Manchester City v Bournemouth, Brighton v Aston Villa and Newcastle v Liverpool

BBC Radio 5 Live brings you more Premier League commentaries than anywhere else this season, with 209 live matches.

You can listen to selected commentaries, plus updates from around the grounds, on BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport app and website and via your smart speaker.

Saturday, 22 Aug

Nottingham Forest v Leeds (15:00) – BBC Radio 5 Live

Ipswich v Sunderland (15:00) – BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2

Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur (17:30) – BBC Radio 5 Live

Sunday, 23 Aug

Manchester City v Bournemouth (14:00) – BBC Radio 5 Live

Brighton v Aston Villa (14:00) – BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2

Newcastle v Liverpool (16:30) – BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Sounds is the place to find every 5 Live Premier League commentary this season, with more ways to listen via the app than ever before.

Sports Extra 2 and Sports Extra 3 are new radio streams available only on BBC Sounds, offering you the chance to discover more coverage from the Premier League and listen to your team live.

And the Football Fix collection brings you every 5 Live Premier League commentary, alongside build-up, reaction and all the BBC’s football podcasts, in one place. You can find it on the BBC Sounds homepage throughout the season.

Here are ways to download the BBC Sounds app:

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Listen on your smart speaker

You can also listen to 5 Live Premier League commentaries via your smart speaker, so if you’re busy at home you don’t need to miss a moment.

Just ask your smart speaker to ‘play 5 Live’ or ‘play Sports Extra 3’, for example.

To find your Premier League team’s commentary, you can also say, ‘Alexa, ask BBC Sounds to play the Arsenal match’ or ‘Alexa, ask BBC Sounds to play Arsenal v Brentford’, for example.

This article is the recent from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team.