Someone moves to Britain, or comes back to football after a few years away, and does the sensible thing. They look up how to watch the Premier League, find a guide, and sign up for Amazon Prime.
Then the season starts and no football appears. The guide was right when it was written. It has not been right for a while.
Who actually shows it now
According to the Premier League’s own broadcaster listings, live UK rights sit with Sky Sports and TNT Sports. Highlights go to BBC Sport. That arrangement runs across four seasons, through to 2028/29.
The split between the two works out roughly like this, based on reporting of the current deal:
| Broadcaster | Live matches a season | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Sky Sports | At least 215 | The bulk of weekend fixtures, Friday and Monday evening games, three full midweek rounds |
| TNT Sports | 52 | The Saturday lunchtime slot, plus two complete gameweeks |
| BBC | None live | Free highlights |
Those match counts come from reporting rather than from the Premier League’s own page, which lists the broadcasters without breaking down the numbers.
Amazon is out, and this matters
Prime Video used to carry a package of twenty matches a season, usually a full midweek round and the fixtures over Christmas. Plenty of people signed up specifically for it.
That is over. The 2024/25 season was Prime Video’s last, and its final Premier League matches went out on the 26th and 27th of December 2024. The package no longer exists, so there is nothing to buy.
If you are reading a guide that still lists Amazon among the options, it has not been updated in over a year, which is worth bearing in mind about the rest of its advice too.
The bit that surprises newcomers
Add Sky’s 215 and TNT’s 52 together and you get 267 live matches. A Premier League season contains 380.
So roughly 113 matches a season are not shown live in the UK at all. Not on any subscription, at any price. This is normal, it has been the case for years, and almost nobody says it out loud when explaining how to watch.
Why Saturday at 3pm is quiet
Most of those unshown matches kick off at three o’clock on a Saturday afternoon. British broadcasters do not show live football in that window, by long-standing arrangement, on the reasoning that televising it would keep people away from grounds further down the pyramid.
It applies no matter which subscriptions you hold. If you want to watch a 3pm Saturday fixture in Britain, you go to it.
What it costs to follow properly
Full live coverage means both Sky Sports and TNT Sports, and reporting on the current deal puts the annual cost of that combination somewhere around £730.
We are not quoting monthly prices, because they change and every article that quotes them goes stale. The shape is what matters: two subscriptions for everything, one for most of it, or nothing at all and the BBC’s highlights for free.
If you only want one
Sky, comfortably. It carries about four fifths of the televised matches, including most of what people actually plan their weekend around. TNT on its own leaves you with the Saturday lunchtime game and two full rounds, which is thin for a season-long subscription unless you also want its European football.
Ways to spend less
- NOW sells Sky Sports by the day, week or month, with no contract. For a specific fixture or a busy fortnight, that works out far cheaper than a year of anything.
- Rotate. Cancelling and resubscribing is designed to be easy, so there is no need to hold both services all season. Our guide to cancelling UK streaming subscriptions covers doing that without getting caught out by the billing.
- Take the highlights. The BBC’s free highlights cover every match, which for a lot of people is genuinely enough.
- Check your broadband or mobile bundle. Sports channels are sometimes included in packages people already pay for and have never looked at.
A word on the alternative
Search for ways to watch Premier League football for free and you will find plenty of illegal streams. They are unreliable, riddled with malware, and the authorities have been increasingly active in pursuing both operators and, on occasion, users.
The legal free option is the BBC’s highlights. Everything else on this page is a paid subscription, and we would rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise.
Finding a specific match
Fixtures move constantly for television, so the listed kick-off time in August is frequently not the one in November. Check the fixture on the Premier League’s own site or your broadcaster’s schedule the same week, rather than relying on anything published earlier in the season.
For everything else you might be looking for across British services, our UK streaming availability guide covers how to search every platform at once.
Common questions
Can I watch every Premier League match in the UK?
No. Sky and TNT show 267 of the 380 fixtures between them. The rest, mostly Saturday 3pm kick-offs, are not televised live in Britain.
Does Amazon Prime still show Premier League football?
No. The 2024/25 season was its last, and the package it held has not continued.
Which single service shows the most?
Sky Sports, with at least 215 matches a season against TNT’s 52.
Is there a legal free way to watch?
Highlights on the BBC. Live coverage is subscription only.
Why is there no football on TV at 3pm on Saturdays?
Live broadcasting is not permitted in that window in the UK, an arrangement intended to protect attendance at matches lower down the leagues.
The short version
Sky and TNT, not Amazon. Two subscriptions for everything televised, Sky alone for most of it, BBC highlights for nothing. And about 113 matches a season that nobody in Britain can watch live at any price.
