Premier League football will continue uninterrupted for the next four months, but there will be no Saturday early kick-off this weekend.
Top clubs are preparing to join after the end of the last international break until March.
The Premier League returned with a bang last weekend as Chelsea beat Leicester on Saturday at 12.30pm, live on talkSPORT.
However, due to further adjustments to the fixture list, no Premier League club has been booked for the same slot on November 30…
Why is there no kick-off at 12:30 p.m.?
There will be no Saturday lunchtime kick-off in the Premier League this weekend as no games have been selected for broadcast.
With package A, the company occupies the broadcasting rights to broadcast top games in the 12:30 p.m. slot.
This deal gives them access to broadcast 52 Premier League games per season, split between Saturday lunchtimes and two midweek fixtures.
That means there are four empty game weeks with no TNT coverage of England's elite.
Unfortunately for fans, this Saturday marked the second weekend for TNT Sports that they were not in attendance at the home game.
The The first of these came in Gameweek 9 He starts the 2024/25 season after eight picks in a row.
Gameweek 11 too had no screening on Saturdaybut that was because Liverpool's 2-0 win over Aston Villa was pushed back to 8pm.
TNT will now prevent clubs playing away from home in the Champions League during the week from returning to action at 12:30pm, but that won't matter this week.
Premier League game week 12
Friday, November 29th
- Brighton vs Southampton – 8pm, talkEXCLUSIVE
Saturday November 30th
- Brentford v Leicester City – 3pm
- Crystal Palace vs Newcastle – 3pm
- Nottingham Forest vs Ipswich Town – 3pm, EXCLUSIVE on talkSPORT 2
- Wolves v Bournemouth – 3pm
- West Ham v Arsenal – 5:30pm
Sunday December 1st
- Chelsea vs Aston Villa – 1:30 p.m
- Manchester United vs Everton – 1:30 p.m
- Tottenham v Fulham – 1.30pm
- Liverpool vs Manchester City – 4pm
That's because there is also no 8pm kick-off this weekend and TNT has simply opted not to broadcast a game.
Although there will be no official justification for their decision, as the timing of their deletions is not mandatory, European measures have certainly played a role.
TNT Sports Football and exclusive coverage of the Europa League in the UK and Action.
, arsenalMan City, Tottenham, And They show all European adventures in the middle of the week.
The latter three teams are all in action on Thursday, meaning they are ineligible to play at 12:30 p.m. and must play on Sunday.
The leading Premier League broadcaster Sky Sports has already selected league leaders Liverpool against champions City for their coverage.
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Sky will also have live coverage of Brighton vs on Friday before West Ham hosts London rivals Arsenal the following evening.
That left TNT with just four games to choose from – with only one of eight teams finishing in the top nine last season.
It includes participation from both Bournemouth and which have the two smallest stadiums in the Premier League.
Newcomers Leicester, who were on the pitch at 12:30 last weekend, and Newcastle, who kicked off early twice on Saturday.
Clubs must be featured in TNT's 12.30pm slot at least once per season – a maximum of six.
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