Amazon Prime Video will showcase Premier League matches live on its streaming platforms in the festive sweet spot between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve.
The tech giant first muscled in on the Premier League‘s domestic broadcasting package in 2018, joining Sky Sports and BT Sport as official rights holders for three seasons. And in May, they renewed their deal to show 20 games a season until the end of the 2024-25 campaign.
As has been in the case in previous seasons, Amazon decided to show their 20 games in two 10 match bundles over the Christmas period, with the first round of games taking place earlier this month. The next batch will take place between Tuesday 28 December and Thursday 30 December to see out this year’s football calendar.
With so many games being shown in such a short space of time, Amazon has assembled an all-star cast containing some of the biggest names in English football to bring their coverage to life, from the touchline to the gantry to the studio.
And there are some cracking games to get stuck into each day too. On Tuesday, Leicester welcome title challengers to the King Power, Wednesday sees Brentford taking on Manchester City and Manchester United face Burnley in the final game of the round.
If the prospect of watching four matches back-to-back in one day appeals then you are in for a treat as that is precisely what Amazon are offering on December 28, with games scheduled to kick-off at 12.30pm, 3pm, 5.30pm and 8pm.
Amazon TV line-ups
(subject to change)
Tuesday 28 December
- Arsenal P-P Wolves
- Crystal Palace vs Norwich: Angus Scott, Ian Darke, Lucy Ward, Clinton Morrison, Michael Brown
- Southampton vs Spurs: Kelly Somers, Jim Proudfoot, Glenn Hoddle, Francis Benali, Matt Holland
- Watford vs West Ham: Karthi Gnanasegaram, Robyn Cowan, Matt Upson, James Collins, John Barnes
- Leeds P-P Aston Villa
- Leicester vs Liverpool: Gabby Logan, Jon Champion, Ally McCoist, Emma Hayes, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry
Wednesday 29 December
- Chelsea vs Brighton: Marcus Buckland, Conor McNamara, Andy Townsend, Eni Aluko, Gus Poyet
- Brentford vs Man City: Gabby Logan, Peter Drury, Ally McCoist, Patrice Evra, Nigel De Jong, Alan Shearer
Thursday 30 December
- Everton vs Newcastle: Jim Rosenthal, Guy Mowbray, Alan Shearer, Leon Osman, Steve McManaman, Eni Aluko
- Man Utd vs Burnley: Simon Thomas, Jon Champion, Owen Hargreaves, Patrice Evra, Thierry Henry, Roberto Martinez
Who is involved in the Amazon Prime TV coverage?
Amazon has brought in some of English football’s most recognisable faces – and voices – for this week’s offering.
Match of the Day’s Alan Shearer is on board, as are Thierry Henry and Patrice Evra, with all three scheduled to provide their insight on the mouthwatering match-up at Old Trafford when United host Arsenal.
Both Merseyside clubs will have an ex-player in their corner for the derby too, with ex-Everton midfielder Leon Osman joined by former Liverpool winger Steve McManaman in the studio.
The dulcet tones of Clive Tyldesley, Peter Drury and the one and only Ally McCoist, will be heard from the commentary gantry, while Gabriel Clarke and Vaishali Bhardwaj are among those on touchline reporting duty.
Mark Clattenburg will be on hand to provide a referee’s viewpoint on Tottenham’s game against Brentford.
As for the presenters, Jim Rosenthal, whose broadcasting career spans over four decades, is signed up, as are Gabby Logan, Kelly Somers and Simon Thomas, amongst others.
Here is the full list of presenters, commentators, co-commentators, reporters and pundits working for Amazon this week:
Presenters
- Angus Scott
- Darrell Currie
- Gabby Logan
- Jim Rosenthal
- Karthi Gnanasegram
- Kelly Somers
- Marcus Buckland
- Simon Thomas
- Steve Bower
Commentators
- Adam Summerton
- Clive Tyldesley
- Connor McNamara
- Guy Mowbray
- Ian Darke
- Jim Proudfoot
- Jon Champion
- Peter Drury
- Robyn Cowen
- Steve Wilson
Co-commentators
- Ally McCoist
- Andy Townsend
- Craig Burley
- Glenn Hoddle
- Lucy Ward
- Matt Upson
- Nigel Spackman
- Owen Hargreaves
Reporters
- Adam Hunt
- Chris Ford
- Gabriel Clarke
- Jonathan Josepeh
- Jo Ankier
- Jenny Drummond
- Katie Shanahan
- Pien Meulensteen
- Vaishali Bhardwaj
Pundits
- Alan Shearer
- Clinton Morrison
- Eni Aluko
- Francis Benali
- Gianfranco Zola
- Gus Poyet
- John Barnes
- Leon Osman
- Michael Owen
- Nedum Onuoha
- Neil Lennon
- Nigel De Jong
- Patrice Evra
- Rob Green
- Steve McManaman
- Thierry Henry
Referee pundit
- Mark Clattenburg
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