2020/21: Fixture Schedule and Changes

[Darbyand]

As per the previous post, Burnley vs Man Utd has now been arranged for Tuesday 12th January.

[eagle224]

Also, Man City v Aston Villa arranged for Wed 20th Jan.

[admin]

As per above

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[SamD]

There will be a double draw in the FA Cup on Monday 11 Jan, with both the fourth and fifth round draws being made from 7:10pm.

The two rounds are due to take place over the weekend of 23 Jan and Wed 10 Feb respectively.

Ball numbers, etc: https://www.thefa.com/news/2021/jan/06/ ... s-20210601

[admin]

Spurs play Fulham not Villa on Wednesday.

Plus Ful v Che delayed from Fri 15 Jan to Sat 16th and Villa v Eve moved from Sat 16th Jan to Sun 17th.

[Darbyand]

Matterface on Talksport just now said that Southampton are going to postpone a Prem game to fit in the Shewsbury cup tie. I can only assume that will be Leeds on the 20th which keeps the Cup on schedule??

[admin]

Yes its the DGW19 match v Leeds that's likely to be postponed.

[eagle224]

Yes its the DGW19 match v Leeds that's likely to be postponed.

As suspected, Leeds v Saints postponed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55654506

[SamD]

All 16 FA Cup fourth round matches will be televised live between Fri 22 and Mon 25 Jan. Dates & times:
https://www.thefa.com/news/2021/jan/14/ ... n-20210114

The postponed third round tie between Southampton and Shrewsbury will be played on Tues 19 Jan.

[Darbyand]

Premier League statement:

All Premier League fixtures from Saturday 30 January to the last weekend of February will be made available to fans to watch live in the United Kingdom.

Matches will continue to be shown via the existing services of broadcast partners Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC.

Details of all contracted broadcast selections will be announced today, along with early additional selections. Confirmation of the remaining fixtures, up to Matchweek 26, will follow in due course.

[SamD]

FA Cup Fifth Round, last 16

Tues 9 Feb
17:30 GMT Burnley v Bournemouth, live on BT Sport
19:30 Manchester Utd v West Ham, live on BBC One

Wed 10 Feb -note three matches overlap
17:30 Swansea v Manchester City, live BT Sport
19:30 Sheffield Utd v Bristol City, live on BBC iPlayer
19:30 Leicester v Brighton, live on BT Sport
20:15 Everton v Tottenham, live on BT Sport

Thurs 11 Feb
17:30 Wolves v Southampton, live BT Sport
20:00 Barnsley v Chelsea, live BBC One

[SamD]

Now the FA Cup midweek dates are settled (above), some PL matches have had to be rearranged during the weekend before,
eg Man Utd v Everton, Leeds v C Palace.

Other PL dates for the rest of Feb have also been agreed:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55860087
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/pr ... es/2021-02

[SamD]

Three postponed Premier League games are due to be played alongside Champions League midweek fixtures this month:
Wed 17 Feb - Burnley v Fulham, 18:00 - on Sky
and Everton v Manchester City, 20:15 - Prime video
Tue 23 Feb - Leeds v Southampton, 20:00 - Sky

Four PL matches are yet to be rearranged:
Aston Villa v Everton
Aston Villa v Spurs
Fulham v Spurs
Man City v Southampton

[Darbyand]

Arsenal venues for both legs of their next EL tie

[Darbyand]

FA CUP QUARTER-FINALS IN FULL

SATURDAY 20 MARCH
Bournemouth v Southampton (12:15 GMT on BT Sport)
Everton v Manchester City (17:30 GMT on BT Sport)

SUNDAY 21 MARCH
Chelsea v Sheffield United (13:30 GMT on BBC One)
Leicester City v United (17:00 GMT on BBC One)

[murf]

Is that Colchester United at Leicester?

[SamD]

FA Cup quarter-finals on 20-21 March (two posts above) will cause seven Premier League matches originally scheduled for that weekend to be moved.

This means a total of 11 league fixtures now need new dates:
Aston Villa v Everton
Aston Villa v Spurs
Burnley v Leicester
Crystal Palace v Man Utd
Fulham v Spurs
Liverpool v Chelsea
Man City v Southampton
Man City v Wolves
Sheffield Utd v Aston Villa
Spurs v Southampton
West Brom v Everton

Clubs in bold are currently in Champions/Europa League. FA Cup semis and Final will add to the PL backlog.

Three further league matches have already been slotted alongside midweek CL/EL ties this Wed 17 Feb and next Tues 23 Feb. It's probable that more PL games will move into future UEFA midweek dates; eg Villa against Everton and Sheff Utd; Everton at West Brom.

The calendar also holds three other free midweek dates: Tue-Thu 2-4 March; 20-22 Apr; 18-20 May.

[SamD]

Nine of the 11 PL fixtures listed in previous post have a new date:
- seven between Tue 2 and Thur 4 March
- one on Wed 10 March
- one on Sun 21 Mar
See https://www.premierleague.com/news/2035427

Two remain to be rearranged:
Aston Villa v Everton
Spurs v Southampton

[murf]

Nine of the 11 PL fixtures listed in previous post have a new date:
- seven between Tue 2 and Thur 4 March
- one on Wed 10 March
- one on Sun 21 Mar

The weekend of 21st March is Cup weekend so that weekend now consists of 3 original league games left + one rearranged + 4 cup games (15 teams in action). Think the other 7 games from that weekend are all/most of that 7 from 2-4 March. Man City only team with bonus games on 2 midweeks plus cup game on 21st weekend.

Confused? You will be...

[SamD]

In follow up to post on Sat 20 Feb at 2:15 am:

seven PL matches are rescheduled over 12-14 March to enable fans to watch all fixtures live in the UK https://www.premierleague.com/news/2043038

[SamD]

Following the announcement that spectators will be allowed in stadia for the final round of league matches on Sun 23 May, The Times claims:

The Premier League has found a solution to ensure all of its clubs can have 10,000 fans back for one home game before the end of the season by shifting a midweek round of matches in May until later in the month.

Talks have already taken place with broadcasters about delaying the ten matches due to be played on May 11 and 12 by a week to May 18 and 19 — which would be after the government’s fixed date of May 17 for the return of supporters. It would mean the 36th round of games becoming the 37th and penultimate round, and although all options are being considered the plan has emerged as the favoured solution.

[murf]

Liverpool's match with Arsenal that was recently switched from April 3rd to 4th for TV has now gone back to the 3rd (Still on Sky but k.o. time TBA) due to CL fixtures....

[SamD]

Rearranged Premier League fixtures in first fortnight of April include Arsenal v Liverpool moving to 8pm on Sat 3rd: https://www.premierleague.com/news/2068606

Six matches need to be rescheduled, including four from 17 April, the weekend that FA Cup semi-finals take place:
Aston Villa v Everton
Aston Villa v Man City
Chelsea v Brighton
Leicester v West Brom
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Spurs v Southampton

[SamD]

FA Cup semi-finals
One of these Wembley matches will be among the pilot events to trial the return of large crowds to UK venues.
Sat 17 April - Chelsea v Manchester City at 17:30 on BBC One
Sun 18 April - Leicester v Southampton at 18:30 on BT Sport

Six Premier League fixtures are due to be rescheduled for TV coverage that weekend.

[murf]

Note - there could be a fixture change (or more?) next saturday (17th).

Prince Philip's funeral is at 3pm which clashes with Wolves v Sheff U.

The football league are moving their games so I assume this one will shift too.

[SamD]

PL fixtures rescheduled in first fortnight of May, Matchweek 34 & 35:

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2110999

[murf]

Final fixtures pushed back to allow crowds in plus final(?) rearranged fixtures inc those of Cup finalists:


Rearranged-
Tues May 11: Southampton vs Crystal Palace - Kick-Off 8pm - Live on Sky Sports (originally April 17)
Wed May 12: Manchester United vs Leicester City - Kick-Off 6pm (originally May 15)*
Wed May 12: Chelsea vs Arsenal - Kick-Off 8.15pm - Live on Sky Sports (originally May 15)*
Thurs May 13: Aston Villa vs Everton - Kick-Off 8pm - Live on Sky Sports (originally January 17)
(* - murf note - these weren't originally the 15th, they were originally 11th and 12th, the set which has now been moved to c. the 15th below!)

Cup final weekend (Set 36 8 league games - were originally midweek, 11th &12th - plus Cup final)
Fri May 14: Newcastle vs Man City - Kick-off 8pm - Live on Sky Sports
Sat May 15: Burnley vs Leeds United - Kick-Off 12.30pm
Sat May 15: Southampton vs Fulham - Kick-Off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports
[5:15 FA Cup Final Leicester and Chelsea]
Sat May 15: Brighton vs West Ham - Kick-Off 8pm - Live on Sky Sports
Sun May 16: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa - Kick-Off 12pm
Sun May 16: Tottenham vs Wolves - Kick-Off 2pm - Live on Sky Sports
Sun May 16: West Brom vs Liverpool - Kick-Off 4.30pm - Live on Sky Sports
Sun May 16: Everton vs Sheffield United - Kick-Off 7pm

Gameweek 37 fixtures (were originally Sat 15th)

Fixtures will now take place in the midweek of May 18 & 19:
Brighton vs Man City
Burnley vs Liverpool
Chelsea vs Leicester
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal
Everton vs Wolves
Man Utd vs Fulham
Newcastle vs Sheffield Utd
Southampton vs Leeds
Tottenham vs Aston Villa
West Brom vs West Ham

[Darbyand]

New dates for MAN UNITED'S PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES IN MAY

9 May: Aston Villa (A) - 14:05 BST
11 May: Leicester (H) - 18:00 BST
13 May: Liverpool (H) - 20:15 BST
18 May: Fulham (H) - 18:00 BST
23 May: Wolves (A) - 16:00 BST

[SamD]

New dates and kick-off times for 14 midweek fixtures in Matchweek 36 and 37 (Tues 11 to Wed 19 May), including postponed match between Manchester United and Liverpool:
https://www.premierleague.com/news/2128958

[murf]

MAN UNITED'S FIXTURES IN MAY

6 MAY UEFA thing
9 May: Aston Villa (A) - 14:05 BST
11 May: Leicester (H) - 18:00 BST
13 May: Liverpool (H) - 20:15 BST

Should be bonus game opportunities galore in any FF game but the rotation will surely be massive.