2021-22: Fixture Schedule and Changes

[murf]

Tottenham's Premier League trip to Brighton postponed because of Covid-19 cases at Spurs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59598648

[admin]

Which Premier League teams have the busiest festive schedule
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59522039

[SamD]

Brentford v Manchester United today (Tues) has been postponed following a Covid-19 outbreak.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ier-league

[SamD]

Deleted! Wrong link - see later post.

[forestfan]

Premier League changes for live TV in UK during February:

https://www.premierleague.com/news/941376

This is from 2019…

[SamD]

Premier League matches for live TV in UK during first half of February are confirmed (correction of the post two above).

Tuesday 8 February
19:45 Newcastle v Everton (BT Sport)
19:45 West Ham v Watford (BT Sport)
20:00 Burnley v Man Utd (BT Sport)

Wednesday 9 February
19:45 Man City v Brentford (BT Sport)
19:45 Norwich v Crystal Palace (BT Sport)
19:45 Spurs v Southampton (BT Sport)
20:00 Aston Villa v Leeds (BT Sport)

Thursday 10 February
19:45 Liverpool v Leicester (BT Sport)
19:45 Wolves v Arsenal (BT Sport)

Saturday 12 February
12:30 Man Utd v Southampton (BT Sport)
17:30 Norwich v Man City (Sky Sports)

Sunday 13 February
14:00 Burnley v Liverpool*
14:00 Newcastle v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
14:00 Spurs v Wolves*
16:30 Leicester v West Ham (Sky Sports)
*Due to fixtures moving to 10 Feb

[Striker]

Perhaps Chelsea will be playing if the World Club thingy is cancelled due to Covid.

[admin]

Aston Villa v Burnley postponed after Villa record 'increased amount' of positive Covid-19 cases
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59665333

1st match in GW18 now at 5.30pm.

[SamD]

Graphic below highlights winners and losers from this year's festive programme (bar any postponement), measuring gap between kick-offs in hours and also revealing which clubs face the most difficult set of fixtures based on average league position of their opponents.

Click on image to enlarge. From Racing Post on 16 Dec: https://www.racingpost.com/sport/the-as ... eer/527035

[SamD]

FA Cup third and fourth-round replays have been scrapped this season to help with the fixture backlog caused by Covid-19 postponements. Extra time and penalties will be used if necessary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59728736

Third round programme of 32 matches runs from Fri 7 to Mon 10 Jan: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/fa ... es/2022-01

[SamD]

The Premier League has postponed Liverpool's game against Leeds United and the match between Wolves and Watford because of coronavirus.

Both games were scheduled to kick off at 12:30 GMT on Sunday, 26 December.

[Darbyand]

Burnley v Everton gone too. Everton with the issues.

[murf]

Arsenal v Liverpool on 26th Feb is postponed. One will be playing in the Cariboo Cup that weekend.

Liverpool v Brentford moved to Sunday January 16, with kick-off at 2pm.

[SamD]

BT Sport will switch live coverage on Boxing Day to Spurs v Palace at 15.00 (from postponed match at 12.30, Liverpool v Leeds).

Carabao Cup Semi-Final first legs:
Wed 5 January - Chelsea v Tottenham
Thurs 6 Jan - Arsenal v Liverpool

Second legs:
Wed 12 Jan - Tottenham v Chelsea
Thursday 13 Jan - Liverpool v Arsenal

All four ties are due to kick off at 19.45 and will be broadcast on Sky Sports.

[SamD]

To date, 17 PL fixtures await rescheduling.

GW and match
13 Burnley v Tottenham
16 Brighton v Tottenham
17 Brentford v Man Utd
17 Burnley v Watford
17 Leicester v Tottenham
18 Everton v Leicester
18 Man Utd v Brighton
18 Aston Villa v Burnley
18 Southampton v Brentford
18 Watford v Crystal Palace
18 West Ham v Norwich
19 Liverpool v Leeds
19 Wolves v Watford
19 Burnley v Everton
24 Brighton v Chelsea
25 Chelsea v Arsenal
27 Arsenal v Liverpool

Postponements by club
2 Arsenal
1 Aston Villa
2 Brentford
3 Brighton
4 Burnley
2 Chelsea
1 Crystal Palace
2 Everton
1 Leeds
2 Leicester
2 Liverpool
0 Manchester City
2 Manchester Utd
0 Newcastle
1 Norwich
1 Southampton
3 Tottenham
3 Watford
1 West Ham
1 Wolves

[admin]

Tomorrow's Everton v Newcastle United match postponed because of Covid-19 and injuries after request from Newcastle.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59814015

[SamD]

Premier League will confirm broadcast picks for rest of February’s fixtures either today (31 Dec) or tomorrow.
They’re also hopeful of confirming rescheduled times for games recently postponed for COVID and other reasons.
https://twitter.com/THSTOfficial/status ... 75841?s=20

Update to 24 Dec post above: PL fixtures awaiting new dates now amount to 22; additions are in bold.

GW and match
13 Burnley v Tottenham
16 Brighton v Tottenham
17 Brentford v Man Utd
17 Burnley v Watford
17 Leicester v Tottenham
18 Everton v Leicester
18 Man Utd v Brighton
18 Aston Villa v Burnley
18 Southampton v Brentford
18 Watford v Crystal Palace
18 West Ham v Norwich
19 Liverpool v Leeds
19 Wolves v Watford
19 Burnley v Everton
20 Arsenal v Wolves
20 Everton v Newcastle
20 Leeds v Aston Villa
21 Leicester v Norwich
21 Southampton v Newcastle
24 Brighton v Chelsea
25 Chelsea v Arsenal
27 Arsenal v Liverpool

Postponements by club
3 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
2 Brentford
3 Brighton
4 Burnley
2 Chelsea
1 Crystal Palace
3 Everton
2 Leeds
3 Leicester
2 Liverpool
0 Manchester City
2 Manchester Utd
2 Newcastle
2 Norwich
2 Southampton
3 Tottenham
3 Watford
1 West Ham
2 Wolves

[SamD]

Rearranged Premier League matches in January and the last fortnight of February:

Tuesday 11 January
19:45 Southampton v Brentford
20:00 Everton v Leicester (Sky Sports)

Wednesday 12 January
19:45 West Ham v Norwich

Saturday 19 February
12:30 West Ham v Newcastle (BT Sport)
17:30 Man City v Spurs (Sky Sports)

Sunday 20 February
14:00 Leeds v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
16:30 Wolves v Leicester (Sky Sports)

Friday 25 February
20:00 Southampton v Norwich (Sky Sports)

Saturday 26 February
12:30 Leeds v Spurs (BT Sport)*
17:30 Everton v Man City (Sky Sports)

Sunday 27 February
14:00 Chelsea v Leicester (Sky Sports)*

*Subject to change depending on possible participation in the EFL Cup final

[SamD]

Amendment to post at 14.00 on 24 Dec:

Carabao Cup Semi-Final first legs:
Wed 5 January - Chelsea v Tottenham
Thurs 6 Jan - Arsenal v Liverpool - now Thurs 13 Jan (because of a "severe outbreak of Covid" at the Anfield club)

Second legs:
Wed 12 Jan - Tottenham v Chelsea
Thurs 13 Jan - Liverpool v Arsenal - now Thurs 20 Jan

[murf]

Amendment to post at 14.00 on 24 Dec:

Carabao Cup Semi-Final first legs:
Wed 5 January - Chelsea v Tottenham
Thurs 6 Jan - Arsenal v Liverpool - now Thurs 13 Jan (because of a "severe outbreak of Covid" at the Anfield club)

Second legs:
Wed 12 Jan - Tottenham v Chelsea
Thurs 13 Jan - Liverpool v Arsenal - now Thurs 20 Jan

Not quite right. The ex-second leg at Anfield is unchanged other than it becomes the first leg. Arsenal now have home advantage for 2nd leg on 20th.

[Darbyand]

Have they applied to have the FA Cup game postponed?

[murf]

Have they applied to have the FA Cup game postponed?

Not that I know of. Matip, Alisson and Firmino could be back by then. Maybe even 1 or 2 of the injured. Minamino was said to be 'close'. Plus one could cynically expect them to be happier to play kids cf a semi final game. Big issue is the closing of the training ground and all the coaches being off sick. Maybe Milner or somebody is doing their coaching badges

Anybody heard who the cases in the squad were since sunday (has been said as a plural relating to players)?

[Darbyand]

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2440 ... 52618556=1

New dates for four postponed Premier League fixtures have been confirmed for 18-19 January.

Please note that if any of these teams' FA Cup third-round matches this weekend be postponed, their Premier League fixture listed below will be affected.

Tuesday 18 January
19:30 Burnley v Watford (BT Sport)
20:00 Brighton v Chelsea (BT Sport)

Wednesday 19 January
19:30 Leicester v Spurs (BT Sport)
20:00 Brentford v Man Utd (BT Sport)

(All times GMT)

Arsenal's home match v Burnley has also moved from Saturday 22 January to Sunday 23 January, 14:00 GMT, because of the Gunners' EFL Cup semi-final against Liverpool on Thursday 20 January.

[murf]

So....
Upcoming 'bonus' league games:

Tuesday 11 January
19:45 Southampton v Brentford
20:00 Everton v Leicester (Sky Sports)
Wednesday 12 January
19:45 West Ham v Norwich

Tuesday 18 January
19:30 Burnley v Watford (BT Sport)
20:00 Brighton v Chelsea (BT Sport)
Wednesday 19 January
19:30 Leicester v Spurs (BT Sport)
20:00 Brentford v Man Utd (BT Sport)

2 each for Brentford and Leicester

[SamD]

Everton v Leicester this Tuesday, 11 Jan, has been postponed again because the Foxes do not have enough players to fulfil the fixture. The match was originally scheduled in Week 18 (19 Dec).

It is the 19th top-flight game off this season for pandemic-related reasons.

[admin]

Arsenal request postponement of Spurs match on Sunday. Decision tomorrow.

Burnley v Leicester already postponed.

[admin]

Arsenal request postponement of Spurs match on Sunday. Decision tomorrow.

Now postponed.

[murf]

Burnley v Watford
Saturday 5th Feb 6pm BT

(FA Cup weekend, both out)

[snout]

In news that will shock precisely no-one, the PL have again missed their predicted date of announcing the March TV fixtures (yesterday)

FSA on Twitter suggesting tomorrow morning at 10am.

[SamD]

BT TV changes in March have trickled out:

Saturday 5 March: Leicester v Leeds - 12.30pm, BT Sport

Saturday 12 March: Brighton v Liverpool - 12.30pm, BT Sport

Saturday 19 March: Aston Villa v Arsenal - 12.30pm, BT Sport

No announcement from Premier League or Sky yet.

** edit @ 15:00: BT scrubbed above match times five minutes ago, so perhaps they jumped gun? **