NBC Sports Serves Premier League Boxing Day Bounty
NBC Sports Group is bestowing presents to Barclays Premier League fans, with a 10-match slate on Boxing Day and a tripleheader on NBCSN on Sunday, Dec. 28.
Boxing Day coverage begins at 7 a.m. (ET) with Premier League Live on NBCSN followed by league-leaders Chelsea and forward Diego Costa (12 goals, second-most in BPL) hosting fourth-place West Ham United at 7:45 a.m. on NBCSN and mun2. At 10 a.m. the networks will televise coverage of Manchester United, unbeaten in their last seven league matches, versus Newcastle. Live match coverage wraps up at 12:30 p.m. with a showcase of two of the Premier League’s top scorers when Arsenal and Alexis Sanchez
(nine goals, fourth-most in BPL) host Queens Park Rangers and Charlie Austin (11 goals, third-most in the circuit) on NBCSN.
On Dec. 28, NBCSN kicks off with Tottenham v. third-place Manchester United at 7 a.m., followed by Southampton v. first-place Chelsea at 9:05 a.m., and capped by Newcastle v. Everton at 11:15 a.m. mun2 will present Tottenham v. Manchester United, and Telemundo will air Newcastle v. Everton.
Coverage continues on Monday, Dec. 29, with Liverpool sqauring off against Swansea City on NBCSN.
On New Year’s Day, NBCSN presents the first-ever Premier League Breakaway, a special two-hour show featuring RedZone-like live look-ins on the best action from all eight Premier League matches in the 10 a.m. window.
New Year’s Day matches kick off on NBCSN with Stoke City v. Manchester United at 7:45 a.m., with Tottenham v. Chelsea (also on Telemundo) at 12:30 p.m.
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All matches not on NBCSN in multiple-match television windows – Fri., Dec. 26 at 10 a.m.; Sun., Dec. 28 at 10 a.m. and New Year’s Day at 10 a.m. – will be available on Premier League Extra Time, the ad hoc platform through which MVPDs, at no extra cost, can make the matches available to their subscribers that receive NBCSN.
Additionally, all Premier League games will bestreamed on NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets.
Below is the schedule for NBCUniversal’s soccer coverage for Match Days 18-20 (all times ET, subject to change):