Premier League Set to Resume On Wednesday The 17 of June.

After a three-month shutdown.
Premier League action will return on June 17 with Manchester City v Arsenal and Aston Villa v Sheffield United, Football in England has been suspended since March 13 due to the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus.


A statement from Premier league read: “Premier League Shareholders today agreed to a new provisional restart date for the 2019/20 season of Wednesday 17 June, provided that all safety requirements are in place
Aston Villa vs Sheffield United and Manchester City vs Arsenal are scheduled to be the first two games when the Premier League resumes next month before the first full round of matches starting from Friday, June 19.
The two fixtures were originally postponed due to the EFL Cup Final and the rearranged Manchester City vs Arsenal game was due to be broadcast live on Sky Sports before the pandemic struck. Every club will have played 29 Premier League games after the two matches are held on June 17.
“Premier League Shareholders also approved a proposal that would see all 92 remaining matches broadcast live in the UK by the League’s existing broadcast partners: Sky Sports, BT Sport, BBC Sport and Amazon Prime.”
BBC will show FOUR live Premier League games upon the league’s return next month (of the 92 remaining fixtures). The first time since the Premier league’s inception in 1992 that it has shown PL games live
The first full weekend of Premier League action will be June 19-21. This season’s remaining matches are set to be played on any seven days in a week, with fans set to enjoy up to four live matches on Saturdays and Sundays.

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