Premier League makes matches pay-per-view on Sky Sports and BT Sport Box Office

Sky and BT Sport will host games on their box office channels costing £14.95

Football fans will have to pay £14.95 per match to watch certain televised games from next weekend after the Premier League revealed a controversial new pay-per-view model to boost club finances. 

At least 14 matches will be televised behind paywalls on BT Sport Box Office and Sky Sports Box Office, and the fee will be required regardless of whether viewers are current Sky and BT Sport subscribers or club season-ticket holders. 

All profits will go to Premier League clubs and not the broadcasters. 

Until now, every Premier League match since lockdown ended has been televised in the UK across Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC while games remain behind closed doors.

Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville tweeted: “This is a really bad move by the @premierleague to charge £14.95 for single matches that have been shown free for 6 months!”

A Premier League statement read: "The Premier League today confirmed all fixtures until the end of October will continue to be made available to fans to watch live in the UK. Under these new arrangements, the current live match selections will remain in place and will be broadcast as normal. In addition, the five matches per round not already selected will be made available to supporters on a pay-per-view basis, accessed via BT Sport Box Office and Sky Sports Box Office platforms.

"Clubs today agreed this interim solution to enable all fans to continue to watch their teams live. The Premier League has worked closely with Sky Sports and BT Sport to provide this arrangement and is grateful for their support. The  agreement will be regularly reviewed in consultation with clubs and in line with any decisions made by Government regarding the return of spectators to stadiums. Football is not the same without supporters at matches. 

“The Premier League and our clubs remain committed to the safe return of fans as soon as possible. An updated broadcast list of matches will be announced later today.”

Premier League PPV fixtures

Saturday 17 October

Chelsea vs Southampton, 3pm BST

Sheffield United vs Fulham, 3pm

Newcastle vs Manchester United, 8pm (Sky Sports)

Sunday 18 October

Leicester vs Aston Villa, 7.45pm (Sky Sports)

Monday 19 October

West Brom vs Burnley, 5.30pm (Sky Sports)

Saturday 24 October

Aston Villa vs Leeds

Brighton vs West Brom

Fulham vs Crystal Palace

Liverpool vs Sheffield United

Saturday 31 October

Aston Villa vs Southampton

Burnley vs Chelsea

Fulham vs West Brom

Spurs vs Brighton

Wolves vs Crystal Palace