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Monday, December 9th, 2013

MANCHESTER CITY HOST FIRST-PLACE ARSENAL SATURDAY AT 7:45 A.M. ET ON NBCSN

Aston Villa Host Manchester United Sunday at 8:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN

Second-Place Liverpool Face Tottenham Sunday at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN

All Matches Available on NBC Sports Live Extra

Stamford, Conn. – December 9, 2013 – NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage this week is highlighted by fourth-place Manchester City hosting first-place Arsenal on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET on NBCSN. On Sunday, NBCSN’s Premier League doubleheader features Aston Villa hosting Manchester United at 8:30 a.m. ET; followed by second-place Liverpool facing Tottenham at 11 a.m. Coverage begins Saturday at 7 a.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN.

The four additional matches on Saturday in the 10 a.m. ET slot and the additional match on Sunday in the 8:30 a.m. ET slot will be available on Premier League Extra Time, a bonus television package available to MVPDs at no extra cost for customers who receive NBCSN.

The interactive Premier League Game Finder can be accessed at http://www.nbcsports.com/ExtraTime.

mun2 will also telecast two matches and Telemundo will broadcast one in Spanish this week (listed in table below).

Lead play-by-play voice Arlo White joins former Chelsea defender Graeme Le Saux to call Manchester City v. Arsenal on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET on NBCSN. White and Le Saux will also call Tottenham v. Liverpool on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside former Jamaican National Team player Robbie Earle and former U.S. Men’s National midfielder Kyle Martino.

All Premier League games will be streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets. Games airing on NBC Sports Network will be live streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

To date, AT&T U-verse®, Bright House Networks, Cablevision’s Optimum, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Cox, DIRECTV, Mediacom, Suddenlink, and Time Warner Cable have opted to carry the additional Premier League matches via the Premier League Extra Time package, and AT&T U-verse, Cablevision’s Optimum, Charter, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink and Verizon FiOS will make all Premier League games available through TV Everywhere. Additionally, over 100 NCTC partners have either signed-on to the Premier League Extra Time package or have opted-in via TV Everywhere, including Blue Ridge Communications, Buckeye CableSystem, CenturyLink Prism, and RCN. In some cases, the Premier League Extra Time package will be available in select markets.

Below is the NBCUniversal schedule for the 16th week of the Premier League season (all times ET):

Date Time Home v. Away Network
Mon., Dec. 9 10:30 p.m. Barclays Premier League Review NBCSN
Mon., Dec. 9 11:30 p.m. Premier League Encore: Manchester Monday NBCSN
Tues., Dec. 10 11:30 p.m. Barclays Premier League Encore NBCSN
Thurs., Dec. 12 7 p.m. Barclays Premier League World NBCSN
Thurs., Dec. 12 7:30 p.m. Barclays Premier League Match Pack NBCSN
Fri., Dec. 13 7 a.m. Barclays Premier League News NBCSN
Fri., Dec. 13 10 p.m. Barclays Premier League Preview NBCSN
Sat., Dec. 14 7 a.m. Premier League Live NBCSN
Sat., Dec. 14 7:45 a.m. Manchester City v. Arsenal NBCSN, mun2
Sat., Dec. 14 9:45 a.m. Premier League Live NBCSN
Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. Chelsea v. Crystal Palace NBCSN
Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. Everton v. Fulham Extra Time
Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. Newcastle v. Southampton Extra Time
Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. Cardiff City v. West Bromwich Albion Extra Time
Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. West Ham United v. Sunderland Extra Time
Sat., Dec. 14 Noon Premier League Live NBCSN
Sat., Dec. 14 12:30 p.m. Hull City v. Stoke City NBCSN
Sun., Dec. 15 12 a.m. NBCSN’s Match of the Day NBCSN
Sun., Dec. 15 8 a.m. Premier League Live NBCSN
Sun., Dec. 15 8:30 a.m. Aston Villa v. Manchester United NBCSN, mun2
Sun., Dec. 15 8:30 a.m. Norwich City v. Swansea City Extra Time
Sun., Dec. 15 10:30 a.m. Premier League Live NBCSN
Sun., Dec. 15 11 a.m. Tottenham Hotspur v. Liverpool NBCSN, Telemundo
Sun., Dec. 15 11 p.m. NBCSN’s Match of the Day II NBCSN

 

NBC Sports Group presents the most ambitious, extensive and comprehensive coverage of the Premier League available anywhere in the world with all 380 Premier League matches available live in the United States on the networks of NBCUniversal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra. In total, NBC Sports Group will present more than 1,600 hours of Premier League programming. 

–NBC Sports Group–