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Friday, August 11th, 2017

OPENING DAY! PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON KICKS OFF TODAY AT 1 PM ET ON NBCSN

NBC Sports Gold’s “Premier League Pass” Presents Three Exclusive Games Tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET & More Than 1,000 Hours of Content Throughout the Season

Commentary Teams Set for First Week of the Season

Coverage Continues Tomorrow, Saturday, August 12 at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN

STAMFORD, Conn. – August 11, 2017 – NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2017-18 Premier League season kicks off today, August 11, with the first Friday night opener in the 129-year history of English football’s top tier, when Arsenal host Leicester City at 2:45 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a special one-hour season preview show followed by Premier League Live. Coverage continues throughout the season on the networks of NBCUniversal, streamed live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, and with NBC Sports Gold’s “Premier League Pass.”

NBC Sports Gold – NBC Sports Digital’s direct-to-consumer live streaming product – debuts “Premier League Pass” this season, which features 130 exclusive Premier League matches live and on-demand, an extensive suite of daily and weekly news shows, plus classic archive programming never available before in the U.S. The first three matches exclusive to “Premier League Pass” are at 10 .m. ET on Saturday: Crystal Palace v. Huddersfield Town, Southampton v. Swansea City, and West Bromwich Albion v. Bournemouth. “Premier League Pass” will feature more than 1,000 hours of content throughout the season. Fans can purchase today by visiting NBCSportsGold.com for the 2017-18 season of “Premier League Pass,” priced at $49.99. Click here for more information.

NBC Sports Group’s U.S.-based Premier League team opens the season on the road for the first time, as the entire announce team works together on-location in the United Kingdom. Similar to NBC’s full in-stadium presentation of the season-opening NFL Kickoff Game for the past decade, immersive Premier League coverage will be presented on-site from the U.K. across the season’s opening three days from three different grounds, featuring on-site studios for pre-match, halftime and post-game shows as well as pitch-side locations just a few feet from the playing field.

The full schedule for week one, including matches broadcast by the Premier League using the World Feed:

Date Time (ET) Match Network Commentators
Fri., Aug. 11 1 p.m. Season Preview from Emirates Stadium NBCSN
Fri., Aug. 11 2 p.m. Premier League Live from Emirates Stadium NBCSN
Fri., Aug. 11 2:45 p.m. Arsenal v. Leicester City NBCSN Arlo White, Kyle Martino
Sat., Aug. 12 7 a.m. Premier League Live from American Express Community Stadium NBCSN
Sat., Aug. 12 7:30 a.m. Watford v. Liverpool NBCSN Jon Champion, Jim Beglin
Sat., Aug. 12 10 a.m. Chelsea v. Burnley NBCSN, Universo Jim Proudfoot, Matt Holland
Sat., Aug. 12 10 a.m. Everton v. Stoke City CNBC Ian Crocker, Keith Andrews
Sat., Aug. 12 10 a.m. Crystal Palace v. Huddersfield Town NBC Sports Gold Gary Taphouse, Tony Gale
Sat., Aug. 12 10 a.m. Southampton v. Swansea City NBC Sports Gold Tony Jones, Don Goodman
Sat., Aug. 12 10 a.m. West Bromwich Albion v. Bournemouth NBC Sports Gold David Stowell, Andy Walker
Sat., Aug. 12 12:30 p.m. Brighton & Hove Albion v. Manchester City NBC, Universo Arlo White, Robbie Earle
Sat., Aug. 12 2:30 p.m. Goal Zone NBC
Sun., Aug. 13 6:30 a.m. Match of the Day NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 13 7:30 a.m. Premier League Live from Old Trafford NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 13 8:30 a.m. Newcastle United v. Tottenham Hotspur NBCSN, Universo Jon Champion, David Prutton
Sun., Aug. 13 11 a.m. Manchester United v. West Ham United NBCSN, Telemundo Arlo White, Robbie Mustoe
Sun., Aug. 13 1 p.m. Goal Zone NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 13 12 a.m. Match of the Day II NBCSN
Mon., Aug. 14 1 a.m. Match of the Week NBCSN

For NBC Sports Group’s Premier League television schedule for the first two months of the season, click here.

–NBC SPORTS GROUP–