No hydration breaks or half-time shows... football as we know and love it is back - with 1,500 games on Sky Sports! Here is everything you need to know ahead of the new season...

When does the season start?

• The Premier League starts on August 21-24 - beginning with Arsenal vs Coventry, live on Sky Sports.
• The WSL begins on September 4-6 - with London City Lionesses vs Manchester United.
• The EFL and Scottish Premiership have already started!

Premier League opening weekend fixtures

Friday August 21

• Arsenal vs Coventry - 8pm - Live on Sky Sports

Saturday August 22

• Hull City vs Manchester United - 12.30pm
• Everton vs Crystal Palace - 3pm
• Ipswich Town vs Sunderland - 3pm
• Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United - 3pm
• Brentford vs Tottenham - 5.30pm - Live on Sky Sports

Sunday August 23

• Brighton vs Aston Villa - 2pm - Live on Sky Sports
• Manchester City vs Bournemouth - 2pm - Live on Sky Sports
• Newcastle United vs Liverpool - 4.30pm - Live on Sky Sports

Monday August 24

• Fulham vs Chelsea - 8pm - Live on Sky Sports

Where can I find full fixtures?

• Premier League fixtures and scores
• Championship fixtures and scores
• League One fixtures and scores
• League Two fixtures and scores
• Scottish Premiership fixtures and scores
• WSL fixtures and scores

🚨Reminder - If you are using our app, remember to follow your favourite competitions and teams so the results, scores and fixtures you really want appear first🚨

How can I watch or stream games on TV?

Got Sky?

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Sky customers can watch more than 1,500 games this season across our TV channels and also use the FREE Sky Sports app to watch any game on the move or as a second screen.

Not got Sky?

Non-Sky customers can get Sky or upgrade to Sky Sports - check out our latest deals.

For anyone not wanting a full contract, you can stream any game with a NOW Day or a cancel-anytime Month pass.

Where can I watch highlights and clips?

The Sky Sports app is the home of FREE highlights and in-game clips.

For any Premier League and WSL game live on Sky, you can watch clips and highlights in a mobile-first format on your phone.

Extended Premier League, EFL, Scottish Premiership and WSL highlights will also be published after full-time of every game.

You can find highlights for every game here:

• Premier League
• Championship
• League One
• League Two
• Scottish Premiership
• WSL

What else is new on Sky Sports?

On busy sporting weekends, 'Your Multiview' lets fans choose up to four live Sky Sports events and watch them side by side on a single screen, available on Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q.

Fans can follow football matches from across the Premier League, EFL, SPFL, or WSL at once, or stay across a packed day of live sport spanning football, F1, cricket, tennis, golf, NFL and rugby - all without switching channels or checking for results elsewhere.

When the biggest sporting moments take over a weekend, 'Your Multiview' puts fans in control of how they watch. The new feature allows viewers to spotlight an event to change the on-screen layout, select the audio they want to hear, and switch any event to full screen when it's the one they don't want to miss.

Catch the moments everyone is talking about in the Sky Sports app

On the move with the Sky Sports app, Moments gives fans a personalised feed tailored to their favourite sports, teams and competitions, helping them find the clips, opinions, and stories they care about faster. It's a fresh, scrollable stream of vertical videos, from live clips and highlights to analysis, interviews, reactions, and behind-the-scenes content, all easy to like, share, and search in one place.