THE PREMIER LEAGUE have officially announced the broadcast selections for March.
Ten matches from the English top flight will be aired live on television.
Sky Sports have landed seven of those games, with rivals TNT Sports bagging three.
Struggling defending Prem champions Manchester City kick off March’s televised matches on March 8 with a trip to Nottingham Forest.
The pick of the bunch is Mancheser United’s clash with Arsenal on March 9, which will be aired on Sky at 16:30.
Sky have also landed a tasty London derby between the Gunners Chelsea on March 16.
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A kick-off time for the match, however, has not yet been finalised.
Liverpool’s showdown with Aston Villa is set to be the early kick off (12:30) on March 15.
But the match could be rescheduled if the Kop club reach the Carabao Cup final or if Villa play in the Champions League the Wednesday before.
The televised fixtures don’t just feature the Premier League’s current highfliers.
Broadcasters have also picked up matches involving the league’s relegation battlers.
Brentford vs Aston Villa, Wolves vs Everton, Tottenham vs Bournemouth, West Ham vs Newcastle, Bournemouth vs Brentford and Manchester United vs Leicester make up the remainder of March’s televised fixtures.
United’s trip to the King Power on March 16 will be the final Prem match before the fourth international break of the season,
The break will commence from March 17 and finish on April 1.
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