By LIAM MORGAN, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
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The Premier League has announced the broadcast picks for October, including Liverpool‘s home clash with arch rivals Manchester United.
The match between Arne Slot‘s champions and Ruben Amorim‘s men is among the 19 fixtures rearranged for TV coverage in October.
Anfield will host the game on Sunday, October 19 at 4:30pm, with Sky Sports unsurprisingly selecting it to headline Super Sunday after Spurs versus Aston Villa at 2pm.
Amorim’s side will hope to go one better than last season, when they left the home of their bitter rivals with a creditable 2-2 draw.
All three of Liverpool’s fixtures in October have been moved after being selected by broadcasters.
Their trip to Chelsea on Saturday, October 4 – the last weekend of matches before the second international break of the season – has been pushed back to a 5:30 kick-off and will be shown on Sky Sports.
Liverpool’s home clash with Manchester United has been moved for TV coverage
The Reds’ trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea is among the other broadcast picks for October
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It will follow Leeds versus Tottenham Hotspur, which will now start at 12:30pm after being brought forward from 3pm. However it will be switched to 8pm if Spurs are away in the Champions League the Wednesday before.
After welcoming United to Anfield, Liverpool travel to Brentford on Saturday, October 25, where they will come up against former captain Jordan Henderson.
The Premier League have tentatively scheduled the match for a lunchtime kick-off but said it would move to 8pm if the Reds are away in the Champions League the preceding Wednesday.
United will host Brighton and Hove Albion the same day, with the match kicking off at 5:30pm.
Arsenal’s only change to their October schedule is the visit to Craven Cottage to face Fulham, which has been moved to 5:30pm on Saturday, October 18.
Nottingham Forest versus Chelsea has also been selected for TV coverage on that Saturday and will kick-off at 12:30pm on TNT Sports.
Sky Sports are showing 215 matches this season, up from 128, but fan groups have warned the Premier League must give adequate notice of fixture changes in order to prevent problems for matchgoing supporters.
FULL LIST OF OCTOBER FIXTURES
Friday 3 October
20:00 AFC Bournemouth v Fulham (Sky Sports)
Saturday 4 October 12:30 Leeds v Spurs (TNT Sports)
Arsenal v West Ham
Everton v Crystal Palace
Man Utd v Sunderland
17:30 Chelsea v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Leeds v Spurs will move to 20:00 on Saturday 4 October, should Spurs play away in the Champions League on the preceding Wednesday.
Sunday 5 October
14:00 Aston Villa v Burnley (Sky Sports)
14:00 Newcastle v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
14:00 Wolves v Brighton (Sky Sports)
16:30 Brentford v Man City (Sky Sports)
Aston Villa v Burnley and Newcastle v Forest displaced due to Villa and Forest’s participation in the UEFA Europa League on the preceding Thursday.
Saturday 18 October
12:30 Nott’m Forest v Chelsea (TNT Sports)
Brighton v Newcastle
Burnley v Leeds United
Crystal Palace v AFC Bournemouth
Man City v Everton
Sunderland v Wolves
17:30 Fulham v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 19 October
14:00 Spurs v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
16:30 Liverpool v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
Monday 20 October
20:00 West Ham v Brentford (Sky Sports)
Friday 24 October
20:00 Leeds v West Ham (Sky Sports)
Saturday 25 October
12:30 Brentford v Liverpool (TNT Sports)
Arsenal v Crystal Palace
Chelsea v Sunderland
Newcastle v Fulham
17:30 Man Utd v Brighton (Sky Sports)
Brentford v Liverpool will move to 20:00 on Saturday 25 October should Liverpool play away in the Champions League on the preceding Wednesday.
Sunday 26 October
14:00 AFC Bournemouth v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
14:00 Aston Villa v Man City (Sky Sports)
14:00 Wolves v Burnley (Sky Sports)
16:30 GMT Everton v Spurs (Sky Sports)
Bournemouth v Forest and Aston Villa v Man City displaced due to Villa and Forest’s participation in the Europa League on the preceding Thursday.
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