SPFL reveal major Premiership fixture changes as 20 matches impacted – Hearts-Celtic gets box-office billing
Premier Sports and Sky Sports choose the quantity of games.
A number of adjustments to the Scottish Premiership’s schedule through early January have been disclosed by the Scottish Professional League.
Sky Sports has selected eight games in all, four of which will air on Premier Sports, between the end of October and the beginning of January.
Following Monday’s announcement, TV choices for Scotland’s top flight have been confirmed through Thursday, January 2, excluding the weekend of December 14–15. Following the Premier Sports Cup semi-finals on November 2-3, the broadcast choices for that fixture round will be decided.
Some of the fixtures affected include Aberdeen v Rangers and Hearts v Celtic, with that clash at Tynecastle set to take place on a Saturday night at 7.45pm. The full list of impacted fixtures are listed below: – Wednesday October 30: Aberdeen v Rangers. Live on Sky Sports, kick-off 8.00pm. – Sunday November 3: Dundee v Kilmarnock. Kick-off 3.00pm. (Brought forward from Sat Jan 11 at the request of the clubs). – Sunday November 3: Hibs v Dundee United. Kick-off 3.00pm. (Brought forward from Wed Dec 4 at the request of the clubs).
– Saturday November 9: Aberdeen v Dundee. Kick-off 5.30pm. (Change to kick-off at the request of the clubs).
– Sunday November 10: Kilmarnock v Celtic. Live on Sky Sports, kick-off 3.00pm.
– Sunday November 10: Rangers v Hearts. Live on Premier Sports, kick-off 5.00pm.
– Dundee versus Hibs on Saturday, November 23. Kickoff is at 5:45 p.m. on Premier Sports.
– Hearts at Celtic on Saturday, November 23. Kickoff is at 7:45 p.m. on Sky Sports.
– Hibs versus Aberdeen on Tuesday, November 26. Start time: 7:45 p.m. (P-P on November 2, Saturday, because of the Premier Sports Cup semifinals).
Sunday, December 1: St Johnstone vs. Rangers, live on Sky Sports, at noon; Sunday, December 1: Hearts vs. Aberdeen, live on Premier Sports, at noon; Wednesday, December 4: Aberdeen vs. Celtic; Sunday, December 8: Ross County vs. Rangers, live on Premier Sports, at noon; Friday, December 20: Motherwell vs. Kilmarnock, live on Premier Sports, at 7:45 p.m.; Sunday, December 22: Dundee United v. Celtic; live on Sky Sports, at noon; Sunday, December 22 Hearts vs., at 3.00 p.m. (Verification of kick-off time, was previously TBC); Wednesday, January 8: Celtic vs., at 7.45 p.m. (P-P on Sat, Nov 2 due to the Premier Sports Cup semi-finals)
– Wednesday January 8: Kilmarnock v Motherwell. Start time is 7:45 p.m. (P-P on Sat Nov 2 due to the Premier Sports Cup semi-finals)
– Thursday January 9: Dundee v Rangers. Live on Sky Sports, kick-off 8.00pm. (P-P on Sat Nov 2 due to the Premier Sports Cup semi-finals)
– Sunday January 12: Rangers v St Johnstone. Kick-off 3.00pm. (Rescheduled from Sat Jan 11 as Rangers playing on Thu Jan 9)
