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Leicester City facing month of Sundays as new TV dates are announced

Leicester will play five straight Sunday fixtures, while Tottenham are set for three consecutive Monday night games.
Leicester will play five straight Sunday fixtures, while Tottenham are set for three consecutive Monday night games. Photograph: Peter Byrne/Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Televised fixtures for April and early May have been released, with Leicester City scheduled to play on five consecutive Sundays, a clear sign of the league leaders’ success this season.

Claudio Ranieri’s team will play Southampton, Sunderland, West Ham, Swansea and Manchester United during that run. All of those games are to be broadcast on Sky Sports.

Tottenham Hotspur will also be televised on three consecutive Mondays – the trip to Stoke on 18 April, the home game against West Bromwich Albion on 25 April and a London derby at Chelsea on 2 May – and could potentially play only two of their remaining dozen league games on a Saturday.

Arsenal will be broadcast four times, including the trip to West Ham on 9 April. That will now have a 12.45pm kick-off and will be shown on BT Sport. Manchester City are also set to be shown live on four occasions, including Saturday evening games against West Brom and Chelsea, plus Sunday fixtures against Stoke and Southampton.

Some fixtures remain subject to change, however, on account of European fixtures. Seven already postponed matches must still be rescheduled. New dates for those games are expected to be announced on 10 March.

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