Arsenal vs Everton: 3 pm BST kick-off confirmed but no live UK TV coverage
Arsenal Football Club host Everton Football Club at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, 24 October, with kick-off at 3 pm BST. Unfortunately for UK-based Gunners fans, they won’t be able to watch Everton vs Arsenal on TV as the Premier League fixture has not been selected for live UK television coverage. Arsenal supporters in Britain will not be able to watch it live legally.
Arsenal return to Premier League duty against Everton only three days after their Champions League trip to Bayern Munich, giving Mikel Arteta a quick domestic test in a congested week.
The match is scheduled for 3 pm BST on Saturday, 24 October, at Emirates Stadium. It remains a traditional Saturday 3 pm kick-off, meaning it falls inside the UK’s live broadcast blackout and is not being shown live by Sky Sports or TNT Sports. The switch to GMT comes the following day, Sunday, 25 October.
Why the fixture matters for Arsenal
Arsenal start the week second in the Premier League after taking 18 points from their first seven matches. Their latest league result, a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Sunday, 18 October, kept them three points behind leaders Manchester City.
That win was not fluent, but it added another clean sheet and another narrow victory to Arsenal’s early-season body of work. Noni Madueke came off the bench to score the decisive goal in the 80th minute, giving Arteta another attacking selection question before Everton arrive in north London.
Arteta told Sky Sports after the Forest match that Arsenal knew the margins would be small and stressed the need to stay patient. That theme may carry into Saturday, particularly against an Everton side who have already proved difficult to beat this season.
Everton’s unbeaten start ended
Everton travel to Emirates Stadium after their first Premier League defeat of the campaign. David Moyes’ side lost 2-0 at home to Chelsea on Saturday, 17 October, with Pedro Neto scoring twice at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The result left Everton on 10 points from seven matches, a return built on two wins and four draws before that Chelsea setback. They failed to score at home for the first time in the league since February, but their organised start to the season means Arsenal should expect a compact and disciplined opponent.
Recent history favours Arsenal. The Gunners won both league meetings with Everton last season, 1-0 away and 2-0 at Emirates Stadium, and will be keen to extend that run before a Carabao Cup fourth-round trip to Fleetwood Town on Tuesday, 27 October.
For Arteta, the Everton match sits in the middle of a demanding spell: Bayern away on Wednesday, Everton at home on Saturday, then Fleetwood away three days later. Squad management is likely to be as significant as form, especially with Arsenal trying to keep pressure on City at the top.
