New PREMIER LEAGUE Season Kicks Off on NBCUniversal Networks, Today

NBC Sports Group's coverage of the 2017-18 Premier League season kicks off four days from today, with the first ever Friday night opener in the Premier League, when Arsenal host Leicester City at 2:45 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a special one-hour season preview show followed by Premier League Live. Coverage continues throughout the season on the networks of NBCUniversal, streamed live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, and on the NBC Sports Gold "Premier League Pass."

For the first time, NBC Sports Group's U.S.-based Premier League team will open the season on the road, as the entire announce team works together on-location in the United Kingdom. Similar to NBC's full in-stadium presentation of the season-opening NFL Kickoff Game for the past decade, immersive Premier League coverage will be presented on-site from the U.K. across the season's opening three days from three different grounds, featuring on-site studios for pre-match, halftime and post-game shows as well as pitch-side locations just a few feet from the playing field.

New Season, Newly Promoted Teams: Brighton & Hove Albion

First match: Brighton & Hove Albion v. Manchester City, Sat., August 12, 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC

Brighton & Hove Albion earned automatic promotion to the 2017-18 Premier League by finishing second in the Championship last season, just one point behind champions Newcastle United. Under the leadership of back-to-back Championship Manager of the Year Chris Hughton, the Seagulls went unbeaten in 18 league matches from September 2016 to January 2017. The 2017-18 season will be Brighton's first in the Premier League and first in the top flight of English football since 1982-83.

The club is located in Brighton, East Sussex along the south coast of England.

Below is the schedule for NBCUniversal's on-site Premier League Live coverage August 11-13 (all times ET):

Date	Time (ET)	Match	Network
Fri., Aug. 11	1 p.m.	Premier League Live from Emirates Stadium	NBCSN
Fri., Aug. 11	2:45 p.m.	Arsenal v. Leicester City	NBCSN
Sat., Aug. 12	7 a.m.	Premier League Live from American Express Community Stadium	NBCSN
Sat., Aug. 12	7:30 a.m.	Watford v. Liverpool	NBCSN
Sat., Aug. 12	10 a.m.	Chelsea v. Burnley	NBCSN
Sat., Aug. 12	10 a.m.	Everton v. Stoke City	CNBC
Sat., Aug. 12	10 a.m.	Crystal Palace v. Huddersfield Town	NBC Sports Gold
Sat., Aug. 12	10 a.m.	Southampton v. Swansea City	NBC Sports Gold
Sat., Aug. 12	10 a.m.	West Bromwich Albion v. Bournemouth	NBC Sports Gold
Sat., Aug. 12	12:30 p.m.	Brighton & Hove Albion v. Manchester City	NBC
Sun., Aug. 13	7:30 a.m.	Premier League Live from Old Trafford	NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 13	8:30 a.m.	Newcastle United v. Tottenham Hotspur	NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 13	11 a.m.	Manchester United v. West Ham United	NBCSN

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