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Sky Sports reveals line-up for exclusively live coverage of Scottish Premiership

  /  autty

Sky Sports - the new home of Scottish football - has announced its plans ahead of the Scottish Premiership season, which returns this weekend. Eilidh Barbour will present coverage of 48 live matches.

Regular analyst Kris Boyd will be joined by James McFadden and three new faces on the Sky Sports Scottish Premiership team.

Former Rangers, St Johnstone and Kilmarnock striker Ally McCoist, former Scotland and Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher; and former Celtic striker John Hartson will all be part of the Sky coverage throughout the season. Ian Crocker and Andy Walker will provide the commentary.

Meanwhile, as always, Ian Crocker and Andy Walker will both provide the commentary.

This season, Sky Sports has added a number of new features to enhance the viewing experience, including Sky Sports' augmented sound element. Sky Sports Crowds offers viewers the chance to watch games with added crowd noise, as matches continue to be played behind closed doors following the coronavirus outbreak.

Sky Sports is the exclusive broadcaster of the Scottish Premiership in the UK and Ireland, with 48 games available on the home of Scottish football, as Celtic aim to make history and win a tenth consecutive title. During the 2020/21 season - the first of a five-year exclusive contract - every Saturday goal will be shown first on Sky Sports News at 6pm each weekend.

Furthermore, fans of Scottish football will be able to catch up on all the news and latest talking points via a new podcast, in addition to the regular Sky Sports digital and social channels where they can see all the highlights and biggest talking points. The podcast, presented by Crocker with regulars Boyd and Walker, will cover all the top topics from Scottish football from the week, as well as answering viewer questions.

Sky Sports director of football Gary Hughes said: "We're delighted to be able to bring our customers comprehensive and exclusive coverage of the Scottish Premiership in this, the first year of a five-year contract. It promises to be a thrilling season and we can't wait to get going on August 1 on the home of Scottish football."

The opening round of fixtures on Sky Sports sees champions Celtic start at home to Hamilton, while Steven Gerrard's Rangers travel to Aberdeen and Ross County take on Motherwell.

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Confirmed Scottish Premiership games live on Sky Sports

Sat Aug 1: Aberdeen vs Rangers - 12.30pm

Sun Aug 2: Celtic vs Hamilton - 4.30pm

Mon Aug 3: Ross County vs Motherwell - 7.45pm

Sat Aug 8: St Johnstone vs Aberdeen - 12.30pm

Sun Aug 9: Kilmarnock vs Celtic - 4.30pm

Tue Aug 11: Dundee Utd vs Hibernian - 6pm

Wed Aug 12: St Mirren vs Celtic - 6pm

Sat Aug 15: Hibernian vs Motherwell - 5.30pm

Sun Aug 16: Livingston vs Rangers - 4.30pm

Sat Aug 22: Dundee Utd vs Celtic - 5.30pm

Sun Aug 23: St Johnstone vs Hibernian - 4.30pm