Fans do the same about Amazon Prime coverage just minutes into Man City vs Everton – Premier League

Fans are all the same about Amazon Prime’s coverage of Manchester City v Everton.

City host Everton at the Etihad Stadium in the first of eight Boxing Day matches, with Liverpool taking on Leicester in the final game of the day from 5pm.

As has become a tradition in recent years, Amazon Prime is showing all 10 festive events, with their coverage beginning at 11:30 this morning and continues for the rest of Boxing Day.

Jeff Stelling will also host his own goal show, with Chris Kamara giving fans a popular early Christmas present by announcing he would be at the City Ground to cover Nottingham Forest’s clash with Tottenham as part of the show.

It’s Amazon Prime’s second full Premier League fixture schedule this month, with the streaming giant once again sending different presentation and commentary teams to each ground.

Each match features pundits with some connection to the two teams playing, while fans can also listen to commentators such as Clive Tyldesley and Jon Champion – both of whom do not work for Sky Sports or TNT Sports.

The style of presentation and coverage in general has proved popular with fans – and they are again full of praise on social media.

One wrote: “Really enjoying Amazon Prime’s football coverage.”

Another added: “Amazon Prime should just buy all the rights to Prem, so amazing.”

A third said, “Hurry up and buy the rights to the land.”

Dan Walker (left) fronts Amazon Prime’s coverage of Man City vs Everton (Image: Amazon Prime Video)

Unfortunately for viewers, however, this week’s Premier League clash is set to be the last shown by Amazon Prime for the next five years, despite the streaming giant’s popularity.

The league announced in December 2023 that they had agreed a record domestic rights deal worth £6.7 billion, which would see Sky Sports show a minimum of 215 Premier League matches per season.

TNT Sports, meanwhile, will show 52 games per season as part of the deal, which runs until the end of the 2028/29 season.

PA claims that the reasons behind Amazon Prime’s decision not to bid for the rights include the composition of the packages and ‘the difficulty of leveraging a premium, high-volume model within their Prime subscription service‘.