Fans make the same point about Amazon Prime coverage just minutes into Man City vs Everton

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

City are hosting Everton at the Etihad Stadium in the first of eight Boxing Day fixtures, with Liverpool taking on Leicester in the final match of the day from 8pm.

As has become a tradition in recent years, Amazon Prime are showing all 10 festive fixtures, with their coverage beginning at 11:30am this morning and continuing throughout the rest of Boxing Day.

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

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

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

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

One wrote: “I really enjoy Amazon Prime’s football coverage.”

A second added: “Amazon Prime just needs to buy all the rights to the Prem, so unbelievably good.”

A third said: “Hurry up and buy the rights to the lot.”

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

Sadly for viewers, though, this week’s Premier League fixtures are 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 agreement worth £6.7 billion, with Sky Sports set to show a minimum of 215 Premier League matches a season.

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

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