Friday, 06/06/2025 | ||||
19:45 | | Scotland ![]() | ![]() | |
Monday, 09/06/2025 | ||||
17:00 | | Liechtenstein ![]() | ![]() |
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Tuesday, 10/06/2025 | ||||
19:45 | | England ![]() | ![]() | |
19:45 | | Northern Ireland ![]() | ![]() |
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Tuesday, 09/09/2025 | ||||
19:45 | | Wales ![]() | ![]() |
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Thursday, 09/10/2025 | ||||
19:45 | | England ![]() | ![]() |
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STATISTICAL DATA OF FRIENDLY ON TELEVISION IN UNITED KINGDOM |
As of today 02/04/2025, and since this website started collecting statistical data on when and where Football matches from the Friendly competition in United Kingdom are televised, which began on 12/08/2014, we can provide the following data: |
1,035 TV BROADCASTS 286 Free games 27.63% 749 Paid games 72.37% Most Repeated Match Tranmere - Liverpool 4 |
LAST FREE GAME Sweden - Northern Ireland 25/03/2025 Friendly por BBC Sports, BBC iPlayer, BBC One NI, BBC Two NI, BBC Two LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH HamKam - Crystal Palace 13/03/2025 Friendly por Palace TV |
RANKING BY CHANNELS Sky Sports Red Button 134 (12.95%) Premier Sports 1 84 (8.12%) LFCTV 56 (5.41%) Sky Sports Football 49 (4.73%) MUTV 43 (4.15%) TOTAL 147 TV CHANNELS DAYS 7 WITHOUT FREE GAME AVERAGE 1.2 CHANNELS PER MATCH |
85 Canales de pago 57.82% 62 Canales en abierto 42.18% TOTAL 147 CANALES TOTAL 471 Total equipos |
Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches Liverpool 51 (4.93%) Manchester Utd 39 (3.77%) England 33 (3.19%) Celtic 32 (3.09%) Germany 31 (3%) Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches on Free-to-Air TV England 28 (2.71%) Rangers 21 (2.03%) Wales 19 (1.84%) Aston Villa 18 (1.74%) Arsenal 16 (1.55%) |
Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches Germany 26 (2.51%) England 26 (2.51%) Liverpool 24 (2.32%) Manchester Utd 19 (1.84%) Republic of Ireland 18 (1.74%) Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches Liverpool 27 (2.61%) Celtic 25 (2.42%) Manchester Utd 20 (1.93%) Arsenal 17 (1.64%) Sheffield Utd 16 (1.55%) |
NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK MONDAY 58 5.6% TUESDAY 176 17% WEDNESDAY 195 18.84% THURSDAY 106 10.24% FRIDAY 124 11.98% SATURDAY 269 25.99% SUNDAY 107 10.34% |
NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH JANUARY 21 2.03% FEBRUARY 8 0.77% MARCH 146 14.11% APRIL - - % MAY 20 1.93% JUNE 123 11.88% JULY 417 40.29% AUGUST 122 11.79% SEPTEMBER 40 3.86% OCTOBER 44 4.25% NOVEMBER 69 6.67% DECEMBER 25 2.42% |
NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR 2025 7 0.68% 2024 206 19.9% 2023 166 16.04% 2022 212 20.48% 2021 163 15.75% 2020 62 5.99% 2019 53 5.12% 2018 64 6.18% 2017 42 4.06% 2016 54 5.22% 2015 4 0.39% 2014 2 0.19% |
RANKING BY TIMES 19:45 184 (17.78%) 17:00 123 (11.88%) 15:00 99 (9.57%) 18:00 63 (6.09%) 19:00 56 (5.41%) RANKING BY TIME SLOT Afternoon 533 (51.5%) Evening 381 (36.81%) Night 76 (7.34%) Morning 45 (4.35%) |
Now, there are 6 Friendly live televised matches and 11 TV channels will broadcast each and every one of them. The next match you will be able to enjoy is Scotland - Iceland and it will be played next 06 June 2025 at 20:45 televised by BBC Sports, BBC iPlayer, BBC One Scotland.
A friendly match that does not influence the official competitions or involves a large amount of financial prize. Matches in this category are generally used to physically prepare players, build chemistry between teammates on the pitch, and help coaches work on their tactics in a more competitive setting than training.
In the early days of football, they were the most common type of game. A trend that began to change with the development of the Football League of England in 1888. Most countries already have established national tournaments in league and cup formats, as regional formats for lower-level teams. The friendly has lost a lot of prestige since then.
Before the start of each season, most teams play several games of this type as part of the preseason. They are considered non-competitive matches and are used for footballers to achieve the necessary physical shape after a long period of rest. In some cases, the official rules are modified to give more options to the coaches, for example, that there is no limit number of substitutions or that there are no yellow or red cards. These duels are common between clubs that are geographically close to each other.
To make it easier to organize the schedule and group teams together, some organizations set up short tournaments with incentives to attract the best clubs on the planet. Some of the highlights each summer are the International Champions Cup, the Emirates Cup or the Teresa Herrera Trophy. Sometimes these events can be sponsored, broadcast live, and even have a trophy for the champion.
The national teams also play a friendly in preparation for the qualifying phase or before the final phase of the big tournaments. They are essential to prepare, since they have fewer opportunities to train together. These are usually contested throughout the season, causing conflicts between federations and clubs due to the high risk of injury to players. The caps and goals from these matches are added to the statistics and may affect the FIFA ranking of each country.
In addition to these events, there are other types of friendlies such as All-Star, which bring together the best players in a competition, meetings to raise funds to help in the event of a natural disaster in an area or to an NGO and tribute matches to footballers who have left their mark on a club or in the world of football.