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Liverpool Echo
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Richard Garnett

Why Liverpool vs Wolves and Arsenal vs Everton games are not on TV in UK

A busy week for Merseyside football sees both Everton and Liverpool in action on Wednesday evening, but fans hoping to catch either game on TV will be disappointed.

Sean Dyche will take the Blues to North London, where they will be looking to complete an unexpected league double over current table-toppers Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

They will have to do it without main striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, however, who is still recovering from an injury sustained when the two sides went head-to-head in the reverse fixture at Goodison Park on February 4.

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Meanwhile, Liverpool play host to Wolverhampton Wanderers for the second time this year, having also been drawn against them in the FA Cup, knowing that an Anfield win can edge them up to sixth in the table, keeping their slim Champions League qualification hopes alive.

The Reds may have suffered a humbling 5-2 home defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League last week, but they have not conceded a goal in their last three Premier League matches and will be hoping to extend that run with a victory at Anfield against Julen Lopetegui's side.

Both matches are expected to be sell-outs, but if you were hoping to see either game live on TV in the UK, then unfortunately you are all out of luck thanks to a quirk in English football's broadcasting rules.

Both the Everton and Liverpool fixtures are rearranged matches that were originally due to be played at 3pm on a Saturday. It means that the games fall within the blackout period for domestic broadcast on UK television and as a result, the same restrictions apply to any rearranged fixture - even though both games have been rescheduled for a Wednesday night.

As a result, neither Everton or Liverpool supporters who are unable to attend the match in person will be able to watch either game live on UK television.

However, as always, the ECHO will have its regular reporters at both matches, providing LIVE updates from both Anfield and the Emirates Stadium throughout both matches. If you can't get to either game on Wednesday, join us for regular updates instead.

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