Ligue 1 McDonald's/DAZN: Saturday night matches moved to 21:05 CET from Matchday 17

"From Matchday 17 of the Ligue 1 McDonald's (10 to 12/01/2025), the kick-off time for Saturday evening matches will be shifted to 21:05 (from 21:00 CET) to allow for better pre-match editorial content. Decided in consultation with DAZN, this change will also apply to Friday evenings at 21:05 if a match is scheduled for 19:00," announced the Ligue de Football Professionnel on 09/01/2025.

The Ligue had previously announced that Ligue 1 matches scheduled for 17:00 each Sunday would also kick off at 17:15 from Matchday 17, on 06/12/2024. "This rearrangement of the Ligue 1 matchdays meets the need to have a greater interval between the end of the match starting at 15:00 and the start of the matches at 17:15, and thus to offer viewers a better editorial approach to the late afternoon matches," explained the French League at the time.

DAZN holds the exclusive broadcasting rights in France to eight out of nine games per Ligue 1 matchday over the 2024-2029 cycle. The pay-TV group beIN SPORTS France broadcasts one game per day (Saturday fixture at 17:00). The annual value of the rights is…