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Mathew Davies

Match of the Day shifted from BBC One and replaced

Match of the Day football highlights show will not be shown on BBC One this evening.

The programme, fronted by presenter Gary Lineker, will be shifted to BBC Two to accommodate the broadcaster's extensive coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest from Liverpool.

Football fans usually tune into the BBC's main channel on Saturday evenings to catch up with the best action from the Premier League.

They will now have to switch up channels, with the show set to get under way at the slightly earlier time of 10pm on BBC Two.

Lineker and the panel of pundits will be presenting highlights from the games between Leeds and Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Tottenham, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth, Manchester United and Wolves and Southampton and Fulham.

The BBC's coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest starts at 8pm and is set to conclude around midnight.

Graham Norton, Hannah Waddingham, Alesha Dixon and Julia Sanina will present the 67th edition of the annual song competition from Liverpool, with the UK represented by singer-songwriter Mae Muller with her song I Wrote a Song.

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