English Premier League:
Opening fixtures

Defending champions Liverpool kick off their title
defence against Bournemouth – with Anfield set to
pay an emotional tribute to forward Diogo Jota
– as the Premier League returns

COACHING MASTERCLASS
Arne Slot (Liverpool, far left)
is braced for arduous second
season as Reds boss – rivals
Pep Guardiola (Man City), Enzo
Maresca (Chelsea) and Mikel Arteta
(Arsenal) all target Premier League honours

MATCH SCHEDULE

KEY CLASH*

*Matches between
2024-25 top six
teams

01 Aug 15-18

Liverpool	-	Bournemouth
Aston Villa	-	Newcastle Utd
Brighton		-	Fulham
Sunderland	-	West Ham Utd
Tottenham	-	Burnley
Wolves		-	Manchester City
Chelsea		-	Crystal Palace
Notts. Forest	-	Brentford
Manchester Utd	-	Arsenal
Leeds Utd	-	Everton

02 Aug 22-25

West Ham Utd	-	Chelsea
Manchester City	-	Tottenham
Bournemouth	-	Wolves
Brentford	-	Aston Villa
Burnley		-	Sunderland
Arsenal		-	Leeds Utd
Crystal Palace	-	Notts. Forest
Everton		-	Brighton
Fulham		-	Manchester Utd
Newcastle Utd	-	Liverpool

03 Aug 29-31

Aston Villa	-	Crystal Palace
Chelsea		-	Fulham
Manchester Utd	-	Burnley
Sunderland	-	Brentford
Tottenham	-	Bournemouth
Wolves		-	Everton
Leeds Utd	-	Newcastle Utd
Brighton		-	Manchester City
Notts. Forest	-	West Ham Utd
Liverpool	-	Arsenal

04 Sep 13-14

Arsenal		-	Notts. Forest
Bournemouth	-	Brighton
Crystal Palace	-	Sunderland
Everton		-	Aston Villa
Fulham		-	Leeds Utd
Newcastle Utd	-	Wolves
West Ham Utd	-	Tottenham
Brentford	-	Chelsea
Burnley		-	Liverpool
Manchester City	-	Manchester Utd

05 Sep 20-21

Liverpool	-	Everton
Bournemouth	-	Newcastle Utd
Brighton		-	Tottenham
Burnley		-	Notts. Forest
West Ham Utd	-	Crystal Palace
Wolves		-	Leeds Utd
Manchester Utd	-	Chelsea
Fulham		-	Brentford
Sunderland	-	Aston Villa
Arsenal		-	Manchester City

06 Sep 27-28

Brentford	-	Manchester Utd
Aston Villa	-	Fulham
Chelsea		-	Brighton
Crystal Palace	-	Liverpool
Leeds Utd	-	Bournemouth
Manchester City	-	Burnley
Notts. Forest	-	Sunderland
Tottenham	-	Wolves
Newcastle Utd	-	Arsenal
Everton		-	West Ham Utd

Premier League 2024-25:
Top goalscorers

Salah	Liverpool	29
Isak	Newcastle Utd	23
Haaland	Man City		22
Mbeumo	Brentford	20
Wood	Notts. Forest	20
Wissa	Brentford	19
Watkins	A. Villa		16

LEAGUE FORM: Final positions

		2022	2023	2024	2025
Arsenal		5th	2nd	2nd	2nd
Aston Villa	14th	7th	4th	6th
Bournemouth	–	15th	12th	9th
Brentford	13th	9th	16th	10th
Brighton		9th	6th	11th	8th
Chelsea		3rd	12th	6th	4th
Crystal Palace	12th	11th	10th	12th
Everton		16th	17th	15th	13th
Fulham		–	10th	13th	11th
Liverpool	2nd	5th	3rd	1st
Man City		1st	1st	1st	3rd
Man Utd		6th	3rd	8th	15th
Newcastle Utd	11th	4th	7th	5th
Notts. Forest	–	16th	17th	7th
Tottenham	4th	8th	5th	17th
West Ham Utd	7th	14th	9th	14th
Wolves		10th	13th	14th	16th

Promoted teams 2025-26:
Burnley, Leeds Utd, Sunderland

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All fixtures subject to change to fit TV schedules
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Source: Premier League