The fixture list for the 2025/26 Premier League season has been announced, as clubs and fans up and down England discover who their teams will play and when
The fixture list for the 2025/26 Premier League season has officially been released, and every club vying for top-flight supremacy has found out their potential paths to glory. Liverpool enter the new campaign as reigning champions, after Arne Slot delivered them the crown in his debut term.
Arsenal, who have played second fiddle for the past three seasons, will be hoping to go one better this campaign, and have an early chance to prove their worth when they head to Old Trafford on the opening weekend before a trip to Anfield in late August. They’ll host rivals Tottenham in November, with the reverse North London Derby taking place in early February.
Manchester City will have enforcer Rodri back in action for the new season, and take on Wolves during the league’s opening weekend, with a Manchester Derby to look forward to in September, as well as a battle with the Gunners one week later.
Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United are in dire need of bouncing back from a lacklustre 15th top-flight finish last time out, and after their clash with Arsenal, face Fulham and Burnley. Mirror Football brings you all the key dates ahead of the upcoming Premier League season, including when it starts and ends.
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When does the 2025/26 Premier League season start?
As was the case last year, the new campaign will officially get up and running on a Friday evening in August, when Liverpool host Bournemouth at Anfield as the reigning Premier League champions on August 15.
This also remains in line with the Premier League’s return to a later start date after several years of slightly earlier restarts. Next term will begin a full 11 days after the 2022/23 campaign got underway, though that was motivated by the Qatar World Cup interrupting the schedule midway through the calendar.
It also means teams will have to play less football before the summer transfer window closes on September 1. Many have urged organisers to shut the transfer window before the season gets underway at all, though this timing still leaves clubs with a fortnight to do business after the campaign starts.
Is there a winter break in the 2025/26 Premier League season?
The Premier League will continue to adhere to a more manageable workload for players in 2025/26. After being pressured to fall in line with the scheduling policies of countries like Germany and Spain, England’s elite will also have more respite over the Christmas and New Year period.
This means no two rounds will take place within 60 hours of each other, a decision made to ease the burden on players during a congested part of the calendar. It also means that for the second season in a row, there will be no fixtures played on Christmas Eve.
Anticipation will also be high around this time of year as the winter transfer window returns. The opening for clubs to conclude mid-season business will open on January 1, 2026 and close on February 2.
When does the 2025/26 Premier League season end?
Between August and May, the Premier League will host matchdays across 33 weekends and five midweek rounds. It’s also now guaranteed that players will have 83 clear rest days over the course of those nine months, where no games are played.
The campaign will conclude with 10 simultaneous kick-offs on Sunday, May 24. This has been scheduled to leave enough time ahead of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, which gets underway on June 11.
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