Premier League schedule released: Man United vs Arsenal on opening weekend

Premier League champions Liverpool to play the season’s archetypal lucifer connected August 15 erstwhile they big Bournemouth astatine Anfield.

A Sunday day clash betwixt Manchester United and Arsenal is the prime of the matches connected the opening play of the English Premier League’s 2025-2026 play arsenic Liverpool volition statesman their rubric defence by hosting Bournemouth connected August 15 .

The Premier League released its fixture docket for the caller play connected Wednesday, giving teams and their fans a accidental to commencement readying little than a period since the past run finished.

Manchester City, who are eyeing a seventh Premier League rubric nether Pep Guardiola, instrumentality a travel to Wolverhampton Wanderers for their play opener connected August 16 .

It’s a tricky opening for Arne Slot’s champions with a travel to Newcastle connected the 2nd weekend, followed by a location lucifer against Arsenal – different squad successful the Champions League – a week later.

Arsenal, who finished 2nd for a 3rd consecutive twelvemonth past season, volition play Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City and Newcastle successful their opening six matches.

Everton bade farewell to their longtime location astatine Goodison Park astatine the extremity of past season, and the archetypal crippled astatine their state-of-the-art, 53,000-capacity stadium astatine Bramley-Moore Dock volition beryllium against Brighton connected August 23.

Thomas Frank’s archetypal Premier League crippled successful complaint of Tottenham volition beryllium astatine location to promoted Burnley connected August 16. That comes 3 days aft Frank’s competitory debut with Tottenham, the Europa League champion, against Champions League victor Paris Saint-Germain successful the UEFA Super Cup.

Sunderland’s archetypal Premier League crippled since the 2016-2017 play is astatine location to West Ham portion Leeds big Everton archetypal aft returning to the apical formation pursuing a two-year absence.

The caller play concludes connected May 24.

The caller play starts here.

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— Premier League (@premierleague) June 18, 2025