Liverpool open Premier League season against Bournemouth, Man Utd host Arsenal

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Champions Liverpool volition big Bournemouth connected the opening play of the 2025-26 Premier League season, with Manchester United playing Arsenal astatine Old Trafford.

Liverpool, who won the league successful Arne Slot's archetypal play successful charge, volition statesman their rubric defence astatine Anfield successful the curtain-raiser connected Friday, 15 August.

Newly promoted Sunderland, backmost successful the apical formation for the archetypal clip since 2016-17, commencement their run astatine location against West Ham the pursuing day.

Championship winners Leeds invited Everton to Elland Road for the Monday nighttime game, portion Burnley - promoted backmost to the apical formation astatine the archetypal clip of asking - question to Europa League holders Tottenham, who volition beryllium led by Thomas Frank successful a league lucifer for the archetypal time.

Everton fans volition person to hold until the 2nd circular of fixtures for their archetypal league crippled astatine the Hill Dickinson Stadium, erstwhile they volition look Brighton.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City volition anticipation to bounce backmost from a uncommon trophyless play with a beardown commencement against Wolverhampton Wanderers astatine Molineux.

The season, which consists of 380 games implicit 33 weekends and 5 midweek rounds, volition reason connected Sunday, 24 May.

The Premier League has said the commencement day of 15 August - 82 days connected from the extremity of the 2024-25 play - "allows for the maximum subordinate remainder clip available".

During the festive period, clubs volition not beryllium asked to play doubly successful little than 60 hours.

It volition beryllium the archetypal play with the new Premier League TV woody successful place, with each crippled extracurricular of the Saturday 3pm blackout to beryllium broadcast unrecorded by either Sky Sports oregon TNT Sports.