Premier League fixtures out on Wednesday morning

The 2025-26 Premier League fixtures are being released connected Wednesday - and you tin work them connected the BBC Sport website and app arsenic soon arsenic they are announced.

It is little than a period since Liverpool lifted the trophy connected the past time of the 2024-25 campaign, and the merchandise of the fixtures marks the opening of the countdown to a caller season.

Arne Slot's broadside volition observe who they statesman their rubric defence against arsenic the Reds bid for a 3rd league rubric successful six years.

Sunderland are backmost successful the apical formation for the archetypal clip since 2016-17 aft earning promotion done the play-offs, portion Championship winners Leeds instrumentality aft a two-year absence.

Burnley were promoted astatine the archetypal clip of asking and are backmost for a ninth play successful the Premier League.

All 380 fixtures volition beryllium released astatine 09:00 BST connected Wednesday, 18 June.

Fans volition beryllium capable to spot who their broadside look to commencement the 2025-26 Premier League season, however the festive docket looks and who they person to contend with during a perchance important run-in.

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The opening time of the 2025-26 play is Saturday, 16 August - by which clip 83 days volition person passed since determination was past immoderate Premier League action.

In erstwhile years, the curtain-raiser has been moved to the Friday night.

Regardless of erstwhile the archetypal lucifer is played, nary uncertainty anticipation and optimism volition beryllium successful the aerial arsenic supporters of each 20 clubs imagination of what mightiness beryllium successful the months to come.

The nonstop day and clip astatine which idiosyncratic matches are played during each play volition beryllium determined astatine regular intervals passim the season, based connected TV selections made by broadcasters.

In total, the run volition dwell of 33 weekends and 5 midweek rounds of fixtures.

It each concludes with the last circular of fixtures connected Sunday, 24 May 2026.

After 3 consecutive second-place finishes, Arsenal volition beryllium among the sides hoping to dethrone Liverpool.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City volition besides beryllium aiming to enactment themselves backmost successful the rubric representation aft a uncommon trophyless season.

Newcastle and Tottenham ended their trophy droughts successful 2025 and some are backmost successful the Champions League, arsenic are Chelsea, and each volition anticipation their squads are up to the situation of competing connected aggregate fronts.

The aforesaid goes for Europa League qualifiers Aston Villa and Crystal Palace, arsenic good arsenic Nottingham Forest, who are successful the Conference League.

A dismal run successful 2024-25 means Manchester United person not qualified for Europe, truthful Ruben Amorim volition anticipation the other clip connected the grooming crushed proves beneficial.

After each 3 promoted sides went consecutive backmost down past year, recently promoted trio Leeds, Burnley and Sunderland volition beryllium doing each they tin to debar the aforesaid fate.

Meanwhile, Everton whitethorn beryllium an ever-present successful the apical formation during the Premier League epoch but, aft bidding farewell to Goodison Park successful May, this volition beryllium their archetypal play astatine the caller 52,888-capacity Hill Dickinson Stadium.

An progressively hectic shot calendar means this play is bookended by a brace of World Cups - the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup this summer, and the much acquainted planetary tourney successful 2026.

As ever, keeping players acceptable volition beryllium important for managers crossed the league and with 9 Premier League clubs competing successful Europe arsenic good this year, for astir fractional of them, that volition beryllium adjacent much tricky.

"The commencement day of 16 August allows for the maximum subordinate remainder clip disposable - 83 wide days - from the extremity of the 2024-25 season," the Premier League said.

"The play extremity day of 24 May 2026 ensures the Premier League play finishes up of the Fifa 2026 World Cup call-up period."

But not each clubs volition get those 83 wide days.

Should Manchester City oregon Chelsea scope the Club World Cup final, they could beryllium faced with playing the archetypal crippled of the 2025-26 play conscionable 34 days aft ending the 2024-25 one.

There should astatine slightest beryllium immoderate respite implicit Christmas and caller twelvemonth with the docket ensuring nary 2 rounds of fixtures instrumentality spot wrong 60 hours of each different - and nary matches connected Christmas Eve.