The Premier League fixtures for 2025/26 have been published this morning.

And quick as a flash, our Season Ticker is also live for the new season!

Here is the schedule for the first six Gameweeks, colour coded by difficulty (red = hardest, blue = easier):

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KICK-OFF AT ANFIELD

The season will, as has become tradition, get underway on a Friday night.

Reigning champions Liverpool will host Bournemouth on August 15, with Gameweek 1 spread over four days.

Remember that Mohamed Salah has never blanked in Gameweek 1…

GAMEWEEK 1 FIXTURES

MIXED STARTS FOR THE PROMOTED CLUBS

It’s not entirely straightforward for Sunderland but the Mackems do top our early ticker for the first six Gameweeks.

The Gameweek 2 clash with Burnley helps boost their appeal, while the first two home matches – against West Ham United and a Frank-less Brentford – are pretty decent.

Burnley’s meeting with the Black Cats is pretty much the Clarets’ only favourable game in the opening six Gameweeks. That’s under the assumption that Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United aren’t as awful as they were in 2024/25, of course…

As for Leeds United, it’s not too bad outside of Gameweeks 2-3. Clashes with Burnley and West Ham United in Gameweeks 8-9 (ie outside of our lookahead above) also make it a decent first quarter of 2025/26.

FRANK CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AT SPURS

Thomas Frank couldn’t have wished for a much better Gameweek 1 fixture as he takes charge of his new Spurs side.

The Lilywhites are at home to Burnley on the opening weekend.

Other than the Gameweek 2 trip to Manchester City, and perhaps the Gameweek 8 hosting of Aston Villa, it’s a fairly favourable start for the UEFA Europa League champions:

NOT SO GOOD FOR ARSENAL, MAN UTD + NEWCASTLE

Languishing at the wrong end of the ticker are three of the big guns.

It’s not wall-to-wall tricky fixtures, it has to be said.

Newcastle United will fancy their chances in Gameweeks 3-5, while they took points off Liverpool and Arsenal at St James’ Park last season.

The first two games for the Gunners are not bad, either, especially the Gameweek 2 visit of newly promoted Leeds United.

As for Manchester United, Ruben Amorim would have wished for a simpler start as he attempts to recover from a sorry 2024/25. They do at least entertain Burnley in Gameweek 3.

Nevertheless, for those managers prioritising favourable medium-term fixtures with their Gameweek 1 drafts, it’s not plain sailing for the likes of Matheus Cunha, Alexander Isak and Bukayo Saka.

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PERFECT PAIRINGS

As regular as clockwork, Portsmouth Bubblejet has once again given us the perfect rotation pairings for the upcoming season.

INTERNATIONAL BREAKS BUT NO WINTER BREAK

We’ll get a total of three Gameweeks before our first international break in September.

Further international fortnights will follow after Gameweeks 7, 11 and 31.

There will again be no winter break this season, however.

FESTIVE FIXTURES

There are four Gameweeks (17-20) over the festive period. Five if you include the additional midweek Gameweek 21, which follows on January 6/7.

As was the case last season, they are more spaced out to avoid the 48-hour turnarounds we’ve encountered in previous years.

Gameweek 18 is currently scheduled to start on December 27 (a Saturday) but we’d expect at least some of the fixtures to be brought forward to Boxing Day, as is tradition.

MIDWEEK GAMEWEEKS

Our first midweek round of matches is Gameweek 14, which takes place on December 2-3.

There will be five midweek Gameweeks in all, with two of them happening around New Year (Gameweeks 19 and 21).

NOT AS MANY BLANKS/DOUBLES AGAIN?

As was the case in 2024/25, there should be fewer Blank and Double Gameweeks in 2025/26 than there have been in previous years.

The FA Cup quarter-finals are again being hosted on their own weekend, so there are no clashes there. We expect the only minor fixture clashes to take place with the EFL Cup final (Gameweek 31), FA Cup semi-finals (Gameweek 34) and FA Cup final (Gameweek 37).

There are potential doubles in Gameweeks 33 and 36 as these avoid a clash with European fixtures.

As we saw with the Merseyside derby last season, however, the weather could always give us an additional blank/double.