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

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

The best of the matches for Liverpool’s opening weekend of the English Premier League’s 2025-2026 season is a Sunday afternoon clash between Manchester United and Arsenal, who will host Bournemouth on August 15 to begin their title defense against Bournemouth.

On Wednesday, the Premier League’s fixture schedule was released, giving fans and teams a chance to begin planning after the previous campaign had already ended less than a month away.

Manchester City travel to Wolverhampton Wanderers on August 16 for their season opener, which is looking for a seventh Premier League title under Pep Guardiola.

The champions of Arne Slot’s organization have a difficult start with a trip to Newcastle on the first weekend, followed by a home game against Arsenal, a different Champions League team, a week later.

In their opening six games, Arsenal, who finished second for the third consecutive year last year, will face Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Manchester United.

Everton bide adieu to their long-awaited home at Goodison Park at the end of the current season, and Brighton will host their first game against Brighton at their 53, 000-capacity stadium on August 23.

On August 16, Thomas Frank’s first Premier League game will be against promoted Burnley. Three days after Frank made his competitive debut against Paris Saint-Germain, the Europa League champion, in the UEFA Super Cup, Frank made his competitive debut with Tottenham.

Leeds host Everton first after returning to the top flight after two years of being away for the first time since the 2016-2017 season, while Sunderland’s first Premier League game is at home to West Ham.

On May 24, the new season comes to an end.

Source: Aljazeera

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