The 2026-27 Premier League season will get underway on Friday, August 21, when champions Arsenal host Coventry City.
Arsenal begin their title defence at the Emirates against Frank Lampard’s newly-promoted side, while Manchester City start their new post-Pep Guardiola era at home to Bournemouth.
Coventry are back in the Premier League after 25 years away, and fellow promoted side Hull City are pitted against Manchester United. Ipswich Town, who also sealed a return to the top flight, face Sunderland.
In the highlight fixture of the opening weekend, Newcastle United and Liverpool meet at St James’ Park on Sunday, August 23.
Premier League 2026-27 opening weekend fixtures
All times BST
Friday, August 21
Saturday, August 22
Sunday, August 23
Monday, August 24
Premier League 2026-27 final day fixtures
All times BST
Sunday, May 30
Premier League fixtures by club
Click or tap on the team names below to see a full fixture list for your Premier League club.
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Bournemouth
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
Everton
Fulham
Hull City
Ipswich Town
Leeds United
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur
Sunderland
Broadcast picks
Premier League champions Arsenal will raise the curtain on the 2026-27 season at the Emirates Stadium on August 21, when they host newly-promoted Coventry City, managed by former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard, on Friday night.
Championship play-off winners Hull City will host Manchester United in their first Premier League match since 2017, with the game kicking off at 12.30pm on Saturday, August 22. Brentford then host Tottenham Hotspur in an all-London contest at 5.30pm.
The first Sunday of the season will feature Manchester City’s first league match since Pep Guardiola’s departure, with Bournemouth visiting the Etihad Stadium at 2pm on August 23. Europa League champions Aston Villa begin their campaign at the same time with a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion. Andoni Iraola then begins his tenure as Liverpool manager with a trip to Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United at 4.30pm.
The opening weekend concludes with a west London derby on Monday night, as Chelsea travel to Fulham on August 24.
Key derby dates
North London derbies:
Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal — Saturday, December 5
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur — Saturday, May 1
Manchester derbies:
Manchester United v Manchester City — Saturday, September 12
Manchester City v Manchester United — Saturday, March 20
Merseyside derbies:
Everton v Liverpool — Saturday, November 28
Liverpool v Everton — Saturday, January 30
Tyne-Wear derbies:
Newcastle United v Sunderland — Saturday, December 5
Sunderland v Newcastle United — Saturday, May 1
North-west derbies:
Liverpool v Manchester United — Saturday, November 21
Manchester United v Liverpool — Saturday, January 23
Key dates for the 2026-27 season
The summer transfer window officially opened on Monday, June 15 and closes on Tuesday, September 1 at 11pm (BST).
Clubs will have a further opportunity to do business during the winter transfer window, which will open on Friday, January 1 and close on Friday, February 1 at 11pm (GMT).
The season begins with the 2026 Community Shield between league champions Arsenal and FA Cup winners Manchester City on Sunday, August 16.
The 11 Premier League teams not participating in European competition will enter the Carabao Cup at the second round, while the nine teams who qualified for Europe will join in round three. These are set to take place in August.
Premier League teams will enter the FA Cup at the third round stage, which takes place across the weekend of January 9 to 10.
The 2026-27 Premier League season will conclude on Sunday, May 30, 2027.
Those in the Champions League will begin their European campaigns between September 8-10, following the league phase draw on August 27. The 2026-27 Champions League final takes place on June 5, 2027 at Atletico Madrid’s Estadio Metropolitano.
The Europa League ‘league phase’ begins on September 16, with the draw taking place on August 28. The final will be played at Deutsche Bank Park, formerly known as Waldstadion, the home of Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany on May 26, 2027.
The Conference League, meanwhile, commences its league phase on October 15. Brighton will have to go through a two-legged play-off on August 20 and 27 in order to make it into the hat for the draw on August 28. The final will take place at Besiktas Park on June 2.