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EPL – Gameweek 1
Champions Arsenal get the 2026/27 Premier League underway on Friday, 21st August, when they host newly promoted Coventry City in an evening match at the Emirates.
Play-off winners Hull City host Manchester United on their return to the EPL on Saturday lunchtime, whilst Manchester City start life without Pep Guardiola with a home fixture against Bournemouth on Sunday.
The Cherries’ ex-manager, Andoni Iraola, starts his Premier League tenure as Liverpool manager with an away tie against Newcastle. Gameweek 1 ends with another two new faces in EPL dugouts as Xabi Alonso takes his Chelsea side to play Fulham on Monday evening, who are yet to announce Marco Silva’s replacement at the time of writing.
Premier League – Gameweek 1
These are the matches for the opening round of the 2026/27 Premier League season. Click on each game to discover the latest prices.
Friday 21/08/2026
Saturday 22/08/2026
Hull City vs Manchester United
Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United
Brentford vs Tottenham Hotspur
Sunday 23/08/2026
Manchester City vs Bournemouth
Monday 24/08/2026
Ahead of Gameweek 1, the Community Shield sees Arsenal play Manchester City. This season’s curtain-raiser between the EPL and FA Cup winners will be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on Sunday, 16th August.
Managerial changes for the 2026/27 season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Reason for departure | Date | New manager | Date appointed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | Andoni Iraola | End of contract | 24/05/2026 | Marco Rose | 01/06/2026 |
| Chelsea | Calum McFarlane | End of interim spell | 24/05/2026 | Xabi Alonso | 01/07/2026 |
| Manchester City | Pep Guardiola | Resigned | 24/05/2026 | Enzo Maresca | 29/06/2026 |
| Crystal Palace | Oliver Glasner | End of contract | 27/05/2026 | Pierre Sage | 15/06/2026 |
| Liverpool | Arne Slot | Dismissed | 30/05/2026 | Andoni Iraola | 04/06/2026 |
| Fulham | Marco Silva | End of contract | 02/06/2026 | Álvaro Arbeloa | 07/07/2026 |
| Ipswich Town | Kieran McKenna | Resigned | 10/06/2026 | Gary O’Neil | 23/06/2026 |
| Nottingham Forest | Vítor Pereira | Dismissed | 02/07/2026 | Oliver Glasner | 06/07/2026 |
EPL 2026/27 – Key dates
- Summer transfer window opens: 15th June.
- Community Shield: 16th August.
- Season starts: 22nd August.
- Summer transfer window closes: 31st August.
- International break (Nations League): 21st September – 6th October.
- International break (Nations League): 9th – 17th November.
- Winter transfer window opens: 1st January.
- Winter transfer window closes: 1st February.
- International break (Nations League/Euro 2028 qualifiers): 22nd – 30th March.
- Final round of matches: 30th May.
Premier League 2026/27 betting odds
Arsenal are the early favourites to retain their EPL title in 2026/27. In what promises to be a fascinating season, three of the top five teams in the betting will start their campaigns with new managers.
| Team | EPL winner odds |
|---|---|
| Arsenal | 2.55 |
| Manchester City | 3.70 |
| Liverpool | 6.85 |
| Manchester United | 7.40 |
| Chelsea | 10.75 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 22.00 |
| Aston Villa | 28.00 |
| Newcastle United | 41.00 |
| Brighton | 165.00 |
| Bournemouth | 215.00 |
| Everton | 265.00 |
| Brentford | 276.00 |
| Leeds United | 475.00 |
| Nottingham Forest | 475.00 |
| Crystal Palace | 525.00 |
| Fulham | 525.00 |
| Sunderland | 775.00 |
| Coventry City | 2251.00 |
| Ipswich Town | 2251.00 |
| Hull City | 3501.00 |
Summer Transfer Window
Here are some of the significant player transfers in and out following the end of the 2025/26 season and through the summer transfer window.
Arsenal
- In: Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen).
- Out: Leandro Trossard (Beşiktaş), Jakub Kiwior (Porto).
Aston Villa
- In: Modou Kéba Cissé (LASK).
- Out: Enzo Barrenechea (Benfica), Youri Tielemans (Manchester United), Donyell Malen (Roma).
Bournemouth
- In: Álvaro Rodríguez (Elche).
- Out: Marcos Senesi (Tottenham).
- Loans out: Álex Jiménez (Fiorentina).
Brentford
- In: Jaidon Anthony (Burnley), Jannik Schuster (Red Bull Salzburg), Callum Wilson (West Ham).
- Out: Frank Onyeka (Coventry City).
Brighton
- In: Zadok Yohanna (AIK Stockholm), Pascal Struijk (Leeds United), Costinha (Olympiacos), Luka Vušković (Tottenham), Michael Svoboda (Venezia).
- Out: Jan Paul van Hecke (Tottenham), Diego Coppola (Paris FC).
Chelsea
- In: Marco Palestra (Atalanta), Geovany Quenda (Sporting Lisboa), Emmanuel Emegha (Strasbourg).
- Out: Tyrique George (Everton), Andrey Santos (Manchester United), Marc Cucurella (Real Madrid).
Coventry City
- In: Frank Onyeka (Brentford), Loum Tchaouna (Burnley), Aurèle Amenda (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Crystal Palace
- In: Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo).
Everton
- In: Tyrique George (Chelsea), Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough), Merlin Röhl (SC Freiburg).
Fulham
- In: Jonah Kusi-Asare (Bayern Munich).
- Out: Harry Wilson (Leeds), Raúl Jiménez (Wolves).
Hull City
- In: Jack Butland (Rangers).
- Out: Ivor Pandur (Rangers).
Ipswich Town
- In: Chuba Akpom (Ajax), Cédric Kipré (Reims), Emersonn (Toulouse).
Leeds United
- In: Harry Wilson (Fulham).
- Out: Illan Meslier (Arsenal), Pascal Struijk (Brighton), Karl Darlow (Manchester United).
Liverpool
- In: Víctor Muñoz (Osasuna), Jérémy Jacquet (Rennes).
- Out: Ibrahima Konaté (Real Madrid), Andy Robertson (Tottenham).
Manchester City
- In: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).
- Out: Nathan Aké (Fenerbahçe), Bernardo Silva (Real Madrid).
Manchester United
- In: Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), Andrey Santos (Chelsea).
- Out: Rasmus Højlund (Napoli).
Newcastle United
- In: Sean Steur (Ajax), Ewen Jaouen (Reims), Bazoumana Touré (Hoffenheim).
- Out: Anthony Gordon (Barcelona), Sandro Tonali (Tottenham), Kieran Trippier (Wolves).
Nottingham Forest
- Out: Elliot Anderson (Manchester City).
Sunderland
- In: Thomas Meunier (Lille).
- Out: Eliezer Mayenda (Rennes).
Tottenham Hotspur
- In: Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth), Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), Martin Dúbravka (Burnley), Andy Robertson (Liverpool), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle), Mateus Fernandes (West Ham).
- Out: Luka Vušković (Brighton).
- Loans out: Radu Drăgușin (Fiorentina).
Who qualified for the 2026/27 Champions League?
In total, England will have five teams playing in next season’s Champions League.
The top five teams in the final EPL table, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Aston Villa, and Liverpool, have all qualified for next season’s Champions League based on their league position.
In the 2025/26 season, there were six English teams in the UCL. Arsenal performed the best, losing to PSG on penalties in the final. Liverpool were eliminated in the quarter-finals, while Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle and Tottenham Hotspur all exited at the Round of 16 stage.
Who qualified for the 2026/27 Europa League?
Bournemouth and Sunderland qualified for the Europa League after sixth and seventh-place finishes in the EPL, respectively. Crystal Palace also earned a place in the Europa League courtesy of winning the 2025/26 Conference League.
Who qualified for the 2026/27 Conference League?
The final European place based on Premier League positions was taken by Brighton, who, by virtue of their eighth-place finish, will contest the 2026/27 Conference League.
Which teams were relegated to the Championship?
Only one of the three promoted teams from the previous season made an instant return to the Championship, with Burnley the team unable to maintain their place in the Premier League.
They will be joined in the Championship by Wolverhampton Wanderers, who finished bottom place of the EPL, and West Ham United, who finished two points adrift of safety in 18th position.
Which teams were promoted from the Championship?
Coventry City finished eleven points clear at the top of the Championship under manager Frank Lampard and returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 2000/01 season. Ipswich Town finished in second place and regained their spot in the top division after being relegated the previous season.
The final promotion place was taken by Hull City, who won the play-offs despite finishing only sixth in the regular season. The Yorkshire side last played in the Premier League in the 2016/17 season.
Premier League table 2025/26
The final Premier League table for the 2025/26 season was:
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 27 | 44 | 85 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 77 | 35 | 32 | 78 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 69 | 50 | 19 | 71 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 49 | 7 | 65 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 63 | 53 | 10 | 60 |
| 6 | Bournemouth | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 57 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 48 | -6 | 54 |
| 8 | Brighton | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 46 | 6 | 53 |
| 9 | Brentford | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 53 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 52 |
| 11 | Fulham | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 51 | -4 | 52 |
| 12 | Newcastle | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 55 | -2 | 49 |
| 13 | Everton | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 50 | -3 | 49 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 56 | -7 | 47 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 51 | -10 | 45 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 51 | -3 | 44 |
| 17 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 57 | -9 | 41 |
| 18 | West Ham | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 46 | 65 | -19 | 39 |
| 19 | Burnley | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 75 | -37 | 22 |
| 20 | Wolves | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 68 | -41 | 20 |
Pld = Played
W = Won
D = Drawn
L = Lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goal difference
Pts = Points
2025/26 Premier League stats
The top five players for goals, assists and clean sheets during last season were:
Goalscorers
| Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erling Haaland | Manchester City | 27 |
| 2 | Igor Thiago | Brentford | 22 |
| 3 | Antoine Semenyo | Bournemouth / Man City | 17 |
| 4 | Ollie Watkins | Aston VIlla | 16 |
| 5 | Morgan Gibbs-White | Nottingham Forest | 15 |
| 5 | João Pedro | Chelsea | 15 |
Assists
| Player | Club | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United | 21 |
| 2 | Rayan Cherki | Manchester City | 12 |
| 3 | Jarrod Bowen | West Ham | 11 |
| 4 | Erling Haaland | Manchester City | 8 |
| 5 | Dominik Szoboszlai | Liverpool | 7 |
| 5 | James Garner | Everton | 7 |
| 5 | Harry Wilson | Fulham | 7 |
| 5 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 7 |
Clean sheets
| Player | Club | Clean sheets | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Raya | Arsenal | 19 |
| 2 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Manchester City | 15 |
| 3 | Dean Henderson | Crystal Palace | 11 |
| 3 | Đorđe Petrović | Bournemouth | 11 |
| 3 | Jordan Pickford | Everton | 11 |
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