A two-week mandatory break, offers a pre-season of around two weeks should they arrive at the final in New Jersey next month.

Jack Rathborn18 June 2025 08:03



The three golden rules of the Premier League fixtures and 2025/26 schedule

The third fixtures rule concerns the festive period.

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Fans can safely know they will not see their team play home or away for both Boxing Day and New Year's Day fixtures.

This ensures a fair distribution of travel and allows fans to watch their team during the traditional festive season.

Jack Rathborn18 June 2025 07:45

The three golden rules of the Premier League fixtures and 2025/26 schedule

The second rule to consider is a team will not start or finish the season with two home or two away matches.

There was an exception in the 2023/24 campaign when Luton Town started away for two games because Kenilworth Road had not finished its refurbishment work to comply with Premier League regulations.

Jack Rathborn18 June 2025 07:36

The three golden rules of the Premier League fixtures and 2025/26 schedule

Teams can be comfortable knowing that over the period of five matches, they will get an even split between home and away games.

Jack Rathborn18 June 2025 07:29

What is considered before the fixtures list is released?

Teams can make a special claim to play a fixture at home or away on a certain weekend.

A good example is when other sports or events take place in the same city or use the same stadium.

On 11 October, the Super League Grand Final takes place at Old Trafford, so you can expect United to be playing away that weekend.

Jack Rathborn18 June 2025 07:22

What is considered before the fixtures list is released?

The Premier League considers policing capacity and the geographical proximity of teams.

So you will not see, for example, Liverpool and Everton playing at home on the same weekend.

French IT company Atos, based just outside of Paris, are in charge.

Numerous factors and a great deal of information is considered before the order of matches can be put into the system.

So you can imagine international, Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League games are all taken into consideration.

Jack Rathborn18 June 2025 07:05

Man City enter a new era at Club World Cup and two arrivals hold the key

With the Premier League fixtures set to be released later this morning, the Club World Cup rumbles on, with Man City making their debut later tonight...

In December, Real Madrid won the inaugural Intercontinental Cup.

Hindsight shows it was one of the last triumphs of a team; they won that season’s Premier League but even men as perceptive as Pep Guardiola and Txiki Begiristain failed to notice the evidence of decline until it was too late.

Jack Rathborn18 June 2025 06:50

Liverpool ready to defend their title after Reds cruised to title in Arne Slot's debut campaign

German superstar Florian Wirtz is set to join Liverpool in a deal that could see him become the most expensive player ever signed by a Premier League club.

The 22-year-old, who has become one of the most coveted players in world football during his time at Bayer Leverkusen, was a target for Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich, though Arne Slot’s side quickly moved to the front of the race for his signature.

Wirtz, who was an integral part of Leverkusen’s undefeated run to a Bundesliga title in 2023/24, has scored 57 goals in 197 games for the club, as well as seven goals in 31 appearances for his national side.

But why has the German picked Liverpool as his next club, and when will the deal be finalised?

Jack Rathborn17 June 2025 17:10

Premier League set to release fixtures on Wednesday morning

When are the Premier League fixtures announced?

The fixtures for the 2025-26 Premier League season will be confirmed at 9am on Wednesday 18 June.

When does the 2025-26 season start and end?

The campaign will begin on the weekend of 16 and 17 August, 83 days after the end of the last campaign.

Premier League bosses have refused to give Chelsea and Manchester City extra time off with the two clubs providing English representation at the Club World Cup.

The season will run until Sunday 24 May 2026 and consist of 33 weekends and five midweek rounds.

Jack Rathborn17 June 2025 17:09


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