Guide to everything that you need to know ahead of 2025-26 Premier League season.
With the new season now within sight, Liverpool will seek to defend their league title for the first time since a run of three titles between 1981-84, but will face tough competition from Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea after a big-spending summer for the quartet.
Leeds, Burnley and Sunderland will meanwhile look to end a two-season streak where the promoted trio have all gone straight back down to the Championship, whilst the race for European qualification is expected to be much closer if Manchester United and Tottenham can rediscover their mojo.
Now here is a guide to everything that you need to know about 2025-26 Premier League season.
When will 2025-26 Premier League Season Start and Finish?
The season will start on Friday 15 August 2025 and conclude on Sunday 24 May 2026.
How Many Teams will be Involved?
The following 20 teams will participate in the Premier League this season.
| Team | Stadium | Manager |
| AFC Bournemouth | Vitality Stadium | Andoni Iraola |
| Arsenal | Emirates Stadium | Mikel Arteta |
| Aston Villa | Villa Park | Unai Emery |
| Brentford | Gtech Community Stadium | Keith Andrews |
| Brighton | AMEX Stadium | Fabian Hürzeler |
| Burnley | Turf Moor | Scott Parker |
| Chelsea | Stamford Bridge | Enzo Maresca |
| Crystal Palace | Selhurst Park | Oliver Glasner |
| Everton | Hill Dickinson Stadium | David Moyes |
| Fulham | Craven Cottage | Marco Silva |
| Leeds United | Elland Road | Daniel Farke |
| Liverpool | Anfield | Arnie Slot |
| Manchester City | Etihad Stadium | Pep Guardiola |
| Manchester United | Old Trafford | Ruben Amorim |
| Newcastle United | St James’ Park | Eddie Howe |
| Nottingham Forest | City Ground | Nuno Espirito Santo |
| Sunderland | Stadium of Light | Regis Le Bris |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | Thomas Frank |
| West Ham | London Stadium | Graham Potter |
| Wolves | Molineux | Vitor Pereira |
How does Premier League Work?
All 20 teams will play each other home and away across 38 matches, with the team collecting the most points (win – three points, draw – one point, loss – zero points crowned champions at end of season.
The champions plus those ranked second to fourth will qualify for next season’s UEFA Champions League, whilst the fifth-placed team will qualify for the UEFA Europa League.
Sixth and seventh-placed teams could also qualify for European competitions next season, but only if both cup competitions are won by teams who finish in the top five in the league table.
It is theoretically possible that up to 11 teams in total could qualify for next season’s UEFA competitions – if hypothetically any of this season’s qualified teams win the title in their UEFA competitions and fail to qualify domestically, and the league secures a bonus Champions League spot.
The three teams who finish bottom of the league table will be relegated to the Championship for next season.
How to Watch Premier League in 2025-26 Season
Selected fixtures will be broadcast across TNT Sport and Sky Sports in the UK in individual slots throughout the season under a new broadcasting contract until end of 2028-29 season.
Sky will broadcast a minimum of 215 matches in total, with fixtures which are moved away from Saturday 3pm slot due to fixture scheduling issues or police-related reasons now set to be broadcast live alongside regular main picks unlike in previous contracts.
Sky’s contract also guaranteed them the first pair of four midweek rounds plus right to broadcast every final-day fixture live.
TNT will retain its current Saturday 12:30pm slot with option to flex their pick into the 8pm slot if a team is away in Europe on the preceding Wednesday, whilst the latter pair of four midweek rounds will also be broadcast live.
BBC will continue to air Free-To-Air (FTA) highlights rights encompassing all 380 matches per season again with additional digital platform rights.
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