2025–26 Premier League

2025–26 Premier League

The 2025–26 Premier League is the 34th season of the Premier League and the 127th season of top-flight English football. The fixtures were released on 18 June 2025 at 09:00 BST. The season will consist of 33 weekend and five midweek rounds of matches.

Liverpool are the defending champions, having won their second Premier League title (and 20th English top-flight crown overall) in the previous season.

This is the first season to feature the Tyne–Wear derby in the Premier League since the 2015–16 season, following Sunderland's promotion via the Championship play-offs.

The summer transfer window opened on 16 June 2025 and closed at 19:00 BST on 1 September 2025. The winter window opened on 1 January 2026 and closed on 2 February 2026.

Summary

2025–26 Premier League

The first managerial departure of the season came on the late evening of 8 September 2025, when Nottingham Forest sacked Nuno Espírito Santo as his relationship with owner Evangelos Marinakis had deteriorated. He was swiftly replaced the same day, by former Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou, who signed a two-year contract with the club.

The second managerial departure came on 27 September 2025, when West Ham United sacked Graham Potter after a string of bad results in the last half of the previous season and the start of the new season, amassing only one win in five in the Premier League, and losing the other four games. On the same day, Potter was replaced by recently sacked manager Nuno Espírito Santo.

The third managerial departure came on 18 October 2025, when Nottingham Forest sacked Ange Postecoglou 20 minutes after a 0–3 home loss to Chelsea, and after only 39 days in charge, following a run of extremely poor results, where Postecoglou had failed to win all eight of his matches in charge of Nottingham Forest. Postecoglou was replaced by former Burnley and Everton manager Sean Dyche on 21 October 2025.

The fourth managerial departure came on 2 November 2025, when Wolverhampton Wanderers sacked Vítor Pereira following an extremely poor run of results in the Premier League, where they lost eight out of 10 games, with two draws, as well as being rock-bottom in the league, being in 20th for almost the entirety of the season. Rob Edwards was named as his successor and Wolves were 20th at the time of the managerial change.

The fifth managerial departure came on 1 January 2026 when Enzo Maresca left Chelsea following a run of one win in 7 league games and a reported breakdown in relations between manager and ownership over the structure of the club. The club was fifth at the time of his departure. On 6 January, Liam Rosenior was appointed as Maresca's replacement.

The sixth managerial departure came on 5 January 2026 when Manchester United sacked Ruben Amorim following his dispute with the club's recruitment department. The club were sixth at the time of his departure. On 13 January, Michael Carrick was named as Amorim's successor, having had Darren Fletcher as interim head coach in between.

The seventh managerial departure came on 11 February 2026 when Tottenham Hotspur sacked Thomas Frank following a run of two wins in 17 league games. The club were in 16th position at the time of his departure. On 14 February 2026, Igor Tudor was announced as Frank's successor until the end of the season.

The eighth managerial departure came on 12 February 2026 when Sean Dyche was sacked by Nottingham Forest after less than four months in charge of the club following a goalless home draw to basement side Wolverhampton Wanderers, which left Forest 17th in the table. On 15 February 2026, Vítor Pereira was announced as his replacement.

The ninth managerial departure came on 29 March 2026 when Igor Tudor departed Tottenham Hotspur by mutual consent, after the club had picked up just one point in their last five league games. The club were 17th at the time of Tudor's departure. On 31 March 2026, Roberto De Zerbi was announced as Tudor's successor on a five-year contract.

Developments

This is the first full season with semi-automated offside technology in use, following its introduction during the previous season on 12 April 2025.

Puma also replaced Nike as the official match ball supplier, ending a 25-year partnership between the Premier League and Nike, from the 2000–01 season to the 2024–25 season. Ref-cam technology also appeared in selected matches during its opening round with a view to making the new technology a permanent feature of live TV games for the rest of the season.

Teams

2025–26 Premier League

Twenty teams are competing in the league: the top seventeen teams from the previous season and three promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams are Leeds United, Burnley, and Sunderland, returning to the top flight after absences of two, one, and eight years, respectively. They replaced Leicester City, Ipswich Town, and Southampton, who were relegated to the Championship after a single season in the Premier League. This marked the second consecutive season, and only the third time in English top-flight history, in which all three promoted teams were relegated after just one season.

Stadiums and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Arsenal</td><td>London (Holloway)</td><td>Emirates Stadium</td><td>60,704</td></tr><tr><td>Aston Villa</td><td>Birmingham</td><td>Villa Park</td><td>43,205</td></tr><tr><td>Bournemouth</td><td>Bournemouth</td><td>Dean Court</td><td>11,307</td></tr><tr><td>Brentford</td><td>London (Brentford)</td><td>Brentford Community Stadium</td><td>17,250</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton & Hove Albion</td><td>Falmer</td><td>Falmer Stadium</td><td>31,876</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>Burnley</td><td>Turf Moor</td><td>21,990</td></tr><tr><td>Chelsea</td><td>London (Fulham)</td><td>Stamford Bridge</td><td>40,044</td></tr><tr><td>Crystal Palace</td><td>London (Selhurst)</td><td>Selhurst Park</td><td>25,194</td></tr><tr><td>Everton</td><td>Liverpool (Vauxhall)</td><td>Hill Dickinson Stadium</td><td>52,769</td></tr><tr><td>Fulham</td><td>London (Fulham)</td><td>Craven Cottage</td><td>27,782</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds United</td><td>Leeds</td><td>Elland Road</td><td>37,645</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>Liverpool (Anfield)</td><td>Anfield</td><td>61,276</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester City</td><td>Manchester</td><td>City of Manchester Stadium</td><td>52,900</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester United</td><td>Trafford</td><td>Old Trafford</td><td>74,244</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle United</td><td>Newcastle upon Tyne</td><td>St James' Park</td><td>52,264</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham Forest</td><td>West Bridgford</td><td>City Ground</td><td>31,042</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>Sunderland</td><td>Stadium of Light</td><td>48,707</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>London (Tottenham)</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur Stadium</td><td>62,850</td></tr><tr><td>West Ham United</td><td>London (Stratford)</td><td>London Stadium</td><td>62,500</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers</td><td>Wolverhampton</td><td>Molineux Stadium</td><td>31,750</td></tr></tbody></table>

For the 2025–26 season, the combined stadium capacity of the 20 Premier League clubs is 846,049, with an average of 42,302. This is the first season Everton will play at their new stadium, the Hill Dickinson Stadium, following their move from Goodison Park.

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor (chest)</th><th>Shirt sponsor (sleeve)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Arsenal</td><td>Mikel Arteta</td><td>Martin Ødegaard</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Emirates</td><td>Visit Rwanda</td></tr><tr><td>Aston Villa</td><td>Unai Emery</td><td>John McGinn</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Betano</td><td>Trade Nation</td></tr><tr><td>Bournemouth</td><td>Andoni Iraola</td><td>Adam Smith</td><td>Umbro</td><td>bj88</td><td>LEOS International</td></tr><tr><td>Brentford</td><td>Keith Andrews</td><td>Nathan Collins</td><td>Joma</td><td>Hollywoodbets</td><td>Cazoo</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton & Hove Albion</td><td>Fabian Hürzeler</td><td>Lewis Dunk</td><td>Nike</td><td>American Express</td><td>Experience Kissimmee</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>Scott Parker</td><td>Josh Cullen</td><td>Castore</td><td>96.com</td><td>Sure</td></tr><tr><td>Chelsea</td><td>Liam Rosenior</td><td>Reece James</td><td>Nike</td><td>IFS1</td><td>FPT</td></tr><tr><td>Crystal Palace</td><td>Oliver Glasner</td><td>Dean Henderson</td><td>Macron</td><td>NET88</td><td>Kaiyun Sports</td></tr><tr><td>Everton</td><td>David Moyes</td><td>Séamus Coleman</td><td>Castore</td><td>Stake.com</td><td>Christopher Ward</td></tr><tr><td>Fulham</td><td>Marco Silva</td><td>Tom Cairney</td><td>Adidas</td><td>SBOTOP</td><td>HiBob</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds United</td><td>Daniel Farke</td><td>Ethan Ampadu</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Red Bull</td><td>Parimatch</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>Arne Slot</td><td>Virgil van Dijk</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Standard Chartered</td><td>Expedia</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester City</td><td>Pep Guardiola</td><td>Bernardo Silva</td><td>Puma</td><td>Etihad Airways</td><td>OKX</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester United</td><td>Michael Carrick</td><td>Bruno Fernandes</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Qualcomm Snapdragon</td><td>DXC Technology</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle United</td><td>Eddie Howe</td><td>Bruno Guimarães</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Sela</td><td>Noon</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham Forest</td><td>Vítor Pereira</td><td>Ryan Yates</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Bally's</td><td>Ideagen</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>Régis Le Bris</td><td>Granit Xhaka</td><td>Hummel</td><td>W88</td><td>LiveScore Bet</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Roberto De Zerbi</td><td>Cristian Romero</td><td>Nike</td><td>AIA</td><td>Kraken</td></tr><tr><td>West Ham United</td><td>Nuno Espírito Santo</td><td>Jarrod Bowen</td><td>Umbro</td><td>BoyleSports</td><td>QuickBooks</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers</td><td>Rob Edwards</td><td>Toti Gomes</td><td>Sudu</td><td>DEBET</td><td>JD Sports</td></tr></tbody></table>

• ^ Chelsea ran sponsorless until 20 February 2026.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tottenham Hotspur	Ange Postecoglou	Sacked	6 June 2025	Pre-season	Thomas Frank	12 June 2025
Brentford	Thomas Frank	Signed by Tottenham Hotspur	12 June 2025	Keith Andrews	27 June 2025
Nottingham Forest	Nuno Espírito Santo	Sacked	8 September 2025	10th	Ange Postecoglou	9 September 2025
West Ham United	Graham Potter	27 September 2025	19th	Nuno Espírito Santo	27 September 2025
Nottingham Forest	Ange Postecoglou	18 October 2025	18th	Sean Dyche	21 October 2025
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Vítor Pereira	2 November 2025	20th	Jamie Collins (interim)	2 November 2025
Jamie Collins	End of interim spell	12 November 2025	20th	Rob Edwards	12 November 2025
Chelsea	Enzo Maresca	Mutual consent	1 January 2026	5th	Calum McFarlane (caretaker)	1 January 2026
Manchester United	Ruben Amorim	Sacked	5 January 2026	6th	Darren Fletcher (interim)	5 January 2026
Chelsea	Calum McFarlane	End of caretaker spell	8 January 2026	8th	Liam Rosenior	8 January 2026
Manchester United	Darren Fletcher	End of interim spell	13 January 2026	6th	Michael Carrick	13 January 2026
Tottenham Hotspur	Thomas Frank	Sacked	11 February 2026	16th	Igor Tudor	14 February 2026
Nottingham Forest	Sean Dyche	12 February 2026	17th	Vítor Pereira	15 February 2026
Tottenham Hotspur	Igor Tudor	Mutual consent	29 March 2026	Roberto De Zerbi	31 March 2026

League table

2025–26 Premier League

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Arsenal (X)</td><td>31</td><td>21</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>61</td><td>22</td><td>+39</td><td>70</td><td>Qualification for the Champions League league phase</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Manchester City (Y)</td><td>30</td><td>18</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>60</td><td>28</td><td>+32</td><td>61</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Manchester United</td><td>31</td><td>15</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>56</td><td>43</td><td>+13</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Aston Villa</td><td>31</td><td>16</td><td>6</td><td>9</td><td>42</td><td>37</td><td>+5</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>31</td><td>14</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>50</td><td>42</td><td>+8</td><td>49</td><td>Qualification for the Europa League league phase</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>31</td><td>13</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>53</td><td>38</td><td>+15</td><td>48</td><td>Qualification for the Conference League play-off round</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Brentford</td><td>31</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>11</td><td>46</td><td>42</td><td>+4</td><td>46</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Everton</td><td>31</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>11</td><td>37</td><td>35</td><td>+2</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Fulham</td><td>31</td><td>13</td><td>5</td><td>13</td><td>43</td><td>44</td><td>−1</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Brighton & Hove Albion</td><td>31</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>41</td><td>37</td><td>+4</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Sunderland</td><td>31</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>32</td><td>36</td><td>−4</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>31</td><td>12</td><td>6</td><td>13</td><td>44</td><td>45</td><td>−1</td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Bournemouth</td><td>31</td><td>9</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>46</td><td>48</td><td>−2</td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Crystal Palace</td><td>30</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>11</td><td>33</td><td>35</td><td>−2</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Leeds United</td><td>31</td><td>7</td><td>12</td><td>12</td><td>37</td><td>48</td><td>−11</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Nottingham Forest</td><td>31</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>15</td><td>31</td><td>43</td><td>−12</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>31</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>15</td><td>40</td><td>50</td><td>−10</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>West Ham United</td><td>31</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>16</td><td>36</td><td>57</td><td>−21</td><td>29</td><td>Relegation to EFL Championship</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Burnley</td><td>31</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>19</td><td>33</td><td>61</td><td>−28</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers</td><td>31</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>20</td><td>24</td><td>54</td><td>−30</td><td>17</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season statistics

Top scorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Erling Haaland</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Igor Thiago</td><td>Brentford</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Antoine Semenyo</td><td>Bournemouth / Manchester City</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>João Pedro</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Danny Welbeck</td><td>Brighton & Hove Albion</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Hugo Ekitike</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Viktor Gyökeres</td><td>Arsenal</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Dominic Calvert-Lewin</td><td>Leeds United</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Harry Wilson</td><td>Fulham</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Morgan Gibbs-White</td><td>Nottingham Forest</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Bruno Guimarães</td><td>Newcastle United</td></tr><tr><td>Raúl Jiménez</td><td>Fulham</td></tr><tr><td>Eli Junior Kroupi</td><td>Bournemouth</td></tr><tr><td>Bryan Mbeumo</td><td>Manchester United</td></tr><tr><td>Cole Palmer</td><td>Chelsea</td></tr><tr><td>Richarlison</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td></tr><tr><td>Benjamin Šeško</td><td>Manchester United</td></tr><tr><td>Ollie Watkins</td><td>Aston Villa</td></tr></tbody></table>

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Crystal Palace	Bournemouth	3–3 (H)	18 October 2025
Eberechi Eze	Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1 (H)	23 November 2025
Kevin Schade	Brentford	Bournemouth	4–1 (H)	27 December 2025
Igor Thiago	Everton	4–2 (A)	4 January 2026
Cole Palmer	Chelsea	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1 (A)	7 February 2026
João Pedro	Aston Villa	4–1 (A)	4 March 2026

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	David Raya	Arsenal	15
2	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Manchester City	11
Jordan Pickford	Everton
4	Dean Henderson	Crystal Palace	10
5	Đorđe Petrović	Bournemouth	9
Robert Sánchez	Chelsea
7	Alisson	Liverpool	8
Caoimhín Kelleher	Brentford
Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa
Robin Roefs	Sunderland

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10 • Lewis Dunk (Brighton & Hove Albion)

• Most red cards: 2 • Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 79 • Brighton & Hove Albion

• Fewest red cards: 0 • Arsenal • Brighton & Hove Albion • Fulham • Manchester City

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month	Goal of the Month	Save of the Month	References
Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Arne Slot	Liverpool	Jack Grealish	Everton	Dominik Szoboszlai	Liverpool	James Trafford	Manchester City
September	Oliver Glasner	Crystal Palace	Erling Haaland	Manchester City	Martín Zubimendi	Arsenal	Gianluigi Donnarumma
October	Ruben Amorim	Manchester United	Bryan Mbeumo	Manchester United	Emiliano Buendía	Aston Villa	Martin Dúbravka	Burnley
November	Enzo Maresca	Chelsea	Igor Thiago	Brentford	Tyler Adams	Bournemouth	Jordan Pickford	Everton
December	Unai Emery	Aston Villa	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Leeds United	Harry Wilson	Fulham	David Raya	Arsenal
January	Michael Carrick	Manchester United	Igor Thiago	Brentford	Harrison Reed	Alphonse Areola	West Ham United
February	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Antoine Semenyo	Manchester City	Dominic Solanke	Tottenham Hotspur	Jordan Pickford	Everton