Arsenal Premier League 2025/26 fixtures simulated as Man City and Newcastle nightmare revealed

The fixtures for the 2025/26 Premier League season will be released at 9am on Wednesday, with the top flight's 20 clubs finding out exactly when they will play each other.

will be hoping to go one better next season after finishing second in three consecutive years. are the team to beat after being crowned champions in May, while the likes of Man City, , Newcastle and Aston Villa are expected to be up there.

Leeds, Burnley and Sunderland are the league's newcomers and an opening fixture against any one of the promoted sides is usually a tough encounter. Unlike the case with regard to European competitions, there is no seeding for fixtures, meaning anyone can be pitted against anyone.

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The new Premier League campaign starts on the weekend of August 15/16/17, with the first match played on a Friday night. The final gameweek of the 2025/26 season will be played on May 24, 2026.

Ahead of the fixtures being released at 9am on Wednesday, football.london used a fixture simulator to determine the opening six rounds of games. According to the simulator, were dealt an extremely tough opening few weeks of the season.

side travel to Newcastle on the opening day, before entertaining Chelsea at the following week. A short journey to Crystal Palace is on the menu for gameweek 3, before Arteta is reunited with and Manchester City in gameweek 4.

The following week is also tricky with a trip to Brighton on the cards, before Manchester United make the journey to the capital to take on the Gunners. Other fixtures to note in the simulation is the first North London Derby of the season, scheduled for Emirates Stadium in gameweek 11. Arteta's side also travel to Liverpool in gameweek 15. Below, we list the simulated Premier League fixtures in full for the opening six weeks of the campaign.

Simulated fixtures for first six gameweeks of 2025/26 Premier League season

Gameweek 1

Sunderland vs Liverpool

Man City vs Brighton

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth

Crystal Palace vs Man Utd

West Ham vs Fulham

Chelsea vs Everton

Tottenham vs Burnley

Newcastle vs Arsenal

Brentford vs Wolves

Leeds vs Nottingham Forest

Gameweek 2

Brighton vs Sunderland

Bournemouth vs Liverpool

Man Utd vs Man City

Fulham vs Aston Villa

Everton vs Crystal Palace

Burnley vs West Ham

Arsenal vs Chelsea

Wolves vs Tottenham

Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle

Leeds vs Brentford

Gameweek 3

Sunderland vs Bournemouth

Brighton vs Man Utd

Liverpool vs Fulham

Man City vs Everton

Aston Villa vs Burnley

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal

West Ham vs Wolves

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

Tottenham vs Leeds

Newcastle vs Brentford

Gameweek 4

Man Utd vs Sunderland

Fulham vs Bournemouth

Everton vs Brighton

Burnley vs Liverpool

Arsenal vs Man City

Wolves vs Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace

Leeds vs West Ham

Brentford vs Chelsea

Newcastle vs Tottenham

Gameweek 5

Sunderland vs Fulham

Man Utd vs Everton

Bournemouth vs Burnley

Brighton vs Arsenal

Liverpool vs Wolves

Man City vs Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa vs Leeds

Crystal Palace vs Brentford

West Ham vs Newcastle

Chelsea vs Tottenham

Gameweek 6

Everton vs Sunderland

Burnley vs Fulham

Arsenal vs Man Utd

Wolves vs Bournemouth

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton

Leeds vs Liverpool

Brentford vs Man City

Newcastle vs Aston Villa

Tottenham vs Crystal Palace

Chelsea vs West Ham