Premier League 2026/27, fixtures, table, & Latest News

There is a reason the Premier League remains football's weekly soap opera.

One weekend you are discussing a title race. The next, somebody's manager is under pressure, a promoted club is behaving like it owns the place and a £100-million signing is being asked why he cannot complete a five-yard pass.

And we are only a few weeks into the 2026/27 campaign.

For readers new to the competition, the basic idea is simple: 20 clubs play each other home and away, producing 38 matches per team and 380 matches across the season. A win earns three points, a draw one and a defeat nothing. At the end of the campaign, the club with the most points is champion, while the bottom three are relegated to the Championship.

That sounds straightforward.

The table usually finds a way to make it considerably less so.

The Early Premier League Table

After three matches, Manchester City and Arsenal are setting the early pace with nine points apiece, while Hull City have made an eye-catching start in third place. Chelsea and Brentford are also among the early contenders near the top, with Liverpool sitting sixth.

Arsenal's start has been particularly significant.

The reigning champions have won all three league games, including a 2-1 comeback against Chelsea last weekend after falling behind to Morgan Rogers inside 77 seconds. Kai Havertz equalised before Martin Ødegaard completed the turnaround, leaving Arsenal level with City on nine points.

City, meanwhile, have matched Arsenal's perfect record.

At this stage, however, nobody should be ordering the championship parade bus. Three games is enough to create a storyline, not enough to write the ending.

The Weekend Fixtures

The fourth matchweek brings another substantial menu of football.

Saturday, September 12

1. Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest
2. Bournemouth vs Brentford
3. Chelsea vs Hull City
4. Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Town
5. Liverpool vs Fulham
6. Tottenham Hotspur vs Everton
7. Sunderland vs Arsenal

Sunday, September 13

1. Coventry City vs Brighton
2. Manchester United vs Manchester City

Monday, September 14

1. Leeds United vs Newcastle United

The official Premier League fixture list confirms the schedule, although kick-off times can move during the season because of television selections and European commitments.

One unusual feature this weekend is the absence of the traditional Saturday 12:30pm Premier League kick-off. Sunderland vs Arsenal has been moved to 8pm because of Arsenal's Champions League involvement.

So, for once, Saturday morning belongs to breakfast rather than football.

Hull City Are Giving the Big Boys Something to Think About

One of the early surprises has been Hull City.

The newly promoted side have taken seven points from their opening three matches and, remarkably, have not conceded a league goal going into their trip to Chelsea.

That is quite an introduction to life back in the Premier League.

Their visit to Stamford Bridge therefore carries more intrigue than the fixture might have suggested when the schedule was released.

Chelsea, meanwhile, have already shown two different sides of themselves. They lost 2-1 to Arsenal last weekend but responded with a 6-3 Carabao Cup victory over Leeds in midweek. Their attacking numbers have been impressive, but defensive injuries remain a concern.

Football rarely allows a team to enjoy a quiet week.

Liverpool Finally Get Moving

Liverpool have endured a more complicated opening than many expected.

Their first league win arrived at Ipswich, where Alexander Isak scored twice in a 2-0 victory. The Swedish striker's arrival has therefore wasted little time making headlines.

Liverpool now face Fulham at Anfield.

Fulham, under Álvaro Arbeloa, have lost their opening three league matches, leaving the pressure building remarkably early in the season.

For Liverpool, it is an opportunity to build momentum.

For Fulham, it is the sort of fixture where the phrase "must respond" starts appearing in newspapers with suspicious enthusiasm.

The Manchester Derby Arrives Early

Sunday brings the first Manchester derby of the season as Manchester United host Manchester City at Old Trafford.

City arrive in better early-season shape, having won their first three league matches, while United's start has been less convincing.

There is also a fascinating subplot in the dugouts, with Michael Carrick leading United and Enzo Maresca now in charge of City.

Then there is Erling Haaland.

The Norwegian is already among the early Golden Boot leaders with three league goals, level with Liverpool's Isak and Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes.

A Manchester derby has never needed much encouragement to become theatrical. Add two managers trying to establish themselves and a striker who treats goalposts like personal targets, and Old Trafford should have plenty to say about it.

The Golden Boot Race Has Started

Three matches into the season, the scoring charts are already taking shape.

Erling Haaland, Alexander Isak and Bruno Fernandes lead with three goals each. A group of players follows on two, including Josh King, João Pedro, Rayan Cherki, Anthony Elanga, Bryan Mbeumo, Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers, Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Martin Ødegaard.

It is still far too early to crown anybody.

The Golden Boot is a marathon disguised as a weekly sprint. Injuries, penalties, European fixtures and the inevitable barren spell will all have their say.

Haaland, though, remains an obvious name in the conversation. He has already reached 100 Premier League goals and remains one of the competition's most relentless finishers.

What About the Bottom of the Table?

The other end of the table is where the season can become particularly cruel.

Coventry City and Fulham remain without a point, while the early relegation picture is already beginning to take shape.

But nobody should be writing relegation obituaries in September.

The Premier League is a long campaign. A bad month can be repaired; a good month can disappear. Newly promoted sides especially need time to discover whether their Championship form can survive the considerably sharper demands of the top flight.

That is why the table in September should be read as a weather report, not a verdict.

The Numbers Worth Watching

For anyone trying to understand the Premier League beyond the headline results, several statistics are worth following throughout the season:

Points: the most important number because it determines league position.

Goal difference: goals scored minus goals conceded. It can become decisive when teams finish level on points.

Goals scored: useful for understanding attacking output.

Goals conceded: often reveals whether a good start is built on genuine defensive strength or simply a goalkeeper having a heroic few weeks.

Clean sheets: a useful measure of defensive consistency.

Expected goals (xG): a statistical estimate of the quality of chances a team creates and concedes. It is not a prediction of the score; rather, it helps explain whether results are being supported by the quality of chances.

For newcomers, that last statistic can sound like football has suddenly become a mathematics exam. It hasn't.

Think of xG as another lens through which to judge performance.

The Season Is Already Taking Shape

The early picture is intriguing.

Arsenal and Manchester City have started perfectly. Hull have arrived from the Championship with a defence that has yet to blink. Liverpool have found their first league victory. Chelsea are scoring freely but still have questions at the back. Tottenham are struggling for goals, while Manchester United have plenty to prove before Sunday's derby.

And that is precisely why the Premier League is so addictive.

The table tells you who is winning.

The fixtures tell you what is coming.

The statistics tell you why it might be happening.

But the matches, with all their misplaced passes, last-minute winners and defenders suddenly forgetting what defending means, remain the part nobody can completely predict.

This weekend has another ten chapters ready to be written.

And judging by the opening three matchweeks, the Premier League has already misplaced the script.