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Manchester City Premier League 2025-26 Fixtures: Full Schedule, Key Matches and More

Full breakdown of the Blues’ 2025-26 EPL campaign.

Pep Guardiola will aim to regain his lost crown in the 2025-26 Premier League season, as Manchester City start their new campaign in August. The Blues begin their fresh outing away at Wolves, and conclude the season vs Unai Emery’s Aston Villa in May.

City finished the previous season in third position. Despite having a dreadful phase in the middle, Guardiola managed to gather momentum towards the end. Yet, the fact that Etihad’s faithful were left disheartened at the campaign speaks volumes of the loftily high standards that the Catalan genius has set.

The beginning of the upcoming season will be extremely challenging for Man City. They will face the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Arsenal in a dreadful first five encounters. Nonetheless, the Blues have bolstered their setup this year – with big name signings such as Rayan Cherki, Tijjani Reinders and Rayan Ait-Nouri.

Here is the detailed look at Manchester City’s league fixtures for the 2025-26 season:

Manchester City Premier League 2025-26 Full Schedule

2025:

Match	Home/Away	Date	Time (UK)	Venue
Wolves	Away	16 August	5:30 PM	Molineux Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur	Home	23 August	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Brighton	Away	30 August	3 PM	American Express Stadium
Manchester United	Home	13 September	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Arsenal	Away	20 September	3 PM	Emirates Stadium
Burnley	Home	27 September	2 PM	Etihad Stadium
Brentford	Away	4 October	3 PM	Gtech Community Stadium
Everton	Home	18 October	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Aston Villa	Away	25 October	3 PM	Villa Park
Bournemouth	Home	1 November	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Liverpool	Home	8 November	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Newcastle United	Away	22 November	3 PM	St. James’ Park
Leeds United	Home	29 November	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Fulham	Away	3 December	8 PM	Craven Cottage
Sunderland	Home	6 December	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Crystal Palace	Away	13 December	3 PM	Selhurst Park
West Ham United	Home	20 December	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Nottingham Forest	Away	27 December	3 PM	City Ground
Sunderland	Away	30 December	8 PM	Stadium of Light

2026:

Match	Home/Away	Date	Time (UK)	Venue
Chelsea	Home	3 January	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Brighton	Home	7 January	8 PM	Etihad Stadium
Manchester United	Away	17 January	3 PM	Old Trafford
Wolves	Home	24 January	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur	Away	31 January	3 PM	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Liverpool	Away	7 February	3 PM	Anfield
Fulham	Home	11 February	8 PM	Etihad Stadium
Newcastle United	Home	21 February	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Leeds United	Away	28 February	3 PM	Elland Road
Nottingham Forest	Home	4 March	8 PM	Etihad Stadium
West Ham United	Away	14 March	3 PM	London Stadium
Crystal Palace	Home	21 March	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Chelsea	Away	11 April	3 PM	Stamford Bridge
Arsenal	Home	18 April	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Burnley	Away	25 April	3 PM	Turf Moor
Everton	Away	2 May	3 PM	Everton Stadium
Brentford	Home	9 May	3 PM	Etihad Stadium
Bournemouth	Away	17 May	3 PM	Vitality Stadium
Aston Villa	Home	24 May	4 PM	Etihad Stadium

Manchester City Key Games

Our 2025/26 @PremierLeague fixture list is out! 📆 pic.twitter.com/m7fPtwVD9D
— Manchester City (@ManCity) June 18, 2025

City’s fixtures are extremely top heavy, giving Pep Guardiola and his warriors a plethora of headaches early on. City take on Spurs, Man United, Arsenal and Brighton in their opening five fixtures. The highly anticipated Pep vs Slot match-ups will be on 8 November and 7 February.

Coming to the Manchester Derby fixtures, they will take place on 13 September and 17 January for the return game. The month of April will see the Blues taking on Chelsea and Arsenal, before a relatively easy finish in May. However, Ruben Dias and co. cap off their campaign with a tough encounter against Aston Villa.

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A passionate sports fan through and through, I am currently pursuing my MA in Global Sports Journalism. I specialise in tennis and football writing at The Playoffs News, and I have prior experience working at EssentiallySports and Sportskeeda. Born and raised in Bengaluru, India, sport was my safe space right from my childhood. After trying my hand at multiple sports and representing my educational institutions in cricket, badminton and table tennis, I found sports media to be my calling.