The 2025–26 Premier League was the 34th season of the Premier League and the 127th season of top-flight English football. The fixtures were released on 18 June 2025. The season consisted of 33 weekend and five midweek rounds of matches.
Liverpool were the defending champions, but were unable to defend their title, with Arsenal winning their fourth Premier League title and 14th English title with one match to spare, ending their 22-year Premier League drought since they last won in 2004, following Manchester City's 1–1 draw away against Bournemouth on 19 May 2026, combined with their 1–0 win at home against Burnley the previous day.
This was 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 at 19:00 GMT on 2 February 2026.
Title race
The early pace-setters were Liverpool, who won their first five games and spent nearly all of August and September combined on top of the Premier League table. However, Arsenal went top of the table on 4 October after a 2–0 win over West Ham United was followed on the same day by a 2–1 defeat for Liverpool against Chelsea; they would remain virtually top for the rest of the season, leading the table for a total of 238 days. Their lead from Manchester City fluctuated and at one point on 22 April, City were ahead of Arsenal on goals scored. However, Arsenal won their next four games and with City's draws at Everton on 4 May and Bournemouth on 19 May, they were crowned champions with one game to spare.
On 24 May, Arsenal were presented with the Premier League trophy after a 2–1 away win against Crystal Palace on the final day of the season.[7]
