The Premier League have announced Aston Villa’s fixture list for the upcoming 2025/26 season, including all key dates for the campaign.
Given we ultimately play each team twice at some point over the course of the season, it’s always seemed somewhat bizarre that there is such an importance placed on the release of fixtures.
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That said, there are certain key factors such as getting a home game to start the new campaign or where we end the season and how our Christmas schedule looks that certainly do stand out when the schedule is confirmed.
As per the club’s site, Villa will begin the new season against Newcastle Utd at Villa Park on August 16.
While there are opportunities to put runs of good form together against sides that we would be expected to compete with and have a strong chance of beating, there are also parts of the schedule where we’ll face teams likely to be competing at the top end of the table in consecutive games.
In turn, there will be testing times during the course of the campaign as there is every year, but it’s hoped that by the time the new season begins in August, Unai Emery has a squad at his disposal that will give him the best chance possible of building on our sixth-place finish last year, as well as competing in the other three competitions.
Villa will have to manage a hectic schedule again given our participation in the Europa League, albeit there is a boost in the form of being at home after six of our eight league phases games which crucially should put less strain on the players in terms of travel in the early part of the season.
Our European matchday dates are also included in the fixture list below, but the full focus for now will be on the transfer window and our pre-season preparations to ensure we’re in the best possible place when Newcastle visit on August 16.
AUGUST
16 – Newcastle United (H)
23 – Brentford (A)
30 – Crystal Palace (H)
SEPTEMBER
September international break
13 – Everton (A)
20 – Sunderland (A)
24-25 – Europa League matchweek 1
27 – Fulham (H)
OCTOBER
2 – Europa League matchday 2
4 – Burnley (H)
October international break
18 – Tottenham (A)
23 – Europa League matchday 3
15 – Manchester City (H)
NOVEMBER
1 – Liverpool (A)
6 – Europa League matchday 4
8 – Bournemouth (H )
November international break
22 – Leeds United (A)
27 – Europa League matchday 5
29 – Wolves (H)
DECEMBER
3 – Brighton (A)
6 – Arsenal (H)
11 – Europa League matchday 6
13 – West Ham (A)
20 – Manchester United (H)
27 – Chelsea (A)
30 – Arsenal (A)
JANUARY
3 – Nottingham Forest (H)
7 – Crystal Palace (A)
17 – Everton (H)
22 – Europa League matchday 7
24 – Newcastle (A)
29 – Europa League matchday 8
31 – Brentford (H)
February
7 – Bournemouth (A)
11 – Brighton (H)
21 – Leeds United (H)
28 – Wolves (A)
MARCH
4 – Chelsea (H)
12 – Europa League round of 16 first leg
14 – Manchester United (A)
19 – Europa League round of 16 second leg
21 – West Ham (H)
March international break
APRIL
9 – Europa League quarter-final first leg
11 – Nottingham Forest (A)
16 – Europa League quarter-final second leg
18 – Sunderland (H)
25 – Fulham (A)
30 – Europa League semi-final first leg
MAY
2 – Tottenham (H)
7 – Europa League semi-final second leg
9 – Burnley (A )
17 – Liverpool (H)
20 – Europa League final
24 – Manchester City (A)
