Sunderland host Arsenal as Premier League plays seven Saturday games

Seven Premier LeaguePremier LeagueEngland5 CLUBS95 MATCHES matches are scheduled for Saturday, with Sunderland hosting ArsenalArsenalPremier League · England1st POS26–7–5 W-D-L at 8pm BST in the final fixture of the day and Tottenham Hotspur meeting Everton at 5.30pm. Tottenham and Aston VillaAston VillaEngland are each reported to be chasing a first league win of the season.

2025/26

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CLUBS

5

MATCHES

95

GOALS

336

LEADER

Arsenal

Season 2025/26

Saturday's Premier League fixtures

• Bournemouth v Brentford, 3pm BST
• Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest, 3pm
• Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town, 3pm
• ChelseaChelseaEngland v Hull CityManchester CityPremier League · England2nd POS23–9–6 W-D-L, 3pm
• LiverpoolLiverpoolPremier League · England5th POS17–9–12 W-D-L v Fulham, 3pm
• Tottenham Hotspur v Everton, 5.30pm
• Sunderland v Arsenal, 8pm

Five of the seven games sit in the 3pm slot, so the afternoon is built around simultaneous kick-offs. Everton's visit to Tottenham follows at 5.30pm, and Sunderland v Arsenal is the last match on the card, giving it the closing hours of the day largely to itself. No postponement, relocation or change of kick-off time has been announced for any of the seven fixtures.

Tottenham and Aston Villa look for a first league win

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Both clubs are described in the same terms in the matchday build-up: each is hunting a first league win of the season. Aston Villa's chance comes at home to Nottingham Forest at 3pm. Tottenham's comes around two and a half hours later against Everton, the second of the day's two later kick-offs. Neither club has said anything publicly about that characterisation, and no points totals, table positions or form lines have been attached to it.

Arsenal close the day at Sunderland

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Arsenal's visit to Sunderland is the standout assignment by scheduling alone, as the only fixture listed after 5.30pm and the final one of the seven. Arsenal travel as the away side, and nothing about their likely selection, squad availability or approach has been disclosed. Sunderland, for their part, have not had any team news confirmed either.

What is not yet known

No starting line-ups have been confirmed for any of the seven matches, and no injury, suspension or availability news has been issued for the clubs involved. There is no word on how any of the sides intend to set up, which leaves the fixture list itself as the only fully settled part of the day. Whether the two clubs reportedly seeking a first league win get one will not be known until those games finish.

What happens next

Play starts at 3pm with the five simultaneous fixtures, continues at 5.30pm and ends with the 8pm kick-off at Sunderland. What the results mean for the table, and for any of the managers involved, cannot be described until the matches have been played. The build-up also does not set out what comes after Saturday for any of the fourteen clubs in action.