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Manchester United are preparing for their second season under manager Ruben Amorim.
After what was a season filled with disappointment last term, Manchester United will be desperate to get into the new campaign and improve upon their 2024-25 performance. The Red Devils finished 15th in the Premier League, in what was their worst finish in Premier League history.
Man United will be looking ahead to several key fixtures next season, including matches against rivals Liverpool and Arsenal, and of course, the Manchester derby. Furthermore, Amorim will want to ensure his side gets off to a good start, so they’ll be hoping for some manageable fixtures at the start of the season.
Man United’s fixtures next season
The Premier League fixtures have not been released yet, they come out on Wednesday, 18 June, at 9am for all 20 teams, including Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland, who were promoted from the Championship last season.
All 380 matches will be revealed on Wednesday, with the opening Premier League game week coming on Saturday, 16 August. The final round of matches is due to begin on Sunday, 24 May.
Following the season's end, the 2026 World Cup will take place. Therefore, injuries late in the season could become real problems for international teams, making fixture congestion and squad depth increasingly important.
How does the Premier League decide the order of fixtures?
The fixture order process is somewhat complicated, as the Premier League needs to take several things into account when creating the order, such as congestion, home and away composition, and leaving room for FA Cup, International and European matches.
This is what the Premier League says on their website: “We start when we know the composition of each division, so after the last Football League playoff. We place each club in a pairing grid, which defines the dates they will be at home.
“For every date in the season, the fixture computer knows which clubs are at home and who are away and then it will mix them up randomly to determine the matches. In any five matches there should be a split of three home fixtures, two away or the other way around. A team will never have more than two home or away matches in a row, and, wherever possible, you will be home and away around FA Cup ties. A club will never start or finish the season with two home or two away matches because it would be unfair for a team to finish with two aways.
“Around the Christmas period, if you are at home on Boxing Day you will be away on New Year's Day or an equivalent date. We also try to maintain a Saturday home-away sequence throughout the season wherever possible. Most clubs will have a partner club with whom they cannot clash, such as Manchester United and Manchester City, or Liverpool and Everton. In London, it gets a bit more complex and less obvious.”
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