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The Premier League season starts at Anfield - get all the odds & Opta stats

We've got the latest odds and the best Opta stats for all 10 fixtures in the opening round of the new 2025/26 Premier League season including the kick-off night at Anfield and Super Sunday at Old Trafford.

Friday August 15

Liverpool v Bournemouth - 8pm (Sky Sports)

Home 3/10 | Draw 10/3 | Away 6/1

Champions Liverpool are the 15/8 favourites to defend their Premier League title and will want to make a fast start with a trip to Newcastle next in a tough opening run. Having won 11 of the last 12 against Bournemouth they'll be confident of three points.

Bournemouth have just one point from eight Premier League visits to Anfield, losing by an aggregate of 23-2, and that form will be music to the ears of Mo Salah, who holds the Premier League record with nine opening day goals and 14 goal involvements, so he'll be fancied to strike here.

Both sides have sound opening day form with Liverpool on the current unbeaten Premier League run of 12 season openers without defeat (W9 D3).

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Saturday August 16Aston Villa v Newcastle - 12.30pm

Home 6/4 | Draw 5/2 | Away 13/8

Villa beat Newcastle 4-1 in April but it was the Magpies who bagged Champions League football, so there'll be an edge to this game at Villa Park - where the Toon Army have lost in five of their last six visits.

Newcastle did hammer Villa 5-1 when they met on the opening day two years ago, so there's form for some big wins for either side here - and Villa wouldn't even mind a repeat of that result as they responded with a fine season that ended in securing Champions League football.

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Brighton v Fulham - 3pm

Home 17/20 | Draw 11/4 | Away 29/10

One of those games here where both sides will fancy making a winning start, although the Cottagers have a poor record down at the Amex with just one win in seven - including a 2-1 defeat in March that ended their nine-game winning run.

Both sides will also be eyeing Europe this season after being in the mix last season but coming up short, and they've also got decent starts to the campaign, according to Opta's difficulty rating of the first five games.

James Milner could play in his 17th opening day fixture, which would move him just one behind Frank Lampard in the all-time list.

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Nottingham Forest v Brentford - 3pm

Home 11/10 | Draw 5/2 | Away 23/10

Of the current 20 Premier League sides, Brentford are the only side never to have lost their opening game of the season in the competition (W2 D2) and they've got some strong stats against Nottingham Forest as well.

Forest have won just one of eight in the league against the Bees who have lost just two of 10 trips to the City Ground (W6 D2) and are unbeaten in the last four of those. Of course, Forest were the better side last season and the great leveller here could be their manager's matchday one record.

Nuno Espirito Santo is unbeaten in his first Premier League first-round fixtures, (W2 D3), with his record only beaten by Jurgen Klopp (8) and Kenny Dalglish (6) in terms of unbeaten records on the opening day.

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Sunderland v West Ham - 3pm

Home 21/10 | Draw 23/10 | Away 5/4

Sunderland are massive 2/9 relegation favourites, but maybe a packed out Stadium of Light and West Ham's woeful opening day record could see the Black Cats start with a win.

The head-to-head record doesn't make great reading for the hosts, with Sunderland winless in eight league games against West Ham, and with the Hammers losing just once in 17 games against newly promoted sides and enjoying a health win rate (W13 D3).

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Tottenham v Burnley - 3pm

Home 1/3 | Draw 4/1 | Away 15/2

Thomas Frank has been handed a pretty cushy start as Tottenham boss, with Spurs one of the home bankers of opening weekend having won eight of their last nine home games against Burnley.

The Clarets have lost their last three opening day games in the Premier League. Scott Parker did get a draw at Spurs when managing Fulham, but that may be the limit of his ambition as history says Frank will enjoy his first game in charge.

Including caretaker managers, and there's been a few, the last eight Spurs bosses have got something from their first game in charge (W5 D3), with Andrew Villas-Boas the last to lose his first game in August 2012 (1-2 v Newcastle).

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Wolves v Manchester City - 5.30pm (Sky Sports)

Home 9/2 | Draw 16/5 | Away 1/2

With Man Utd starting the season at home in nine straight seasons, it's the ninth year in a row Man City have been on the road on the opening day, but it's not done them too much harm as they've won seven of the last eight by an aggregate of 19-2.

Molineux has been a happy hunting ground as well as City have won four of their last five trips, scoring 14 goals. Over all Wolves have lost nine of their last 10 games against City so Pep Guardiola's re-loaded squad will fancy a winning start.

With a plenthora of summer signings, including Rayan Air-Nouri, adding to the £200m+ splashed out in January, City are 9/4 second-favourites to regain the Premier League title and should be back with a bang.

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Sunday August 17

Chelsea v Crystal Palace - 2pm (Sky Sports)

Home 11/20 | Draw 16/5 | Away 9/2

It's the FA Cup winners aghainst the Conference League champions at Stamford Bridge in just the second opening day meeting between the London rivals - with Chelsea winning 3-0 here in 2021.

The Eagles showed how good they were down the stretch last season, but on the stats they look perfect opponents for Enzo Maresca to start a big season as Chelsea are unbeaten in 15 against Crystal Palace - their longest current run against any Premier League side.

You know Oliver Glasner will have his side ready though, as he looks to emulate Sam Allardyce as the last Eagles manager to win at Stamford Bridge, back in 2017.

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Manchester United v Arsenal - 4.30pm (Sky Sports)

Home 11/5 | Draw |23/10 | Away 5/4

Man Utd have been handed a home game for the ninth straight year, but Ruben Amorim may have preferred a rare road trip rather than face Arsenal, who are favourites to win just the second opening-day meeting at Old Trafford between these two - Man Utd winning the only other 4-1 in 1989.

United do have a good home record against Arsenal though, with just two defeats in 18 (W10 D6) being somewhat a surprise given the recent form of both of these teams. Mikel Arteta was in charge for both of those Arsenal wins at Old Trafford though.

And Arsenal, who are 5/2 to finally win the Premier League, have scored on their last 11 league visits to Old Trafford so you'd be backing goals in this first big Super Sunday game of the season.

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Monday August 18

Leeds v Everton - 8pm (Sky Sports)

Home 13/8 | Draw 23/10 | Away 13/8

A home game is all you can ask for as a newly promoted side, so Elland Road will be bouncing on Monday Night Football. Despite David Moyes really turning the Toffees around the bookies can't split them as Leeds fans will fancy this one.

Going on the stats though, Everton don't have much to fear as they've only lost one of 11 against Leeds (W6 D4) which includes a five-game unbeaten run. And they've also gone five games unbeaten at Elland Road too, which is their joint-longest against current Premier League sides.

Opening weekend under the lights at Elland Road road though will be something special.

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