Mikel Arteta and Ruben Amorim are black as … lice when Arsenal and MU are two of the teams with the most difficult start for the new season after the BTC Premier League announced the schedule.
After the English Premier League schedule 2025/26 was published, many questions were raised. How will Liverpool protect the crown? Arsenal can do what to overtake The Kop's championship, will MU revive, when both the Gunners and the Red Devils of Manchester have difficulty at the beginning of the season with the “bony” schedule.
So, let's analyze which team to win, which team loses based on the schedule to get an overview at the early stages of the 2025/26 season on the English Premier League announcing the schedule.
Loses: Amorim and Arteta
MU will welcome Arsenal at Old Trafford in the first round of the Premier League 2025/26. This is a big and important test for both coach Amorim and Arteta. With the Portuguese leader, it is the match that will expose the advantages and disadvantages in the new squad he built for MU. With the Spanish strategist, the confrontation at the theater of dreams gives him an overview of the new season.
Immediately after this confrontation, MU had to march to guests at Fulham in the second round, then entered the mighty battles with Man City or Liverpool in September, October. It can be said that the matches in the fall are very important for Amorim's teachers and students when they have more holidays because they do not attend European arena.
As for Arsenal, after a trip at MU, they welcomed Leeds at home and then had to come to the Anfield Stadium to confront Liverpool, the opponent they were trying to dit. It should be emphasized that Liverpool of the time was even more formidable with quality rookies like Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz.
In addition, Arsenal will have to welcome Nottingham and Man City, then end in September by a trip to Newcastle. According to OPTA, Arsenal ranked second after MU in terms of difficulty in the new season.
Winner: Chelsea and Tottenham
Coach Enzo Maresca's team will only have to confront a “Big 6” team in their first rounds. That is the trip at MU, the team ended in the 15th position in the Premier League 2024/25. Chelsea welcomed Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge in the opening round, before confronting West Ham, Fulham, Brentford and Brighton in September.
With such an easy-to-breathing schedule, it does not exclude the possibility that Chelsea will win 18 points after the first 6 rounds, giving the Blues more time to overcome a difficult year on all fronts.
Like Chelsea, their neighboring Tottenham team also has a pleasant starting schedule. This is also the lucky point of the new coach Thomas Frank. The Danish military leader may feel a little relieved when looking back at the match list.
His first match in the Premier League as the head coach Tottenham will take place at home in front of rookie Burnley. A smooth start will help Spurs more confident when marching to Etihad to confront Man City in the second round.
But after the clash with The Citizens, there will be 7 more matches to encounter another 'Big Six' team, which is Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur in early November. Obviously, it is a very favorable start for Spurs theoretically.
In addition, Liverpool & Mohamed Salah is also considered the “loser” after the schedule was announced. Can (African Nations Championship) will take place in the middle of the 2025/26 season, instead of from January to February as usual, this time will start in the days before Christmas. '
Salah will lead Egypt to confront Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe again in the group stage, and are expected to be one of the brightest candidates for the championship. However, that means he will be absent in a number of Liverpool matches, starting with a trip to Tottenham in December.
The Reds can play well in the next matches against Wolves, Leeds and Fulham, but the match in January with Arsenal at Emirates will be the match they miss Salah the most. Even when Egypt was suddenly eliminated early, he was still at risk of missing the match in northern London.
