Arsenal are leading the way after 10 weeks with Manchester City ruing dropped points, followed by Liverpool and surprise packages Sunderland and Bournemouth on goal difference.
Week 1 – The 2025-26 season began on Friday evening at Anfield where champions Liverpool took a 2-goal lead against Bournemouth but were pegged back to 2-2 with a double from Antoine Semenyo before bouncing back to win with 2 very late goals. On Saturday Newcastle drew blanks at 10-man Aston Villa while Erling Haaland netted a double as Manchester City return from Wolves with a 4-0 win and there were 3-0 home wins for Tottenham, for whom Richarlison scored twice against Burnley, and for Sunderland who were entertaining West Ham. Fulham earned a 1-1 draw with a last-gasp goal at Brighton and on Sunday, Chris Wood scored a brace as Nottingham Forest sent Brentford home 3-1 losers while Crystal Palace drew 0-0 at Chelsea and Arsenal were 1-0 winners at Manchester United. On Monday evening A single goal gave Leeds United a victory at home to Everton.
Week 2 – On Friday evening West Ham scored an early goal in front of their home fans but were hammered 5-1 by Chelsea while on Saturday Tottenham won 2-0 at Manchester City and there were doubles from Jurrien Timber and Viktor Gyokeres as Arsenal battered Leeds United 5-0 at the Emirates. Sunderland lost 2-0 at Burnley while 10-man Wolves lost to an early goal at Bournemouth and Aston Villa were defeated by the same score at Brentford. On Sunday Everton beat Brighton 2-0 while there were 1-1 draws between Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest and also Fulham and Manchester United. On Monday 10-man Newcastle fought back from 2 down at home to Liverpool to level the score before losing 3-2 with the last kick of the match.
Week 3 – The week began with a 2-0 win for Chelsea over Fulham while Everton won 3-2 at Wolves and Tottenham lost to an early goal 1-0 at home to Bournemouth. Manchester United beat Burnley 3-2 at Ol Trafford with a goal deep into stoppage time and Sunderland needed a goal late in added time as they came from behind to defeat their visitors from Brentford 2-1 and Newcastle played a goalless match at Leeds. On Sunday Manchester City took the lead but lost 2-1 at Brighton and Liverpool defeated Arsenal 1-0 at Anfield while West Ham scored 3 late goals to win at Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace enjoyed the same scoreline at Aston Villa.
Week 4 – Martin Zubimendi scored twice as Arsenal defeated Postecoglou’s Nottingham Forest 3-0 at the Emirates while Tottenham enjoyed the same result at 10-man West Ham and there were 1-0 home wins for Newcastle against Wolves and for Fulham against Leeds with the goal coming in stoppage time. Crystal Palace played a goalless match against Sunderland as did Everton against Aston Villa while Bournemouth beat Brighton 2-1 and Brentford, who had taken the lead, needed a stoppage-time goal to draw 2-2 at home to Chelsea.
Week 5 – Liverpool continued their winning streak with a 2-1 win over Everton at Anfield in the Merseyside derby while Tottenham came from 2 down to draw 2-2 at Brighton and playing with 10 players for most of the match, Chelsea lost 2-1 at Manchester United who also saw red just before the break. Leeds came from behind to win 3-1 at Wolves and Fulham did the same at home to Brentford while West Ham lost 2-1 on their home pitch to Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest took at early lead but drew 1-1 at Burnley. On Sunday Arsenal salvaged a 1-1 draw in stoppage time at home to Manchester City while Aston Villa scored their first goal of the season to draw 1-1 at 10-man Sunderland and there was a goalless match between Bournemouth and Newcastle.
Week 6 – Brentford beat Manchester United 3-1 with Igor Thiago delighting his home crowd with a brace while Brighton came from behind to defeat 10-man Chelsea at the Bridge with a double from Danny Welbeck and Liverpool lost 2-1 to a goal in stoppage time at Crystal Palace. Bournemouth earned a 2-2 draw with a goal in added-on time at Leeds United while 2 own goals and a 2 Erling Haaland goals at the end of the match saw Burnley fall apart 5-1 at Manchester City and a single goal gave Sunderland 3 points at Nottingham Forest. Tottenham needed a last-gasp goal to draw 1-1 at home to Wolves while on Sunday Fulham fell 3-1 at Aston Villa after taking an early lead and Arsenal came from behind to celebrate a 2-1 win at Newcastle with a goal right at the death. Om Monday evening West Ham drew 1-1 at Everton.
Week 7 – On Friday Fulham scored first but hosts Bournemouth hit back with 3 late goals to claim a 3-1 victory while on Saturday Tottenham were 2-1 winners at Leeds and West Ham lost 2-0 at Arsenal. Manchester United put 2 past their visitors from Sunderland and Liverpool suffered a 2-1 loss at Chelsea who secured their win deep into stoppage time while on Sunday there were 2-1 home wins for Everton who came from behind to end Crystal Palace’s 19-match unbeaten streak and for Aston Villa for whom Donyell Malen scored both goals against Burnley. Newcastle put 2 past Nottingham Forest and Brighton struck late to cancel out an own goal at Wolverhampton while an early goal was all Manchester City needed to win at Brentford.
Week 8 – Chelsea scored 3 times at Nottingham Forest but ended the match with 10 players while Newcastle returned from Brighton defeated 2-1 by a Danny Welbeck double and Crystal Palace came from 2 down to draw 3-3 at home to Bournemouth with Jean-Philippe Mateta completing his hat-trick from the spot deep into stoppage time. There were 2-0 home wins for Burnley against Leeds, Sunderland against Wolves and for Manchester City against Everton with Erling Haaland scoring both goals while one goal at Fulham was enough to give Arsenal 3 points. On Sunday Tottenham scored an early goal at home but lost 2-1 to Aston Villa while Manchester United triumphed 2-1 at Liverpool and on Monday evening West Ham lost 2-0 at home to Brentford.
Week 9 – On Friday evening West Ham pulled a goal back late on in the match but lost 2-1 at Leeds while on Saturday, after conceding an early goal at Chelsea, Sunderland bounced back to win 2-1 with the winning goal coming in stoppage time and Newcastle also scored late to achieve the same result at home to Fulham. Bryan Mbuemo netted a double as Manchester United beat Brighton 4-2 at Old Trafford while Liverpool lost 3-2 at Brentford and on Sunday it was one nil to the Arsenal at home to Crystal Palace while Tottenham won 3-0 at Everton with Micky van de Ven scoring a double. Wolverhampton Wonderers levelled after going 2 down to a Zian Flemming double but lost 3-2 to a goal in stoppage time at home to Burnley while Manchester City fell to a single goal at Aston Villa.
Week 10 – Arsenal remain at the top after scoring twice at Burnley while Liverpool won 2-0 at home to Aston Villa and Crystal Palace achieved the same result against Brentford. Leeds lost 3-0 at Brighton with Diego Gomez netting twice and 10-man Wolves suffered the same outcome at Fulham while Manchester United drew 2-2 at Nottingham Forest and Tottenham lost 1-0 in front of their home crowd to Chelsea. On Sunday Erling Haaland added 2 more goals to his tally as Manchester City beat Bournemouth 3-1 and West Ham hit back after an early setback to enjoy the same result against their visitors from Newcastle while on Monday Everton drew 1-1 at Sunderland.
