{"id":19301,"date":"2026-07-20T19:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=19301"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:22:18","slug":"every-clubs-pre-season-fixtures-and-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=19301","title":{"rendered":"Every club&#8217;s pre-season fixtures and results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>With clubs heading off around the globe to prepare for the new Premier League campaign, here is every side\u2019s pre-season fixture schedule and results\u2026<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>the World Cup in the rear-view mirror<\/strong>the focus turns to preparations for 2026\/27.<\/p>\n<p>Clubs are taking a range of approaches, with some heading off on lucrative tours while others stay closer to home.<\/p>\n<p>Here is every friendly, fixture and result before the Premier League season starts on August 21\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal<\/h2>\n<p>August 1: Girona (A)<br \/>August 5: Real Betis (Dublin)<br \/>August 9: Borussia Dortmund (H)<br \/>August 12: Like (H)<br \/>August 15: Man City (FA Community Shield, Cardiff)<\/p>\n<h2>Aston Villa<\/h2>\n<p>July 21: Walsall (A)<br \/>July 25: Porto (A)<br \/>July 28: Real Sociedad (Walsall)<br \/>August 1: Indonesia All-Stars (Jakarta)<br \/>August 4: BG Pathum United (Pathum Thani)<br \/>August 7: Bayern Munich (Hong Kong)<br \/>August 12: PSG (UEFA Super Cup, Salzburg)<br \/>August 15: Borussia Monchengladbach (A)<\/p>\n<h2>Bournemouth<\/h2>\n<p>July 24: St Pauli (Saalfelden, Austria)<br \/>July 30: Augsburg (Saalfelden, Austria)<br \/>August 4: Genoa (behind closed doors)<br \/>August 8: Real Betis (A)<br \/>August 15: Mainz (A)<\/p>\n<h2>Brentford<\/h2>\n<p>July 15 : AFC Wimbledon <strong>W 3-2<\/strong><br \/>August 8: Rennes (A)<br \/>August 15: Eintracht Frankfurt (H)<\/p>\n<h2>Brighton<\/h2>\n<p>July 18: Wycombe Wanderers <strong>W 4-1<\/strong><br \/>July 25: Annecy (A, behind closed doors)<br \/>August 1: Strasbourg (A, behind closed doors)<br \/>August 8: Roma (H)<br \/>August 15: Bologna (H)<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea<\/h2>\n<p>July 28: Western Sydney Wanderers (Sydney)<br \/>August 1: Spurs (Sydney)<br \/>August 5: Juventus (Hong Kong)<br \/>August 8: AC Milan (Jakarta)<br \/>August 9: Johor Darul Ta&#8217;zim (Johor, Malaysia)<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"1ffbae35d432d0d71911ca2a0b209fbb\" image-id=\"prsitRDcZ3pr\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Coventry City<\/h2>\n<p>July 11: Wimbledon <strong>L 3-2<\/strong><br \/>July 18: Northampton Town (A) <strong>D 0-0<\/strong><br \/>August 8: Espanyol (H)<br \/>August 14: Monaco (H)<\/p>\n<h2>Crystal Palace<\/h2>\n<p>July 18: Swindon (H) <strong>W 5-1<br \/><\/strong>July 25: Bromley (A)<br \/>July 28: Lens (How)<br \/>July 28 Famalicao (How)<\/p>\n<h2>Everton<\/h2>\n<p>July 18: Dundee (A) <strong>W 4-0<\/strong><br \/>July 25: Bolton (A)<br \/>July 28: Stoke (A)<br \/>August 1: Hamburg (A)<br \/>August 8: Stuttgart (A)<br \/>August 12: Newcastle (Edinburgh)<\/p>\n<h2>Fulham<\/h2>\n<p>July 28: Al-Ahli (Albufeira)<br \/>August 15: Stuttgart (H)<\/p>\n<h2>Hull City<\/h2>\n<p>July 25: Konyaspor (Slovenia)<br \/>July 28: Caykur Rizespor (Slovenia)<br \/>August 1: Kasimpasa (Istanbul)<br \/>August 8: Eintracht Frankfurt (A)<br \/>August 15: Nice (H)<\/p>\n<h2>Ipswich Town<\/h2>\n<p>July 29: Osasuna (Colchester)<br \/>August 1: Oxford United (A)<br \/>August 1: Wycombe (A)<br \/>August 4: Le Havre (H)<br \/>August 8: Rayo Vallecano (H)<br \/>August 15: Union Berlin (A)<\/p>\n<h2>Leeds United<\/h2>\n<p>July 25: Wrexham (Tampa)<br \/>July 30: Sunderland (New Jersey)<br \/>August 2: Liverpool (Chicago)<br \/>August 8: RB Leipzig (H)<br \/>August 12: Man Utd (Dublin)<\/p>\n<h2>Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p>July 25: Sunderland (Nashville)<br \/>July 29: Wrexham (New York)<br \/>August 2: Leeds (Chicago)<br \/>August 9: Monaco (H)<br \/>August 16: Like (H)<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester City<\/h2>\n<p>August 1: Inter Milan (Hong Kong)<br \/>August 5: K-League All-Stars (Seoul)<br \/>August 9: Atletico Madrid (Seoul)<br \/>August 16: Arsenal (FA Community Shield, Cardiff)<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United<\/h2>\n<p>July 18: Man Utd 0-1 Wrexham (Helsinki)<br \/>July 24: Rosenborg (A)<br \/>August 1: Atletico Madrid (Stockholm)<br \/>August 8: Paris Saint-Germain (Gothenburg)<br \/>August 12: Leeds (Dublin)<br \/>August 15: AC Milan (Wroclaw)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summer transfer window:<\/strong> <strong>Every done deal<\/strong> | <strong>Top 20 biggest transfers<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Newcastle United<\/h2>\n<p>July 18: Darlington <strong>W 3-0<\/strong><br \/>July 25: Gateshead (A)<br \/>July 29: Bristol City (A)<br \/>August 8: Valencia (A)<br \/>August 12: Everton (Edinburgh)<br \/>August 15: Bayer Leverkusen (H)<br \/>August 16: Strasbourg (H)<\/p>\n<h2>Nottingham Forest<\/h2>\n<p>July 18: Notts County (A)<strong> W 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