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Key events

As we transition slightly more into Premier League chat, here are who the English top-flight teams will play in the Champions League:

Manchester City: PSG (home), Barcelona (away), Sporting (h), Porto (a), Napoli (h), Leipzig (a), AEK Athens (h), Lens (a).
Liverpool: Atlético Madrid (h), Inter (a), Porto (h), Club Brugge (a), Villarreal (h), Fenerbahce (a), Lens (h), Lask (a).
Arsenal: Real Madrid (h), Bayern Munich (a), Borussia Dortmund (h), Real Betis (a), Lille (h), Napoli (a), Sabah (h), Slavia Prague (a).
Aston Villa: PSG (h), Barcelona (a), Dortmund (h), Club Brugge (a), Fenerbahce (h), Galatasaray (a), Viking (h), Slavia Prague (a).
Manchester United: Bayern (h), Atletico (a), Roma (h), Sporting (a), Leipzig (h), Villarreal (a), Sabah (h), Como (a).

If you are wondering when the Champions League draw will happen, well it has already taken place. Have a read here to catch up with all the headlines from that:

So when are the European draws taking place? Well the Europa League draw is happening at 12pm BST / 1pm CEST and the Conference League will happen directly after the Europa one has taken place.

Premier League fixture list (all times in BST):

Crystal Palace v Man City, Friday, 8pm
Liverpool v Nottingham Forest, Saturday, 12.30pm
Coventry v Hull, Saturday, 3pm
Bournemouth v Everton, Saturday, 3pm
Tottenham v Newcastle, Saturday, 5.30pm
Chelsea v Brighton, Sunday, 2pm
Leeds v Brentford, Sunday, 2pm
Sunderland v Fulham, Sunday, 2pm
Man City v Ipswich Town, Sunday, 4.30pm
Aston Villa v Arsenal, Monday, 8pm

Preamble

Hello and welcome to the build-up to the second round of the Premier League. We will not only be hearing from managers across the top-flight, with press conference times TBC, but we will bring you any transfer news, the European league draws or breaking stories.

The second round begins today with a match between Crystal Palace and Manchester City with the London club looking for their first win of the season after losing 2-0 to Everton. City, meanwhile, opened their 2026/27 account with a 2-1 win over Bournemouth.

There is also the small matter of the Europa League and Conference League draws taking place today. Those will happen in a few hours and we will bring you all of the updates as they happen.

We will bring you a full list of fixtures next, followed by any transfers you may have missed and we will track down those press conference times. Let’s get this show on the road.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/aug/28/transfer-latest-premier-league-news-european-draws-and-more-football-live