Premier League Fixture Rules Unveiled: Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham Add ‘Complexity’ to the Mix
The Premier League fixtures for the 2023/24 season will be revealed tomorrow at 9 a.m.
It’s not long now… The Premier League fixture lists for the 2023/24 season will be revealed at 9 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday). Express Sport is available to walk you through the technicalities of fixture selection and any rules that organisers must follow.
Burnley, Sheffield United, and Luton Town are among the 20 Premier League clubs still awaiting a decision.
Fans around the world are excited to learn who their team’s opponents will be on opening day, as well as the festive schedule and, of course, the all-important run-in.
Glenn Thompson, the Premier League fixture list compiler, works with Atos, an international IT services company.
Thompson will have used a fixture computer to place each Premier League team in a paired grid to select home dates after learning the winner of the Championship play-off final between Luton Town and Coventry City.
The algorithm then determines when clubs play at home and away before randomly mixing up fixtures to create the season’s schedule.
There are rules in place to avoid difficulties, such as splitting home and away league matchups three to two over a five-match block.
To guarantee fairness, Premier League clubs will never play back-to-back home or away games at the opening or end of the season.
And clubs that play at home on Boxing Day will always play away on New Year’s Day or a comparable day the following year, and vice versa.
To guarantee fairness, Premier League clubs will never play back-to-back home or away games at the opening or end of the season.
And clubs that play at home on Boxing Day will always play away on New Year’s Day or a comparable day the following year, and vice versa.
Partner clubs such as Manchester City and Manchester United, as well as Liverpool and Everton, will never play at home on the same day.
However, for London clubs like as Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, and West Ham United, the process gets more complicated, and there is occasionally flexibility.
