Arsenal have confirmed their fixture lists for the Premier League 2 and u18 Premier League, adding some key dates to the academy diary.
Arsenal have released their fixtures lists for the u21 and u18 league campaigns in 2026/27, confirming both on Monday morning.
As an overview, the u21s kick off their Premier League 2 season against Crystal Palace on August 22nd and conclude it against Southampton on April 9th. Depending on their league finish, the team may then make the play-offs, which kick off on April 23rd and end in May.
The eye-catching fixtures include hosting Chelsea early in the season on September 12th, facing Manchester City at home just before the festive break on December 20th, and playing Spurs away on February 5th.
As a reminder, u21 teams don’t face every other team in the PL2, and they only play each opponent once, just like in the new Champions League. So Arsenal will play Chelsea (H), City (H), Spurs (A), Liverpool (A), and they won’t play Manchester United at all.
Then the u18s will kick off their season on August 15th, away to West Bromwich Albion, concluding it on May 8th away to Reading.
The u18s play a more standard season format, facing each opponent once at home and once away, with no play-off rounds at the end.
The u18 north London derbies are on October 17th (H) and February 27th (A), and the grudge matches against Chelsea are on November 21st (A) and March 20th (H).
The two fixture lists are provided in full below.
Premier League 2 fixtures
August
- 22nd: Arsenal v Crystal Palace – 1pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
- 31st: Brighton v Arsenal – 7pm, American Express Elite Football Performance Centre
September
- 12th: Arsenal v Chelsea, 1pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
- 18th: Birmingham v Arsenal, 1pm, Knighthead Performance Centre
October
- 10th: Arsenal v Sunderland, 1pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
- 23rd: Leicester City v Arsenal, 7pm, LCFC Training Ground
November
- 8th: Arsenal v Aston Villa, 2pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
- 30th: Blackburn v Arsenal, 7pm, Lancashire FA
December
- 13th: Arsenal v Newcastle United, 12pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
- 20th: Arsenal v Manchester City, 12pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
January
- 8th: Reading v Arsenal, 7pm, The Select Car Leasing Stadium
- 15th: Arsenal v Fulham, 7pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
- 22th: Norwich City v Arsenal, 7pm, Avant Training Centre
February
- 5th: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal, 7pm, The Lamex Stadium
- 18th: Arsenal v Bournemouth, 7pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
March
- 1st: Wolves v Arsenal, 7pm, Aggborough Stadium
- 5th: Arsenal v Derby County, 7pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
- 12th: Arsenal v Leeds United, 7pm, Mangata Pay UK Stadium
- 20th: Liverpool v Arsenal, 2pm, LFC Academy
April
- 9th: Southampton v Arsenal, 7pm, Silverlake Stadium
- 23rd-26th: Potential play-off round-of-16
May
- Potential play-off quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final
U18 Premier League fixtures
August
- 15th: West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal, 12pm
- 22nd: Arsenal v Ipswich Town, 12pm
- 29th: Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal, 2.30pm
September
- 5th: Arsenal v Southampton, 12pm
- 12th: Arsenal v Crystal Palace, 1pm
- 19th: Norwich City v Arsenal, 12pm
October
- 17th: Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur, 11am
- 24th: Aston Villa v Arsenal, 12pm
- 31st: Arsenal v Brentford, 11am
November
- 21st: Chelsea v Arsenal, 11am
- 28th: Arsenal v Bournemouth, 12pm
December
- 12th: Birmingham v Arsenal, 12pm
- 19th: Fulham v Arsenal, 12pm
January
- 9th: Arsenal v Reading, 11.30am
- 16th: Ipswich v Arsenal, 12pm
- 23rd: Arsenal v Brighton, 12pm
- 30th: Southampton v Arsenal, 12pm
February
- 6th: Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion, 12pm
- 13th: Crystal Palace v Arsenal, 11am
- 16th: Arsenal v West Ham United, 12pm
- 20th: Arsenal v Norwich City, 12pm
- 27th: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal, 11am
March
- 6th: Arsenal v Aston Villa, 12pm
- 13th: Brentford v Arsenal, 11.30am
- 20th: Arsenal v Chelsea, 11am
April
- 10th: West Ham United v Arsenal, 11am
- 17th: Arsenal v Birmingham City, 12pm
- 24th: Bournemouth v Arsenal, 12pm
May
- 1st: Arsenal v Fulham, 11am
- 8th: Reading v Arsenal, 11.30am
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