Albion's 2025-26 Premier League fixtures announced
Albion fans will learn their 2025-26 fixtures today.
The initial schedule for the Premier League is released at 9am.
The Seagulls are looking to improve on last term's eighth place, with chairman Tony Bloom confident they can do so.
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They will be rejoined in the top flight this season by familiar adversaries in Leeds and Burnley.
And there is a first chance in 20 years to play Sunderland in league football after Tommy Watson's last-gasp play-off winner at Wembley sent the Black Cats back to the Prem.
The season opens on the weekend of August 16-17.
But fans will be well aware that exact dates and times of fixtures will be confirmed in blocks during the season – with more matches than ever to be rescheduled due to TV broadcasts and European commitments.
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There will be 33 weekend rounds and also five midweeks with Prem games.
The final round, though, will be set in stone as all teams kick off at the same time on Sunday, May 24.
Before that Seagulls fans have two friendly dates for their diaries.
Their team go to Southampton on Saturday, August 2 and entertain Wolfsburg a week later.
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