Opinion

This could turn out to be a very interesting weekend for Newcastle United in the Premier League.

Eddie Howe and his players playing at 2pm on Sunday, at home to Aston Villa.

Which is one of four Premier League fixtures today, then Everton v Leeds on Monday night.

A very strange season in the English top tier this 2025/26 campaign.

A season where you never know absolutely for sure how any Premier League game is going to turn out.

This is perfectly summed up by the results on Saturday.

The five Premier League matches yesterday, ending up with…

West Ham 3 Sunderland 1

Burnley 2 Spurs 2

Fulham 2 Brighton 1

Man City 2 Wolves 0

Bournemouth 3 Liverpool 2

That leaves the Premier League table looking like this on the morning of Sunday 25 January 2026

The Premier League matches to complete this weekend’s fixtures

Sunday 25 January

Brentford v Forest (2pm)

Palace v Chelsea (2pm)

Newcastle v Aston Villa (2pm)

Arsenal v Man U (4.30pm)

(Then on Monday 26 January – Everton v Leeds (8pm))

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