Premier League Predictor: Round 1 Match Previews

Superbru Team Thu 20 Aug 2026

The new Premier League season is here.

Arsenal begin their title defence with a home fixture against Coventry City tomorrow night (Friday). The opening 10-match round then finishes with a South West London derby between Fulham and Chelsea on Monday night.

Superbru Premium users enjoy an individual match preview for every fixture in the Premier League season.

Previews are available on the Matches page as you make your predictions on the Superbru Football app, alongside a team news section and Predicted Goals data. However, here are the previews in article form too for those of you that prefer this format.

Arsenal vs. Coventry City

Defending champions Arsenal have already made a strong start to the 2026-27 campaign, beating Manchester City 3-0 in Cardiff last Sunday in this season's Community Shield. Mikel Arteta's side were of course always strong favourites in this opener against newly promoted Coventry City, but Sunday's game has given us an idea of which players are already up to speed. New winger Christos Tzolis was excellent, picking up two assists on his debut for the Gunners, while captain Martin Ødegaard looked back to his best in midfield.…

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110,202 caps

Ooooohhhhhhhh...... I hope so.........

20 Aug 14:11

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Dave

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Some very tricky games to call - notably Ipswich-Sunderland, Everton-Palace, Brentford-Spurs and Brighton-Villa. The old predicting game just doesn't get any easier, lol.

20 Aug 14:25

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Dave

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Also, I wouldn't mind watching Brighton-Villa and Newcastle-Liverpool on Sunday. However, I am going to a double feature of Batman and Batman Returns (Tim Burton films), I booked my seat today. It's the only showing they're doing of it and I have never seen the films on the big screen. I had to go for it, lol.

20 Aug 14:28

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