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By WILL GRIFFEE Published: 18: 01 AEST, 18 June 2025 | Updated: 19: 05 AEST, 18 June 2025 18 View comments Manchester United face a tricky start to the season but cannot complain too much, given the one lucky break they've enjoyed for nine consecutive seasons. The Old Trafford club have been fortunate to play every game at home on opening weekend since 2016. United face Arsenal on the first weekend this time in a Sunday kick-off at 4: 30 - which is by far the most high-profile encounter this time around but at least they have home comforts yet again. In fact, the last time they had to travel for their week one fixture was under Jose Mourinho's tenure. That was against Bournemouth in a 3-1 victory down on the south coast. But after that, Old Trafford played host to eight in a row on the opening weekend, which will become nine in August. Bruno Fernandes scored a free-kick winner for Man United's home game against Arsenal last season - they begin next term with that fixture at Old Trafford, the ninth opening day home game in succession Manchester United last played an away opener in 2016 under Jose Mourinho United, pictured on their 2023 opener against Wolves, have a mixed record in the fixture Whistleblowers, brought to you by the Mail and Wickes Trade Pro - is football’s most original new podcast - lifting the lid on the parts of the game no one else talks about 2025-26 - Man United vs Arsenal 2024-25 - Man United 1-0 Fulham 2023-24 - Man United 1-0 Wolves 2022-23 - Man United 1-2 Brighton 2021-22 - Man United 5-0 Leeds 2020-21 - Man United 1-3 Crystal Palace 2019-20 - Man United 4-0 Chelsea 2018-19 - Man United 2-1 Leicester 2017-18 - Man United 3-1 West Ham In 2017 there was a comfortable win over West Ham, followed by a 2-1 victory over Leicester the following season and 4-0 triumph over Chelsea in 2019. Crystal Palace came away from Old Trafford with a 3-1 win in 2020, before there was a hammering of old rivals Leeds 5-0 the next year. In 2022, Brighton came away with a 2-1 win before beating Wolves 1-0 the campaign after that. Last season, United scraped past Fulham 1-0 in their opener so it has been a bit of a mixed bag in terms of results at Old Trafford over the last eight seasons. Ruben Amorim's men would dearly love to launch into the new season with a victory over the Gunners, which in addition to be a real statement of intent, would relieve pressure on the manager. Amorim is under big pressure to show an upturn in form at United having presided over one of the worst seasons in club history. The Portuguese boss, who took over from Erik ten Hag, led United to 15th in the Premier League and lost the Europa League final against Tottenham. MAN UNITED'S FULL FIXTURE LIST 2025-26 SEASON 17/08/2025 16: 30 Arsenal (h) 23/08/2025 15: 00 Fulham (a) 30/08/2025 15: 00 Burnley (h) 13/09/2025 15: 00 Manchester City (a) 20/09/2025 15: 00 Chelsea (h) 27/09/2025 15: 00 Brentford (a) 04/10/2025 15: 00 Sunderland (h) 18/10/2025 15: 00 Liverpool (a) 25/10/2025 15: 00 Brighton (h) 01/11/2025 15: 00 Nottingham Forest (a) 08/11/2025 15: 00 Tottenham Hotspur (a) 22/11/2025 15: 00 Everton (h) 29/11/2025 15: 00 Crystal Palace (a) 03/12/2025 20: 00 West Ham United (h) 06/12/2025 15: 00 Wolverhampton (a) 13/12/2025 15: 00 A. F. C. Bournemouth (h) 20/12/2025 15: 00 Aston Villa (a) 27/12/2025 15: 00 Newcastle United (h) 30/12/2025 20: 00 Wolverhampton (h) 03/01/2026 15: 00 Leeds United (a) 07/01/2026 20: 00 Burnley (a) 17/01/2026 15: 00 Manchester City (h) 24/01/2026 15: 00 Arsenal (a) 31/01/2026 15: 00 Fulham (h) 07/02/2026 15: 00 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 11/02/2026 20: 00 West Ham United (a) 21/02/2026 15: 00 Everton (a) 28/02/2026 15: 00 Crystal Palace (h) 04/03/2026 20: 00 Newcastle United (a) 14/03/2026 15: 00 Aston Villa (h) 21/03/2026 15: 00 A. F. C. Bournemouth (a) 11/04/2026 15: 00 Leeds United (h) 18/04/2026 15: 00 Chelsea (a) 25/04/2026 15: 00 Brentford (h) 02/05/2026 15: 00 Liverpool (h) 09/05/2026 15: 00 Sunderland (a) 17/05/2026 15: 00 Nottingham Forest (h) 24/05/2026 16: 00 Brighton (a) Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Brentford Brighton and Hove Albion Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolves He will be bolstered by new signings, with Matheus Cunha already through the door and Bryan Mbeumo potentially also arriving this summer, while there is interest in signing a new striker, too. It will be fascinating to see how they line up against Arsenal and whether next year the fixture list throws them a 10th home game opener in a row.
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