Aston Villa fixtures: Europa League champions begin PL season at Brighton

Aston Villa to start 2026/27 Premier League season against Brighton & Hove Albion, live on Sky Sports; Unai Emery's side host defending champions Arsenal a week later; Leeds United to visit Villa Park on Boxing Day

>Aston Villa will begin the 2026/27 Premier League season away to Brighton on Sunday August 23, live on Sky Sports.

>Unai Emery's side then host defending champions Arsenal the following Saturday before facing newly-promoted Hull.

>Their final Premier League fixture of the season will be against Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park.

>Europa League champions Villa, whose season begins on August 12 in the UEFA Super Cup against PSG, start their festive schedule against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday December 19.

>They then finish the calendar year with consecutive home games against Leeds, on Boxing Day, and Liverpool on Wednesday December 30.

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>Sky Sports is the home of domestic club football in the UK & Ireland and will broadcast over 1,500 live matches across the Premier League, WSL, EFL and Scottish Premiership next season.

>Sky Sports will show a minimum of 215 live Premier League matches in 2026/27.

>Sky Sports has first pick of matches each week and will continue to show multiple games at 2pm on Sunday on a number of weekends.

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>August 12: UEFA Super Cup vs Paris Saint-Germain, Salzburg Arena, kick-off 8pm

>August 27: Champions League league phase draw

>September 8-10: Champions League league phase starts

>January 27: Champions League league phase ends

>February 16: Champions League knockout phase begins

>June 5: Champions League final, Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid

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