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Fans convinced Premier League fixtures have been leaked with feisty opening games and huge Boxing Day derby
A "leaked" Premier League fixture list has been making waves online ahead of Wednesday's big reveal.
Top-flight teams will find out the full schedule for the 2025/26 season on June 18.
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More than 48 hours before the list is published, a set of Prem fixtures have been circulating online.
The schedule, claiming to show the entire season, has been viewed over 400,000 times on X.
In the list, champions Liverpool would be away at Brighton on the opening day.
Tottenham would host Manchester United, while newly promoted Leeds welcome Arsenal.
Newcastle are down to host Manchester City at St James' Park.
But fans were quick to point out a problem - Toon have already confirmed they are not playing their opening match at home.
Newcastle will be away in their first fixture as nearby Sunderland are hosting the Women's Rugby World Cup over the second weekend.
Eagle-eyed fans also noticed Liverpool had been put down twice to play Nottingham Forest.
One fan pointed out on X: "Forest at home twice."
Another wrote: "Wrong, NUFC are away first game."
While a third laughed: "This happens every year and every year it's wrong."
And a fourth commented: "Never happening. If you play your first game away you don't play your last game away."
In the supposed leak, Newcastle's eagerly-awaited Tyne-Wear derby with Sunderland is listed for Boxing Day.
Another fan responded: "Too many games that have rivals both at home or away which can't happen with police and no way will the derby be on boxing day."
The confirmed fixtures for the 2025/26 Premier League season will be released on Wednesday at 9am BST.
All 20 clubs will learn the provisional dates for all of their fixtures, although some fixtures are subject to change.
The exact date and time at which individual matches take place will be determined at regular intervals throughout the season based on TV selections.
