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Colour Coded Fixture List 2025/26

Welcome to the Fulham Supporters’ Trust Colour Coded Fixture List for 2025/26, which tries to help Fulham fans decide when it is safe to buy tickets or travel for matches without the risk of them changing.

For a detailed explanation of how this works, keep reading. Otherwise you can jump straight to the fixture list using the button below. If viewing on a phone or tablet, landscape orientation is best.

What causes fixture changes?

Each season supporters are presented with an ever more complex fixture list which seems to change at short notice, throwing the best laid plans awry. What causes all these changes?

Selection for domestic broadcast

This season is the start of a new four year Premier League broadcast deal with Sky Sports and TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport); Amazon Prime no longer has a broadcast contract. The key difference to the televising of games from 2025/26 is that any game moved from the “protected” Saturday 3pm timeslot for any reason, e.g. a prior European fixture, will be televised, producing a substantial increase in TV games in the UK. A large number of these games will be played on Sundays at 2pm.

The following table lists the typical weekend slots used by the broadcasters to show Premier League games, depending on the package of games they have agreed to buy . This is useful to know when a broadcast announcement has been made but slots are still available and therefore at risk of being filled later.

SkyTNT
Friday 20:00

Saturday 17:30
 –
Sunday 14:00
Sunday 16:30

 –
Monday 20:00

Saturday 12:30

Saturday 20:00*


 Sunday 19:00*

* Used previously by TNT if Saturday 12:30 slot not possible due to European commitments.

It has often been difficult to determine when the announcement of fixture moves will take place. This year, the Premier League and broadcasters have again published a timetable of fixture change announcements, but it should be noted that in 2024/25 this timetable was not always kept to.

Domestic cup clashes

Similarly to last season, rounds 3 to 6 of the FA Cup are protected from clashes with the Premier League. So the earliest an FA Cup game can cause a Premier League fixture move is the semi-final, which is the day we play Aston Villa at home (April 25).

The League (Carabao) Cup doesn’t tend to interfere with Premier League fixtures as it is played in midweek, with the exception of the final. However rounds 3 and 5 do clash with certain European game weeks, which could have an impact depending on the draw. Round 3, in particular, is complicated enough that it has been split across two midweeks to cater for the possible European clashes.

European competition clashes

Although Fulham didn’t qualify for European competition, a record nine Premier League teams did and the scheduling of these fixtures often has an impact on the following (and occasionally preceding) league games. This is particularly the case with teams competing in the Europa League and Europa Conference League who generally play on Thursdays; any Premier League fixtures following a Thursday European game will be moved at least to the Sunday (and now televised) to allow for recovery time. Similarly teams who play away in the Champions League on a Wednesday can’t have their following league game moved to a Friday or early Saturday slot by the TV companies, which means that any domestic broadcast will be in the late Saturday slot or on Sunday or Monday.

A quick glance at the fixture list shows that before the end of January when the European groups stages finish, we have four games that follow our opponents midweek European games and one that precedes them. However, only two of them (Aston Villa away, Nottingham Forest at home) follow a Thursday Europa League / Conference League fixture which are almost certain to move.

  • 27 Sep – Aston Villa (away) follows Europa League and will move to Sunday / Monday
  • 18 Oct – Arsenal (home) preceeds Champions League so can’t be Monday
  • 25 Oct – Newcastle (away) follows Champions League so can’t be Friday / Saturday early
  • 29 Nov – Spurs (away) follows Champions League so can’t be Friday / Saturday early
  • 20 Dec – Forest (home) follows Conference League and will move to Sunday / Monday

After the group stages, much depends on which teams qualify. However of note is that should Liverpool reach the Champions League quarter final, our game at Anfield will be sandwiched between the two legs and similarly for Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium at the semi-final stage.

The final complexity surrounding European fixtures occurs when the scheduling of a Champions League game by UEFA, often on a Tuesday, causes a domestic broadcaster to have to relinquish a previously selected Sunday or Monday slot for that team or even delay match selection. Situations have occurred in the past where this caused knock-ons to the games the domestic broadcaster had already chosen and consequent unexpected late notice fixture moves. These conditional picks are just about the hardest moves to track and predict as they can mean games not involving any teams competing in Europe are moved to accommodate the revised broadcast schedule.

The FSA has this handy explainer on conditional picks, which are becoming more and more common.

Christmas matches

This season there are no matches scheduled for Boxing Day, with all Christmas games currently listed as Saturday 27th December and Tuesday 30th December. However, all 27th December games are available to move across the weekend as normal, including to Boxing Day should the TV companies choose. Similarly the schedule for 30th December can be altered for TV picks, providing that all clubs have at least 48 hours between the two Christmas fixtures.

There will be no games on Christmas Eve.

How to read the colour coded fixture list

To the best of our ability we will monitor all of the move risks listed above, mark them in the Colour Coded Fixture List and classify each game as either green (no longer likely to change), amber (could still change) or red (has changed or will have to change). The specific colours have been selected to support use by colour blind readers, but symbols on the left of the table also indicate this status. 

Other key points in the calendar, such as breaks and cup dates, are shown for information and the fixture list also indicates the obvious clashes and shows the expected dates of broadcast announcements, albeit these can often be quite fluid.

This definitely isn’t an exact science, and relies heavily on assessing limited information from the Premier League and the domestic broadcasters, coupled with a detailed look at how TV slots have been filled with games from various leagues. We also have to keep an eye on activities at the other teams in the borough. We’ll keep updating as the season progresses.

Key

Fixture could still change

Fixture no longer likely to change

Calendar information

The last update took place on Wednesday 9 July 2025.

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Upcoming fixtures

Opponent Scheduled Moved Info and risk factors Domestic TV
Eintracht Frankfurt Home
Sat 9 Aug 17:00
  Friendly TBA
Brighton Away
Sat 16 Aug 15:00
  Not on TV
Man Utd Home
Sat 23 Aug 15:00
Sun 24 Aug 16:30 Moved for TV Sky Sports
Carabao Cup Round 2
w/c: 25 Aug
  Draw expected Wed 13 Aug  
Chelsea Away
Sat 30 Aug 15:00
Sat 30 Aug 12:30 Moved for TV TNT Sports
INTERNATIONAL
BREAK
Sat 6 Sep
  Mon 1 Sep - Tue 9 Sep  
Leeds Home
Sat 13 Sep 15:00
  Decision overdue
Wed 9 Jul
Carabao Cup Round 3
w/c: 15 Sep
  Round 3 split across 2 weeks  
Brentford Home
Sat 20 Sep 15:00
  Decision overdue
Wed 9 Jul
Carabao Cup Round 3
w/c: 22 Sep
  Round 3 split across 2 weeks  
Aston Villa Away
Sat 27 Sep 15:00
 
Extra move factor
Follows Europa League - will move to Sun/Mon
Decision overdue
Wed 9 Jul
Bournemouth Away
Sat 4 Oct 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 20 Aug
INTERNATIONAL
BREAK
Sat 11 Oct
  Mon 6 Oct - Tue 14 Oct  
Arsenal Home
Sat 18 Oct 15:00
 
Extra move factor
Precedes Champions League
Decision due
Wed 20 Aug
Newcastle Away
Sat 25 Oct 15:00
 
Extra move factor
Follows Champions League
Decision due
Wed 20 Aug
Carabao Cup Round 4
w/c: 27 Oct
   
Wolves Home
Sat 1 Nov 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 17 Sep
Everton Away
Sat 8 Nov 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 17 Sep
INTERNATIONAL
BREAK
Sat 15 Nov
  Mon 10 Nov - Tue 18 Nov  
Sunderland Home
Sat 22 Nov 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 17 Sep
Spurs Away
Sat 29 Nov 15:00
 
Extra move factor
Follows Champions League
Decision due
Wed 17 Sep
Man City Home
Wed 3 Dec 20:00
  Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
Crystal Palace Home
Sat 6 Dec 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
Burnley Away
Sat 13 Dec 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
Carabao Cup Round 5
w/c: 15 Dec
   
Nottingham F Home
Sat 20 Dec 15:00
 
Extra move factor
Follows Conference League - will move to Sun/Mon
Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
West Ham Away
Sat 27 Dec 15:00
  Could be played Boxing Day Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
Crystal Palace Away
Tue 30 Dec 20:00
  Minimum 48 hours after previous fixture Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
Liverpool Home
Sat 3 Jan 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
Chelsea Home
Wed 7 Jan 20:00
  Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
FA Cup Round 3
Sat 10 Jan
  No PL games  
Carabao Cup SF 1st leg
w/c: 12 Jan
   
Leeds Away
Sat 17 Jan 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
Brighton Home
Sat 24 Jan 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
Man Utd Away
Sat 31 Jan 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 15 Oct
Carabao Cup SF 2nd leg
w/c: 2 Feb
   
Everton Home
Sat 7 Feb 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 17 Dec
Mac City Away
Wed 11 Feb 20:00
  Decision due
Wed 17 Dec
FA Cup Round 4
Sat 14 Feb
  Played Fri 13 - Wed 18
No PL games
 
Sunderland Away
Sat 21 Feb 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 17 Dec
Spurs Home
Sat 28 Feb 15:00
 
Extra move factor
Follows Champions League
Decision due
Wed 17 Dec
West Ham Home
Wed 4 Mar 20:00
  Decision due
Wed 21 Jan
FA Cup Round 5
Sat 7 Mar
  No PL games  
Nottingham F Away
Sat 14 Mar 15:00
 
Extra move factor
Follows Conference League
Decision due
Wed 21 Jan
Burnley Home
Sat 21 Mar 15:00
 
Possible cup clash
Carabao Cup Final
Decision due
Wed 21 Jan
Carabao Cup Final
Sun 22 Mar
   
INTERNATIONAL
BREAK
Sat 28 Mar
  Mon 23 Mar - Tue 31 Mar  
FA Cup Round 6
Sat 4 Apr
  No PL games  
Liverpool Away
Sat 11 Apr 15:00
 
Extra move factor
Champions League either side
Decision due
Wed 4 Mar
Brentford Away
Sat 18 Apr 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 4 Mar
Aston Villa Home
Sat 25 Apr 15:00
 
Possible cup clash
FA Cup Semi final
Decision due
Wed 4 Mar
FA Cup Semi final
Sat 25 Apr
   
Arsenal Away
Sat 2 May 15:00
 
Extra move factor
Champions League either side
Decision due
Wed 25 Mar
Bournemouth Home
Sat 9 May 15:00
  Decision due
Wed 1 Apr
FA Cup Final
Sat 16 May
   
Wolves Away
Sun 17 May 15:00
 
Possible cup clash
FA Cup Final
Decision due
Wed 8 Apr
Newcastle Home
Sun 24 May 16:00
  Final game - will not move Decision due
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