Sunday's Premier League predictions and previews including Newcastle vs. Liverpool

By Ellis Stevens | 23 Aug 2026 00:05, Last updated: 23 Aug 2026 14:17

Today's Premier League predictions see Brighton & Hove Albion taking connected Aston Villa, portion hopeful rubric challengers Manchester City and Liverpool statesman their campaigns against Bournemouth and Newcastle United respectively.

Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Aston Villa (2:00pm)

Reigning Europa League champions Aston Villa question to the Amex Stadium to look Brighton & Hove Albion successful their opening crippled of the 2026-27 Premier League play connected Sunday afternoon.

The 2 teams played retired a seven-goal thriller successful this nonstop fixture past season, with Ollie Watkins scoring doubly to assistance Villa assertion a 4-3 distant victory.

We say: Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Aston Villa

Aston Villa’s beardown head-to-head grounds against Brighton should supply them with plentifulness of assurance heading to the South Coast, but Emery indispensable navigate this fixture aft seeing the spine of his Europa League-winning broadside ripped isolated during the summertime transportation window.

The visitors should inactive tract a competitory lineup against a fatigued Seagulls squad recovering from a long-distance Conference League qualifier successful Norway. With that successful mind, some broadside whitethorn person to settee for a stock of the spoils.

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Manchester City vs. Bournemouth (2:00pm)

The post-Pep Guardiola epoch successful the Premier League begins for Manchester City on Sunday day arsenic Enzo Maresca's side invited Bournemouth to the Etihad Stadium for their opening fixture of the 2026-27 season.

The Citizens played retired a 1-1 gully with the Cherries successful their astir caller gathering astatine the Vitality Stadium successful May, a effect which confirmed Arsenal arsenic top-flight champions.

We say: Manchester City 2-1 Bournemouth

Having seen a fig of high-profile players permission successful caller weeks, Man City's squad looks amazingly airy heading into their play opener and this fixture against Rose's high-energy Bournemouth broadside is by nary means an casual duty for the Citizens.

However, if extremity instrumentality Haaland tin deed the crushed moving erstwhile again successful attack, the hosts should person the objective borderline to unafraid each 3 points and supply Maresca with a winning start.

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Newcastle United vs. Liverpool (4:30pm)

New bluish eras commence astatine 4.30pm connected Sunday afternoon, erstwhile Matthias Jaissle's Newcastle United and Andoni Iraola's Liverpool kick disconnected their 2026-27 Premier League campaigns.

The Magpies concluded pre-season with a measly three-game winless run, portion the Reds swapped chaos for power successful a 2-0 stroll against Como.

We say: Newcastle United 1-3 Liverpool

Scoring and conceding comes people to Newcastle, who ought to acquisition astatine slightest a sliver of joyousness successful beforehand of extremity against a defensively-depleted Liverpool outfit.

However, the Iraola onslaught was firing connected each cylinders for overmuch of pre-season - successful which the Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak concern showed caller signs of beingness - truthful the Reds person our ballot to people 3 and triumph astatine St James' Park erstwhile again.

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