Premier League Gameweek 3 Fixtures & Form

Premier League Gameweek 3 runs from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September 2026. Ipswich Town host Liverpool in the opener, Manchester City meet Coventry City on Saturday and Arsenal–Chelsea closes the round. The official Premier League fixture list confirms the 10-match card. ScoreSocial entries close at the first active Friday kickoff shown in the app.

Manchester City, Hull City and Chelsea are the only sides with two wins after Sunday. Arsenal and Aston Villa still have their Gameweek 2 match on Monday 31 August, so this snapshot deliberately leaves that result pending. The completed weekend also supplied a warning against overconfidence: Chelsea and Brighton shared seven goals, Manchester United scored five after losing their opener, and Liverpool drew for a second time. Two matches remain a small form sample, especially after a delayed season start.

What matters this gameweek?

Premier League Gameweek 3 runs from 4–6 September and opens with Ipswich–Liverpool on Friday, so that first active kickoff—not Sunday's Arsenal–Chelsea match—sets the ScoreSocial deadline. The official Premier League fixture list confirms all ten pairings. Manchester City have the clearest home direction against a Coventry side yet to score; Hull's two wins and clean sheets make Aston Villa's visit a more balanced test than preseason reputation suggests. Liverpool remain unbeaten but winless, while Manchester United travel to an Everton side with four points after scoring five against Ipswich. Chelsea's 4–3 result widens the plausible total for Brighton's next match without making another seven-goal game likely. The Liverpool–Forest report verifies the champions' second draw. With only two league matches completed for most teams, venue and current evidence guide the calls, but no margin deserves high confidence.

Table before Gameweek 3

This is a timestamped ScoreSocial calculation from the verified results completed through Sunday 30 August. Arsenal and Aston Villa have played once because their Monday fixture was still pending at the 31 August fact check.

Previous round results and form

• Crystal Palace 1–4 Manchester City
• Liverpool 2–2 Nottingham Forest
• Bournemouth 1–1 Everton
• Coventry City 0–1 Hull City
• Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Newcastle United
• Chelsea 4–3 Brighton & Hove Albion
• Leeds United 1–1 Brentford
• Sunderland 1–0 Fulham
• Manchester United 5–2 Ipswich Town
• Aston Villa v Arsenal — Monday 31 August

City and Hull protected perfect starts away from home. Chelsea also reached six points, but conceding three keeps the defensive question open. Manchester United's five-goal response was the round's largest turnaround, while Liverpool's second draw leaves them unbeaten without a win. The official Premier League schedule verifies the card; the Liverpool match report confirms the 2–2 result. The Monday score will be added before publication.

Gameweek 3 fixtures

Friday 4 September: Ipswich Town v Liverpool.

Saturday 5 September: Newcastle United v Bournemouth; Brentford v Sunderland; Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United; Fulham v Crystal Palace; Manchester City v Coventry City; Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur; Hull City v Aston Villa.

Sunday 6 September: Everton v Manchester United; Arsenal v Chelsea.

The card was checked on 31 August. Organisers should rely on the first active kickoff in ScoreSocial if a broadcaster or competition update changes a time.

Match-by-match preview

Ipswich Town v Liverpool

Ipswich have one win and one defeat; Liverpool have drawn twice and scored four while conceding four. The visitors carry greater attacking depth, but the early league evidence has not yet produced control or a clean sheet. That makes the away direction more credible than a large margin.

Newcastle United v Bournemouth

Newcastle followed an opening draw with a 2–0 away win. Bournemouth earned their first point against Everton. Current form and venue favour Newcastle, while two matches remain too little evidence to assume another clean sheet.

Brentford v Sunderland

Brentford are unbeaten with four points and a positive goal difference. Sunderland recovered from defeat by beating Fulham 1–0. The home side own the stronger overall baseline, but Sunderland's immediate response keeps the result separation modest.

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United

Brighton have already scored seven and conceded four across two matches. Leeds remain unbeaten on four points. The fixture has a higher credible goal range than a routine 1–0 template, although the Chelsea result alone should not determine another open score.

Fulham v Crystal Palace

Both London sides begin without a point. Fulham have scored twice; Palace have conceded six. The home venue gives Fulham a narrow edge, but this is a low-confidence result direction between teams still searching for their first defensive platform.

Manchester City v Coventry City

City's two wins and six goals create the strongest home direction of the round. Coventry have lost twice without scoring. The model still has to estimate the margin rather than simply copy City's four-goal Palace result.

Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur

Forest drew at Liverpool after an opening defeat. Tottenham have lost both matches without scoring. That evidence shifts the home probability upwards, though Spurs' squad quality means a two-game drought should not be treated as permanent.

Hull City v Aston Villa

Hull's perfect start includes two clean sheets. Villa entered Monday after a 4–0 opening defeat and their Gameweek 2 evidence is still pending. This section and the final model score will be updated once Villa–Arsenal is verified.

Everton v Manchester United

Everton have four points and two clean sheets across their first two games. Manchester United's 5–2 win changed the mood after an opening defeat. The latest attacking evidence supports United more than it did a week ago, but Everton's defensive start keeps a home result credible.

Arsenal v Chelsea

Chelsea arrive with six points and seven goals, while Arsenal's second match remains pending. The final Sunday fixture has obvious search appeal, but its model evidence cannot be completed honestly until Arsenal's Monday match is settled. Any late official availability update should inform the explanation without rewriting the recorded score after kickoff.

ScoreSocial fixture predictions

These exact scores are the recorded editorial-score-v3 recommendations from the provider-linked Premier League Gameweek 3 card. With only two completed league matches for most clubs, the model grades the evidence as thin and keeps the result probabilities deliberately close.

The recorded predictions will stay unchanged after kickoff. Postponed fixtures are marked void and excluded from entry completion and the public accuracy calculation.

Injuries and availability

No complete official Gameweek 3 injury list was available on 31 August. Named absences will be added only when confirmed by the Premier League or the clubs. International call-ups, training updates and rotation reports should be rechecked close to the Friday deadline.

What the evidence suggests for predictors

• Manchester City have the round's clearest home direction. Two wins meet a Coventry side yet to score, while the exact margin remains uncertain.
• Brighton–Leeds has a broader goal range. Brighton's first two games have produced 11 total goals, but Leeds are unbeaten.
• Wait for facts, not for entry. Arsenal–Chelsea deserves Monday evidence, but the ScoreSocial deadline is Friday's Ipswich–Liverpool kickoff.

The completed Gameweek 2 preview will receive the Monday result before this page goes live. The Premier League prediction league guide explains how to join the open competition.

Sources reviewed

• Official 2026/27 Premier League fixture list
• Liverpool 2–2 Nottingham Forest match report

Fact-check date: 31 August 2026.