2020–21 Premier League
The 2020–21 Premier League will be the 29th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. Liverpool are the defending champions, having won their nineteenth league title the previous season, their first in the Premier League era. The season was initially scheduled to start on 8 August, but this was delayed until 12 September as a consequence of the postponement of the previous season's conclusion due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
It will be the second Premier League season to have a mid-season break in February, whereby five games of a normal round of ten will be played on one weekend and the remaining five the following weekend. It will also be the second Premier League season to use VAR. As was the case at the end of the previous season, there will be limited or no attendance from fans in the stadiums besides each team's staff and personnel.
Teams
Twenty teams will compete in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The two promoted teams so far are Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion, after respective top flight absences of sixteen and two years. Fulham and Brentford will play in the EFL play-offs to determine which West London club will compete in the 2020–21 Premier League. They will replace Bournemouth, Watford, and Norwich City.Stadiums and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
Arsenal | London | Emirates Stadium | |
Aston Villa | Birmingham | Villa Park | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | Brighton | Falmer Stadium | |
Burnley | Burnley | Turf Moor | |
Chelsea | London | Stamford Bridge | |
Crystal Palace | London | Selhurst Park | |
Everton | Liverpool | Goodison Park | |
Leeds United | Leeds | Elland Road | |
Leicester City | Leicester | King Power Stadium | |
Liverpool | Liverpool | Anfield | |
Manchester City | Manchester | City of Manchester Stadium | |
Manchester United | Old Trafford | Old Trafford | |
Newcastle United | Newcastle upon Tyne | St James' Park | |
Sheffield United | Sheffield | Bramall Lane | |
Southampton | Southampton | St Mary's Stadium | |
Tottenham Hotspur | London | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | |
West Bromwich Albion | West Bromwich | The Hawthorns | |
West Ham United | London | London Stadium | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | Wolverhampton | Molineux Stadium |