2025-26 Premier League: Matchday 1 attendance (42,133 spectators on average per game)

Matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League season drew an average attendance of 42,133 spectators per game, from Friday 15 to Monday 18/08/2025. The average stadium fill rate was 97.7%.

Tottenham Hotspur FC - Burnley FC (3-0), on Saturday 16/08 (kick-off at 15:00 BST), was the match that posted the best attendance, with 61,077 spectators at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (62,850 capacity), which represented a 97.2% fill rate. Three other fixtures were attended by more than 40,000 spectators.

The attendance figures for Manchester United FC - Arsenal FC (0-1) at Old Trafford (74,879 capacity) on Sunday 17/08 have not been communicated, as of 19/08/2025.

Premier League clubs recorded an average of 43,599 spectators per match and an average stadium fill rate of 99.1% on Matchday 1 of the 2024-25 season.

• The 20 Premier League clubs posted an average of 40,385 spectators per match during the 2024-25 season, up 4.5% on 2023-24 (38,623 spectators).
• The English top flight welcomed a total of 15.3 million spectators, compared with 14.52 million the previous season.

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