2025-26 Premier League 2

The 2025-26 Premier League 2 is the top tier of the Professional Development League. It is an Under-21 league where clubs are permitted to field five 'over-age' outfield players and one 'over-age' goalkeeper. The league operates under the so-called 'Swiss Model' where the 28 teams will be seeded into pots based on their historical performance in the competition over the preceding three years, meaning each team will play 20 matches in the regular season.

A 21-game week scenario will see teams playing each club in their own pot plus four or five teams in all other pots, either home or away. After this, the combined table will determine play-off positions, with the top 16 teams qualifying for the knockout format.

Manchester City are the defending champions while Birmingham City, Burnley and Ipswich Town return to Category One football this season.

Teams

2025-26 Teams
Team Training Ground Manager Arsenal Meadow Park, Boreham Wood David Horseman Aston Villa Bodymoor Heath James Shan Blackburn Rovers Leyland County Ground, Lancashire FA Gregory Vignal Brighton & Hove Albion AMEX Elite Performance Centre Shannon Ruth Birmingham City St Andrew's Mark Kennedy Burnley Tameside Stadium Andy Farrell Chelsea Kingsmeadow Harry Hudson Crystal Palace CPFC Academy Darren Powell Derby County The Proctor Cars Stadium Daniel Maye Everton Haig Avenue Paul Tait Fulham Motspur Park Hayden Mullins Ipswich Town Playford Road John McGreal Leeds United Thorp Arch Scott Gardner Leicester City Seagrave Training Ground Leon McSweeney			Team Training Ground Manager Liverpool LFC Academy Rob Page Manchester City City Football Academy Ben Wilkinson Manchester United Leigh Sports Village Travis Binnion Middlesbrough Heritage Park Mark Tinkler Newcastle United Whitley Park Adam Lawrence Norwich City Avant Training Centre Alan Neilson Nottingham Forest Loughborough University Warren Joyce Reading Bearwood Park Peter Grant Southampton Staplewood Stoke City bet365 Stadium Dave Hibbert Sunderland Academy of Light Graeme Murty Tottenham Lamex Stadium Wayne Burnett West Brom The Hawthorns Leigh Downing West Ham Rush Green Greg Lincoln Wolves Aggborough Stadium James Collins

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	11	8	2	1	26	15	+11	26
2	Chelsea	12	8	0	4	26	18	+8	24
3	Southampton	11	7	3	1	23	15	+8	24
4	Fulham	11	6	5	0	28	17	+11	23
5	Ipswich Town	12	7	1	4	29	29	0	22
6	Tottenham Hotspur	11	6	2	3	25	19	+6	20
7	Leicester City	12	6	2	4	30	25	+5	20
8	West Ham United	11	5	4	2	25	14	+11	19
9	Liverpool	12	6	1	5	30	23	+7	19
10	Stoke City	11	5	4	2	19	15	+4	19
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	5	3	3	21	19	+2	18
12	Crystal Palace	10	5	2	3	21	17	+4	17
13	Aston Villa	11	5	2	4	20	20	0	17
14	Manchester City	11	5	1	5	27	18	+9	16
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	4	4	3	21	13	+8	16
16	Everton	11	5	0	6	17	19	-2	15
17	Arsenal	10	4	3	3	14	19	-5	15
18	Leeds United	11	4	2	5	18	16	+2	14
19	Middlesbrough	11	3	4	4	19	15	+4	13
20	Nottingham Forest	11	4	1	6	14	13	+1	13
21	Norwich City	11	3	3	5	18	23	-5	12
22	Blackburn Rovers	12	3	2	7	19	26	-7	11
23	Birmingham City	10	3	2	5	15	25	-10	11
24	Sunderland	11	2	3	6	22	26	-4	9
25	Newcastle United	11	2	3	6	13	22	-9	9
26	Reading	11	2	3	6	12	24	-12	9
27	Burnley	12	2	1	9	14	28	-14	7
28	West Bromwich Albion	11	1	3	7	7	22	-15	6
29	Derby County	11	1	2	8	13	31	-18	5

(Updated 27th January)

Fixtures

Friday 30 January	Stoke City	1-6	Manchester City
Friday 30 January	Birmingham City	1-1	Aston Villa
Friday 30 January	Brighton & Hove Albion	0-1	Liverpool
Friday 30 January	Burnley	1-3	Reading
Friday 30 January	Chelsea	4-2	Southampton
Friday 30 January	Derby County	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Friday 30 January	Ipswich Town	2-1	Crystal Palace
Friday 30 January	Norwich City	0-2	Fulham
Friday 30 January	Tottenham Hotspur	0-2	Everton
Sunday 1 February	Leeds United	vs	Arsenal
Sunday 1 February	Sunderland	vs	Leicester City
Monday 2 February	Middlesbrough	vs	West Ham United
Monday 2 February	West Bromwich Albion	vs	Manchester United

Results

January

Monday 26 January	Blackburn Rovers	5-0	Birmingham City
Monday 26 January	Crystal Palace	6-0	Derby County
Monday 26 January	Manchester United	1-1	Brighton & Hove Albion
Monday 26 January	Leicester City	1-2	Chelsea
Monday 26 January	Nottingham Forest	0-1	Reading
Monday 26 January	Southampton	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
Monday 26 January	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	Sunderland
Sunday 25 January	Liverpool	2-1	Leeds United
Sunday 25 January	Everton	3-2	Manchester City
Saturday 24 January	Aston Villa	5-4	Ipswich Town
Friday 23 January	Arsenal	1-0	Burnley
Friday 23 January	Fulham	1-1	Middlesbrough
Friday 23 January	Stoke City	1-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Friday 23 January	West Ham United	2-2	Norwich City

Monday 19 January	West Bromwich Albion	1-3	Leicester City
Monday 19 January	Reading	4-1	Blackburn Rovers
Monday 19 January	West Ham United	5-0	Chelsea
Sunday 18 January	Middlesbrough	6-1	Ipswich Town
Saturday 17 January	Liverpool	7-0	Arsenal
Friday 16 January	Leeds United	0-1	Stoke City
Friday 16 January	Sunderland	1-1	Newcastle United
Friday 16 January	Burnley	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Friday 16 January	Derby County	0-0	Aston Villa
Friday 16 January	Fulham	2-2	Manchester United
Friday 16 January	Norwich City	0-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Friday 16 January	Southampton	1-0	Brighton & Hove Albion

Monday 12 January	Blackburn Rovers	0-3	Nottingham Forest
Monday 12 January	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-4	Manchester United
Saturday 10 January	Reading	0-2	Leeds United
Saturday 10 January	Chelsea	4-1	Crystal Palace
Friday 9 January	Everton	0-2	Leicester City
Friday 9 January	Ipswich Town	1-2	Fulham
Friday 9 January	Manchester City	8-1	Burnley
Friday 9 January	Newcastle United	0-1	Middlesbrough
Friday 9 January	Norwich City	2-3	Liverpool

December

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November

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Monday 10 November	Blackburn Rovers	1-4	Derby County
Sunday 9 November	Brighton & Hove Albion	2-0	Manchester City
Saturday 8 November	Fulham	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 8 November	Newcastle United	3-2	Burnley
Saturday 8 November	Chelsea	4-1	Reading
Saturday 8 November	Leeds United	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Saturday 8 November	Aston Villa	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Friday 7 November	Crystal Palace	2-2	Stoke City
Friday 7 November	Middlesbrough	2-2	Norwich City
Friday 7 November	Leicester City	6-2	Birmingham City
Friday 7 November	Southampton	1-1	Arsenal
Friday 7 November	Sunderland	4-2	Ipswich Town
Friday 7 November	West Bromwich Albion	0-3	Everton
Friday 7 November	West Ham United	3-0	Liverpool

Monday 3 November	Nottingham Forest	2-0	Sunderland
Monday 3 November	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	West Ham United
Sunday 2 November	Stoke City	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
Sunday 2 November	Leeds United	2-2	Brighton & Hove Albion
Saturday 1 November	Reading	1-5	Fulham
Saturday 1 November	Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	Southampton
Saturday 1 November	Liverpool	4-2	Middlesbrough

October

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Friday 31 October	Aston Villa	0-2	Crystal Palace
Friday 31 October	Burnley	0-2	Birmingham City
Friday 31 October	Derby County	0-3	Norwich City
Friday 31 October	Everton	1-0	Chelsea
Friday 31 October	Ipswich Town	1-0	Newcastle United
Friday 31 October	Manchester City	4-0	Leicester City
Friday 31 October	Manchester United	0-4	Blackburn Rovers

Monday 27 October	Crystal Palace	0-2	Newcastle United
Sunday 26 October	Liverpool	4-1	Everton
Saturday 25 October	Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Manchester City
Saturday 25 October	Manchester United	4-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 25 October	Sunderland	1-2	Stoke City
Saturday 25 October	Leicester City	3-1	Southampton
Saturday 25 October	Chelsea	2-1	Arsenal
Friday 24 October	Ipswich Town	3-1	Brighton & Hove Albion
Friday 24 October	Fulham	4-4	Derby County
Friday 24 October	West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Reading
Friday 24 October	West Ham United	1-0	Aston Villa
Friday 24 October	Middlesbrough	0-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Friday 24 October	Birmingham City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Friday 24 October	Norwich City	1-4	Burnley

Monday 6 October	Crystal Palace	3-1	Birmingham City
Sunday 5 October	Burnley	0-1	Chelsea
Sunday 5 October	Manchester City	3-0	Reading
Sunday 5 October	Newcastle United	1-4	Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 4 October	Arsenal	2-2	West Ham United
Saturday 4 October	Aston Villa	3-3	Sunderland
Saturday 4 October	Brighton & Hove Albion	1-1	Middlesbrough
Friday 3 October	West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Leeds United
Friday 3 October	Fulham	1-1	Liverpool
Friday 3 October	Everton	1-2	Manchester United
Friday 3 October	Southampton	4-1	Derby County
Friday 3 October	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4-3	Leicester City
Friday 3 October	Nottingham Forest	0-1	Ipswich Town
Friday 3 October	Stoke City	3-1	Blackburn Rovers

September

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Monday 29 September	Leicester City	3-3	Blackburn Rovers
Monday 29 September	Leeds United	1-0	Norwich City
Saturday 27 September	Chelsea	1-2	Stoke City
Saturday 27 September	Ipswich Town	3-2	Liverpool
Saturday 27 September	Manchester United	4-1	Crystal Palace
Friday 26 September	Birmingham City	1-3	Fulham
Friday 26 September	Burnley	0-3	Sunderland
Friday 26 September	Derby County	0-1	Arsenal
Friday 26 September	Manchester City	3-3	Southampton
Friday 26 September	Middlesbrough	0-1	Everton
Friday 26 September	Nottingham Forest	2-3	Aston Villa
Friday 26 September	Reading	1-1	Newcastle United
Friday 26 September	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Friday 26 September	West Ham United	3-3	Brighton & Hove Albion

Monday 22 September	Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Middlesbrough
Monday 22 September	Crystal Palace	3-2	Leeds United
Monday 22 September	Newcastle United	2-3	Norwich City
Monday 22 September	Stoke City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Sunday 21 September	Liverpool	1-2	Manchester United
Saturday 20 September	Arsenal	3-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Saturday 20 September	Chelsea	2-4	Ipswich Town
Friday 19 September	Brighton & Hove Albion	3-1	Derby County
Friday 19 September	Everton	2-3	Aston Villa
Friday 19 September	Fulham	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
Friday 19 September	Leicester City	3-6	Tottenham Hotspur
Friday 19 September	Southampton	2-1	Burnley
Friday 19 September	West Ham United	3-0	Birmingham City

August

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Sunday 31 August	Manchester United	2-1	Manchester City
Saturday 30 August	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Friday 29 August	Birmingham City	2-2	Newcastle United
Friday 29 August	Arsenal	1-0	Brighton & Hove Albion
Friday 29 August	Aston Villa	1-2	Chelsea
Friday 29 August	Burnley	1-2	Leeds United
Friday 29 August	Derby County	0-2	Leicester City
Friday 29 August	Ipswich Town	2-2	Southampton
Friday 29 August	Middlesbrough	5-2	Reading
Friday 29 August	Norwich City	2-1	Everton
Friday 29 August	Stoke City	1-2	Liverpool
Friday 29 August	Sunderland	2-4	West Ham United
Friday 29 August	West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Crystal Palace
Friday 29 August	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-1	Blackburn Rovers

Monday 25 August	Liverpool	2-3	Burnley
Monday 25 August	West Bromwich Albion	1-3	Aston Villa
Sunday 24 August	Leeds United	2-3	Ipswich Town
Saturday 23 August	Derby County	0-3	Birmingham City
Friday 22 August	Manchester United	4-2	Norwich City
Friday 22 August	Blackburn Rovers	0-4	Brighton & Hove Albion
Friday 22 August	Everton	3-4	Fulham
Friday 22 August	Manchester City	3-1	West Ham United
Friday 22 August	Newcastle United	0-5	Chelsea
Friday 22 August	Nottingham Forest	2-2	Arsenal
Friday 22 August	Reading	0-0	Leicester City
Friday 22 August	Southampton	3-2	Sunderland
Friday 22 August	Tottenham Hotspur	2-3	Crystal Palace
Friday 22 August	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	Stoke City

Monday 18 August	Burnley	1-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Monday 18 August	Chelsea	3-1	Manchester City
Monday 18 August	Everton	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Monday 18 August	Leicester City	4-2	Liverpool
Monday 18 August	Middlesbrough	0-1	Manchester United
Monday 18 August	Sunderland	3-5	Tottenham Hotspur
Monday 18 August	West Ham United	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Sunday 17 August	Newcastle United	1-2	Southampton
Sunday 17 August	Brighton & Hove Albion	4-0	West Bromwich Albion
Friday 15 August	Arsenal	2-3	Fulham
Friday 15 August	Aston Villa	0-3	Leeds United
Friday 15 August	Birmingham City	2-2	Stoke City
Friday 15 August	Ipswich Town	4-3	Derby County
Friday 15 August	Norwich City	1-1	Reading

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 27th January)

Player	Club	Goals
Keyrol Figueroa	Liverpool	11
Shumaira Mheuka	Chelsea	11
Aaron Loupalo-Bi	Fulham	8
Nicholas Oyekunle	Southampton	7
Zach Marsh	Crystal Palace	6
Kieran Morrison	Liverpool	6
Timur Tuterov	Sunderland	6
Luca Williams-Barnett	Tottenham Hotspur	6
Gabriele Biancheri	Manchester United	5

Hat-tricks

(Updated 27th January)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Shane Nti	Brighton & Hove Albion	17th August 2025	Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 West Bromwich Albion
Shumaira Mheuka	Chelsea	18th August 2025	Chelsea 3-1 Manchester City
Trey Ogunsuyi	Sunderland	18th August 2025	Sunderland 3-5 Tottenham Hotspur
Zach Marsh	Crystal Palace	23rd August 2025	Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Crystal Palace
Luca Williams-Barnett	Tottenham Hotspur	19th September 2025	Leicester City 3-6 Tottenham Hotspur
Josh Landers	West Ham United	26th September 2025	West Ham United 3-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
Gabriele Biancheri	Manchester United	25th October 2025	Manchester United 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Keyrol Figueroa	Liverpool	26th October 2025	Liverpool 4-1 Everton
Shumaira Mheuka	Chelsea	10th January 2026	Chelsea 4-1 Crystal Palace
Kieran Morrison	Liverpool	17th January 2026	Liverpool 7-0 Arsenal
Cruz Ibeh	Middlesbrough	18th January 2026	Middlesbrough 6-1 Ipswich Town
Sean Patton	Reading	19th January 2026	Reading 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
Kadan Young	Aston Villa	24th January 2026	Aston Villa 5-4 Ipswich Town