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 Mehmet Ali Aston Villa Bodymoor Heath James Shan Blackburn Rovers Leyland County Ground, Lancashire FA Mike Sheron Brighton & Hove Albion AMEX Elite Performance Centre Shannon Ruth Birmingham City St Andrew's Steve Spooner Burnley Andy Farrell Victory Park, Chorley Chelsea Kingsmeadow Filipe Coelho Crystal Palace Selhurst Park Darren Powell Derby County Loughborough University Daniel Maye Everton Haig Avenue, Southport Paul Tait Fulham Motspur Park Hayden Mullins Ipswich Town Playford Road John McGreal Leeds United Thorp Arch Scott Gardner Leicester City Seagrave Training Ground Ben Dawson			Team Training Ground Manager Liverpool Kirkby Academy Rob Page Manchester City Man City Academy Stadium Ben Wilkinson Manchester United Leigh Sports Village Travis Binnion Middlesbrough Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland Mark Tinkler Newcastle United Northumberland FA TBC Norwich City Lotus Training Centre Alan Neilson Nottingham Forest Meadow Lane Warren Joyce Reading Bearwood Park Peter Grant Southampton The Snows Stadium, Totton Stoke City bet365 Stadium Dave Hibbert Sunderland Academy of Light Graeme Murty Tottenham Lamex Stadium, Stevenage Wayne Burnett West Brom The Hawthorns Richard Beale West Ham Rush Green Mark Robson Wolves Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster James Collins

League Table

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

(Updated 31st August)

Fixtures

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
Saturday 20 September	Arsenal	3-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Saturday 20 September	Chelsea	2-4	Ipswich Town
Sunday 21 September	Liverpool	1-2	Manchester United
Monday 22 September	Blackburn Rovers	vs	Middlesbrough
Monday 22 September	Crystal Palace	vs	Leeds United
Monday 22 September	Newcastle United	vs	Norwich City
Monday 22 September	Stoke City	vs	Nottingham Forest

Results

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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 31st August)

Player	Club	Goals
Shumaira Mheuka	Chelsea	4
Harry Gray	Leeds United	3
Fraser Holman	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3
Oliver Irow	Tottenham Hotspur	3
Aaron Loupalo-Bi	Fulham	3
Zach Marsh	Crystal Palace	3
Shane Nti	Brighton & Hove Albion	3
Trey Ogunsuyi	Sunderland	3
Tom Taylor	Ipswich Town	3

Hat-tricks

(Updated 31st August)

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