What is the fixture computer and how does it work?

There is a mythical basis in football on the idea of ​​the idea and invent a machine footage to spit a machine suitable for Vidiprinte a Saturday afternoon.

The reality is a little more secular – and complex – to fight all issues.

So how does it manage to plan 380 games of 20 teams and take into account these variables?

This Premier League He gave a necessary idea how it works.

When does planning start?

The process begins with European obligations in the beginning of a calendar year with EFL facilities, international dates and European obligations.

The Premier League works with Atos to set the matches available for the 2025-26 campaign, which see 33 weekends and five Midweek slots in the league and FA Cup games.

Clubs identify any specific dates or other specific dates where they want to play at home or in the house or in the house or in the summer.

Police forces are also included in the process to ensure that the nearest teams are not in the same day, thereby creates staff problems.

This season, Arsenal and Tottenham are combined and alternative home and alternative appliances in Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, Everton and Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United, Newcastle United and Sunderland.

📣 2025/26 Announce Premier League facilities 📣

– Premier League (@Premierleague) June 18, 2025

Log in to the computer …

The above information is employed after connecting to the computer.

There are four basic principles that the computer tries to follow:

• There must be three home fittings in every five matches and from two to two; or two home appliances and three.
• One team will never be on both sides of the FA cup connections, both home or a number of matches and teams and teams everywhere.
• A club season will not start or finish with two houses or two distance matches for reasoning for justice. During Christmas, a team in a team will be on a new year or equivalent date in the first round of matches after Christmas.
• The league also tries to continue a sequence in a Saturday house throughout the season.