The second half of the 2025-26 season has already produced a steady stream of kit reveals and leaks for 2026-27. Across the division, manufacturers and clubs are leaning on retro references, subtle details and new commercial partners.

Arsenal’s reported home shirt appears traditional at first glance but carries small refinements. The design reportedly includes a burgundy collar with a zig-zag pattern and multiple shades of red. There is also discussion that golden Premier League badges could be applied to the home attire for the campaign.

Aston Villa’s leaked home kit takes a clear step back in time. The design is said to draw on the club’s 1969 attire and will feature a sky blue collar on a polo-style shirt. The choice is notable given Villa’s position around the bottom end of the Second Division in that era and their relegation to the third tier in 1970.

Bournemouth have agreed a new multi-year partnership with Hummel, described as a club-record kit deal. The Cherries have moved away from Umbro and the new supplier will coincide with a fresh front-of-shirt partner for the 2026-27 season.

Brentford will replace Hollywood Bets with Indeed as principal sponsor. Teasers show the club retaining its classic red and white stripes while a subtle wave motif has been worked into the fabric.

Chelsea’s expected home shirt uses sharp yellow accents known as Midwest Gold to cut through royal blue. The club’s lion badge may be layered across the centre and could gain prominence if a permanent front-of-shirt sponsor is not secured. IFS, signed in February, is due to expire at the end of the season, a commercial gap that has had financial consequences for the club.

Leeds United are set to wear horizontal stripes at home for the first time in the club’s history. Designers appear to have taken some inspiration from the 2005-06 Admiral shirt, which featured vertical blue and yellow pinstripes.

Liverpool’s leaks point to a darker take on the Candy-sponsored shirt of 1989-91. That vintage coincided with the club�s last long spell of domestic dominance, capped by the 1989-90 title, a 10th crown in 15 seasons before a 30-year wait for the next.

Manchester City’s home shirt looks largely traditional with a fade from sky blue to white at the hem, which could encourage some fans to pair it with white shorts. Manchester United mock-ups featuring Bruno Fernandes attracted attention after the Red Devils’ feel-good derby victory that marked Michael Carrick’s debut of his second spell. The leaked United shirt shows a clean collar and white accents.

Newcastle’s proposed design keeps stripes as the defining element but experiments with varying bar widths and narrowing black stripes that bleed out from each large section, a pattern some observers liken to a Doppler effect visual.

Arsenal enjoyed an almost perfect gameweek as they move within sight of a first Premier League title in more than two decades. Manchester City’s dramatic stumble at Everton, Pep Guardiola’s men scoring a last-gasp equalizer in a 3–3 draw, left the title effectively in Arsenal’s hands.

If Arsenal win their remaining three matches nobody can stop them from ending the long trophy drought. City are now five points behind Arsenal with a game in hand. They remain in the race but are reliant on others doing them favors and, realistically, must win all of their remaining fixtures to have any chance of reclaiming top spot.

Remaining fixtures

Arsenal
– West Ham United (A) – May 10
– Burnley (H) – May 18
– Crystal Palace (A) – May 24

Man City
– Brentford (H) – May 9
– Crystal Palace (H) – May 13
– Bournemouth (A) – May 19
– Aston Villa (H) – May 24

On paper Arsenal are favourites in each of their remaining matches, but the league often produces surprises. The Gunners first travel across the capital to the London Stadium to face relegation-threatened West Ham United. Nuno Espírito Santo’s side have been strong on home soil recently and will be fighting for survival, while Arsenal could be affected by fatigue after the Champions League semifinal second leg.

Arsenal’s penultimate fixture at home to already relegated Burnley offers a clear opportunity to bolster goal difference. The managerless Clarets have won just one league match since the beginning of November.

The trip to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace will be a stern test if the title still hangs in the balance. There is a strong chance Oliver Glasner rests players in his final Premier League match as Palace manager, with the Eagles likely to be playing in the Conference League final three days later.

Manchester City face an extra match to navigate, the rearranged home fixture with Crystal Palace on May 13. The Eagles have sometimes proved tricky opponents for City, such as in last year’s FA Cup final, but Guardiola’s side will still be favourites in their Etihad fixtures.

Pep Guardiola cut a downcast figure after watching his Manchester City side give up a position of real ascendancy against Everton on Monday night, but he took some encouragement from his side’s capacity to at least scramble a point after trailing 3–1 with less than 10 minutes left to play.

The table shows Arsenal with 35 games played, a +41 goal difference and 76 points. Manchester City have played 34, sit on +37 and have 71 points. That gap leaves a narrow path for Arsenal to be crowned before the traditional final-day showdown.

There is a sequence in which Arsenal would need only one more win. Should City lose to Brentford on Saturday and Arsenal beat West Ham United the following day, Arsenal would be confirmed as champions if City fail to beat Crystal Palace on Wednesday, May 13. That outcome depends on Arsenal defeating West Ham at the London Stadium.

As Thierry Henry fretted on Sky Sports, “Nothing is done.”

“I am going to stay in my lane, I am not going to celebrate too early,” he warned. “I am worried for the West Ham game.”

Most likely the race will stretch to the final day, Sunday, May 24. City’s vulnerability was exposed in the Everton match, but it would be a major surprise if they dropped many more points.

Both title contenders could face opponents with other priorities on that decisive Sunday. Arsenal travel to Crystal Palace, who may be preparing for a Conference League final three days later and hold a 3–1 lead from a semifinal first leg over Shakhtar Donetsk ahead of this week’s home tie.

Aston Villa trail Nottingham Forest by one goal from their Europa League semifinal first leg. If Villa reach the final they would travel to Man City four days on from an appearance in the Europa League final. Villa’s recent performance against Tottenham Hotspur was described as disastrous in the draft and could indicate vulnerability.

Arsenal’s remaining fixtures referenced in the draft include West Ham (A) on May 10, Burnley (H) on May 18 and Bournemouth (A) on May 19. City’s key fixtures are Brentford (H) on May 9 and Crystal Palace (H) on May 13.