Two newly promoted teams won their first match of the 2026–27 Premier League season.
Hull City defeated Manchester United 2–0, while Ipswich Town beat Sunderland 2–1. Both victories came on Saturday 22 August 2026, giving two promoted clubs an immediate winning start. Coventry City, the third promoted club, lost 3–0 away to defending champions Arsenal in the opening match.
The result repeated a pattern from the previous season, when two promoted teams also won their opening matches. The Premier League’s official weekend review noted that Leeds United and Sunderland achieved that feat in 2025–26, and both ultimately avoided relegation.
The three promoted clubs had returned from different lengths of absence. Coventry came back after 25 years, Hull after nine years and Ipswich after one year. Because all three played on the opening weekend, counting the winners requires separating results rather than simply counting promoted teams in the fixture list.