Premier League: Matchweek 8 Kit Review

The Premier League returns after the second International Break of the season, with the return of “Monday Night Football” for just the 3rd time so far this season.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 8 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 53 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 53 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kits seen this Matchweek..

Arsenal wore their “Trefoil” branded 3rd Kit for the first time this season, however they used alternative “Aqua” socks rather than the default navy sock look.

Manchester City were the other team with a new look this week, using their 3rd Kit for the first time in the Premier League.

The three new goalkeeper kits on show

Arsenal – Fluro Yellow
Chelsea – Light Blue
Crystal Palace – Charcoal Grey

Kit Highlights

Liverpool used their charity sponsor for this weekend’s game against Chelsea, linked to the regular front of shirt sponsor Standard Charter, they have used this “Futuremakers” logo in previous seasons in one off games.

Arsenal became the fourth team already this season to use four different goalkeeper kits when they used their “Trefoil” goalkeeper kit, the same as used by Manchester United but like the Red Devils it was only the black version that they promoted with the kits during the launch. The other teams with four goalkeeper kits this season are, Manchester United, Liverpool and Southampton… to compare last season, three team used 4 kits all season!

There are six teams that have worn change kits in all their Away games so far this season, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle United and Southampton!

Wolverhampton Wanderers are the only team to use just one kit look this season so far in the League and given their upcoming fixtures looks likely to remain that way well into November!

Crystal Palace used a different goalkeeper kit for the first time this season, moving away from their aqua kit to a charcoal grey version of this Macron Template.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal, the Bournemouth kit this season is a clean and classy look, paired with Arsenal’s vibrant 3rd kit worked well for a nice looking match up!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits

There were two variations seen this weekend

West Han United – Home, with alternative sky blue socks (2nd time used)
Arsenal – 3rd Kit, alternative socks

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd October

Kit News

It looks like Adidas will be increasing their “Elite” teams with the Premier League from next season, currently there are just two teams in this bracket (Arsenal and Manchester United) from the Premier League out of the five in total.

Next season Newcastle United will be joining them, and with rumours of Liverpool deal already in place for next season, it now looks like Aston Villa will also be joining this “Elite” list as well, giving the Premier League five teams in total that may have a “Trefoil” logo with their 3rd Kit next season!