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Premier League: Matchweek 20, Kit Review

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The Premier League hits the New Year and we are officially in the second half of the season, and these were the eighth round games of nine over a six week period, with the fixtures played across two days on Saturday 3rd January and Sunday 4th January 2026.

You can find last round of fixtures report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 20 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 91 (+2 Kit this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 66 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

There were two new kit looks on show this weekend.

Nottingham Forest wore their Away Kit with alternative navy shorts and socks

Burnley wore their Home Kit with Away socks

Kit Highlights

For the second Matchweek in a row, 17 Teams wore their Home Kit, with 15 in default look and 2 in alternative Home Kit Looks.

Nottingham Forest wore their 6th Different Kit Look of the season so far, this was their 3rd different Away Kit variation.

Burnley wore their 5th different Kit Variation of the season, there are the only team in the Premier League this season to use “Kit Mash” up and now they have done it twice, having worn Away Kit with Home socks at West Ham United, this weekend they wore Home Kit with Away Socks at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Brentford wore their Home Kit in an Away game for the first time this season, in their 10th Away Match of the campaign.

A couple of interesting Kit notes from Newcastle United this weekend…

Firstly, Fabian Schär marked his 250th appearance for the club with a special detail on his match shirt.

Secondly, Nick Pope wore their 3rd Choice Goalkeeper Kit, the yellow Trefoil Template, this is the first time that we have seen this template used when the team are NOT wearing their 3rd Kit (other teams have worn same colour in standard and Trefoil Templates to get around this).

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal, the Bournemouth Home Kit is one of my favourite this season, and paired with a classic looking Arsenal 3rd Kit gave us a nice overall match up and balance!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 17 Home Kits, 2 Away and 1 Third Kits in action.

There were three Kit variations used in this Matchweek.

  • Nottingham Forest – Away with alternative navy shorts / socks
  • Burnley – Home with Away socks
  • Manchester United – Home, with alternative black shorts, 3rd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 4th January

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit News this week.

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Premier League 2024 / 25: One Kit Wonders

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The 2024 / 25 Premier League season ended with total of 113 different kits used by the 20 teams, you can find details of all of those kits in my in depth End of Season Kit Review, however of those 113 kits there was 33 kit looks that only got one appearance, these are our “One Kit Wonders”!

Thirteen teams used a kit look just once and for those regular readers and followers, there is no guessing which team provided the most of these….. lets take a closer look at these kits!

Arsenal – 2 Kits

Kicking off with Arsenal, the two kits they used just the once were in games 36 and 37 of the season, wearing alternative white shorts / socks with their Away kit and then in their final home game of the season they wore they 25 / 26 Home Kit.

Aston Villa – 10 Kits

Aston Villa who wore 13 Kits in total make up over 30% of the “One Kit Wonders” this season, with 10 Kits they wore just the single time! They had two Home Kit looks worn once, three Away Kit looks including a look they wore on the opening day of the season (sky blue shorts / socks) and the default Away look (with sky blue shorts), each of the four combinations of 3rd Kit usage was used just once and finally they wore their 25 / 26 Away Kit (with alternative white socks) in their final game of the season.

AFC Bournemouth – 2 Kits

Bournemouth were another team that used two different kits twice both kits were worn on visits to the Manchester clubs, with alternative purple shorts worn with their Away Kit against United and in Bournemouth’s final Away game of the season they used alternative red socks with their Home Kit playing City.

Brentford – 1 Kit

One of my Kit oddities of the season was the the appearance of Claret Socks with Brentford’s Away Kit at West Ham United. Initially it was believed that visitors had used a pair of change socks from their hosts but closer inspection shows that these were standard Umbro Teamwear socks, not from West Ham Kit room…!

Chelsea – 1 Kit

Chelsea are the only team in this list that wore a default kit look just once, their 3rd kit was only used once in Premier League at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Everton – 2 Kits

Everton wore three different variations of their Away Kit, two of these were seen just once, with yellow socks at Manchester City and yellow shorts at Chelsea!

Leicester City – 2 Kits

Leicester City used variations of Home Kit (with 3rd socks) and 3rd Kit with Navy socks, and as Everton were used at Manchester City and Chelsea.

Liverpool – 1 Kit

Liverpool just used the one alternative variation this season and this was the use of white socks with their Away kit at Brentford, these were bespoke alternative socks for this kit.

Manchester United – 5 Kits

Manchester United used ten different looks this season, five of these looks were used just once… with one Home Kit look, two Away and two 3rd Kits, all looks used bespoke alternatives to each of the kits, no mash ups.

Newcastle United – 3 Kits

With Newcastle United being another team using ten kit variations through the season they were always going to have a couple of kit looks used just the once, however it was only their Away Kit looks (white shorts / socks and navy short / white socks) that make up their 24 / 25 kit set that were used just the once, the third single use kit was their 25 / 26 Home Kit which they debuted in the final game of the season.

This also means that the Toon Army also wore the most kit variations multiple times, with 7 different kit looks being worn more than once.

Nottingham Forest – 2 Kits

Nottingham Forest wore their 3rd Kit in four different kit combos with white and sky blue shorts and socks, two of these looks were used once, blue shorts and white socks at Aston Villa and white shorts / socks at Crystal Palace.

Tottenham Hotspur – 1 Kit

Tottenham Hotspur used alternative navy socks with both Home and Away Kit, the Away kit look was used just the once at Southampton, this was also one of two victories in their Away Kit in eight games in total it was used.

West Ham United – 1 Kit

On the final day of the season West Ham United used their Home Kit with alternative sky blue shorts, this was their 3rd different Home Kit look of the season but the only time these shorts were used.

There we have all the 33 Kits worn just once in the Premier League this season.

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Premier League: 2024 / 25, My Favourite Kit Observation by Team

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If you are reading this then I am sure you have already seen my End of Season Kit Report for 2024 / 25 Premier League and taken the all the details here around Kit Usage this season and many of you will know about the Kit Stats that I share on my Socials through out the season.

I wanted to build on that and spend a little time with each of the 20 Teams and call out my favourite Kit Stat, Kit Tale, Story or general call out all the teams, although there are some teams with plenty to discuss regarding their kits, this will be my favourite observation per team.

Arsenal

7 Goalkeeper kits were worn by Arsenal, including the only “Mash Up” Goalkeeper Kit of the season, using the Yellow and Black versions of the Adidas Template to produce this wonderful look!

Aston Villa

The most kit variations used by a single team with 13 Kits in total but only 3 of these were worn more than once… Home Kit (Default Look) 23 times, Away with Home Shorts (All White) 3 times and Home with alternative claret shorts / socks was worn twice.

AFC Bournemouth

Alternative red socks worn at Manchester City in their final Away game of the season, this was the Club’s only variation look of their Home Kit this season.

Brentford

Brentford wore just one alternative variation from their three Kits this season and that was the appearance of Claret Socks at West Ham United. Initially it was believed that visitors had used a pair of change socks from their hosts but closer inspection shows that these were standard Umbro Teamwear socks, not from West Ham Kit room…!

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion scored the most points in a change kit in the Premier League this season, having scored 19 points in their Away Kit (worn in 14 games).

Chelsea

Chelsea only used their 3rd Kit once in the Premier League this season, worn at Brighton & Hove Albion. In fact this Kit was only worn twice domestically this season, both games against Brighton and within the same week (8th February, FA Cup and 14th February, Premier League).

Crystal Palace

Only variation of kit used by the club this season was in FA Cup Final, with their Home Kit paired with alternative white socks.

Everton

Everton wore their Away Kit in just four game this season but they did that using three different looks, with alternative yellow short and socks used.

Fulham

Fulham were another team that used a change kit just four time, this being their 3rd Kit, which they used twice with alternative white socks (although they do not appear to be Home socks as not carrying the FFC above the Adidas logo).

Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town’s Home was the single most worn outfield kit look this season, being worn 30 times in total.

Leicester City

Leicester City used alternative navy socks with 3rd Kit at Chelsea, a look that worked really well and my favourite for The Foxes this season.

Liverpool

Liverpool used the Nike Goalkeeper template in four different colours, the only Nike supplied team to do so (five if you included the green kit which they also wore with and without the inverted Nike Swoosh logo)!

Manchester City

Another team to wear four Goalkeeper kits was Manchester City, their fourth kit was one that partially created via AI with design input from Ederson, Stefan Ortega, and Rico Lewis, this was part of the promotional advertising for a competition for fans to design their 3rd Kit for 2026 / 27 season!

Manchester United

Manchester United were one of three teams to hit double figures for their Kit Variations this season, each of their three kits used light coloured short variations (White – Home, Light Grey – Away, Off White – 3rd).

Newcastle United

Newcastle United were one of the teams with double digit Kit Variations, wearing 10 Kit looks in total including all possible combinations of their Away Kit with its default and alternative shorts / socks.

Nottingham Forest

Most points scored in 3rd Kit, 16 Points in the 10 games (and 4 Variations) worn.

Southampton

Wore change kits in 18 of the 19 Away games, wearing their Away Kit in 15 Games and 3rd Kit in 3 Games, their 3rd Kit was worn with alternative white shorts in all games rather than the default pink shorts.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur had two kit variations used this season, one with Home and one with Away but both used the same pair of alternative Navy Socks.

West Ham United

West Ham wore their Home socks with each of their 3 kits, as default with their Home Kit 22 times, twice with their Away Kit and 4 times with their 3rd Kit.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolves spent the final half of the season in their Home Kit, wearing it in the final 19 games. The last time they wore a change kit was 29th December and in total wore a change it just once in 24 games in six months, wearing alternative Old Gold Shorts on the road in the second half of the season in all but 1 game!

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Premier League: Matchweek 33 Kit Review

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The Premier League is now in the final stages of the season. The games this weekend were the reverse matches from Matchweek 18 the Boxing Day Fixtures, a nice touch over Easter Weekend!

You can find last week’s report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 33 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 103 (No New Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 71 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were no new Kits used this weekend.

This was only the second Matchweek this season where there has been no new kits for either outfield or goalkeeper, the first week was Matchweek 19!

Kit Highlights

AFC Bournemouth were in their All White Away kit for the first time since Matchweek 7, they have worn it once since with alternative shorts but the first time in all white since 5th October.

Chelsea used alternative blue socks giving us an All Blue look for surprisingly just the 3rd time this season, previous outings were in Matchweek 14 and 15!

My favourite Kit Match Up of this Matchweek was the game between Aston Villa and Newcastle United, to solid Adidas kits on show, Newcastle using alternative shorts to offer to contrast to the kit match up.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 2 3rd Kits

There were two Kit Variations used this Matchweek

  • Chelsea – Home with alternative blue socks (all blue), 3rd time used
  • Newcastle United – 3rd with alternative turquoise shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd April

Kit News

There was no new Premier League Kit News in the past week, the leaks for next season are coming in thick and fast, and I am sure we will see some confirmed before the end of the season!

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Premier League: Matchweek 17 Kit Review

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The Premier League is one step closer to the half way stage of the season Here is our regular look at the Kits worn in this weekend.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 17 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 81 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 64 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were four new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Brighton & Hove Albion used alternative blue socks with their Home Kit.

Newcastle United wore their 3rd Kit with alternative aqua green shorts.

Wolverhampton Wanderers used their Home Kit with alternative “Old Gold” shorts for the first time this season.

AFC Bournemouth in alternative purple shorts with their Away Kit.

Two new Goalkeeper Kits seen this weekend:

  • Brentford – Green Umbro Template
  • Brighton & Hove Albion – Black Nike Template

Kit Highlights

Newcastle United now have the joint highest Kit Variations of the season, with their 7th Kit look in total, this being their 3rd different 3rd Kit look!

There have been more goalkeeper kits worn this season so far with 64 than the whole of last season with 61 Kits! Two new looks this week with Brentford and Brighton both wearing new looks this weekend (standard Umbro / Nike Templates).

Liverpool were the only Away team this weekend to wear their default home kit, Brighton and Wolves both in alternative elements of their Home for the first time this season.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Ipswich Town and Newcastle United, a nice match up with Newcastle United in their 3rd Kit, the balance of colours worked well and the alternative shorts of Newcastle were unexpected!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 4 3rd Kits

There were six variations seen over these fixtures, the most in one Matchweek so far this season.

  • Newcastle United – 3rd Kit with alternative aqua green shorts
  • Brighton & Hove Albion – Home Kit with alternative blue socks
  • Arsenal – 3rd Kit with alternative turquoise socks, 2nd time used
  • Wolves – Home with alternative old gold shorts
  • AFC Bournemouth – Away with alternative purple shorts
  • Southampton – 3rd Kit with alternative white shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit news this week, although there are plenty of rumours and leaks for next seasons kits but as always this is something we will not share here until things are confirmed.

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Premier League: Matchweek 25 Kit Review

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Matchweek 25 is now completed and see the reverse fixtures from Matchweek 12 and see the League approach the 2/3rd of the season mark, so lets take a look at the kits worn this weekend in a little more detail.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 25 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 98 (+1 from Matchweek 24)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 24)

New Kits this Matchweek

There was just the one new kit on show this weekend.

AFC Bournemouth wore their first Kit Variation of the season, with their away kit being used with alternative navy socks to their visit to Newcastle United, this becomes the 98th Kit used in the Premier League this season!

Kit Highlights

Wolverhampton Wanderers have now used their Away Kit four times this season, racking up 10 point with three victories and draw, the fourth team to reach double figures for points but have the joint highest “Points per game” in the Kit with Liverpool.

Aston Villa were the only team this matchweek to wear their Home Kit away from home, it also is the first time that they have worn their Default Home Kit (Home Shirt / White shorts & Sky Blue Socks) away from Villa Park this season in the Premier League.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this weekend was at the game between Brentford and Liverpool, one of the best Brentford Home Kits in their Umbro period, and an interesting Liverpool 3rd Kit, the Purple an unusual colour in football but one that has strong links with the city of Liverpool, this Kit does work well for me and matched up with this Brentford kit gave us a good kit match up.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 11 Home Kits, 7 Away Kits and 2 3rd Kits in action in this Matchweek

There was there five Kit Variations on show this week.

  • AFC Bournemouth in Away Kit with Navy Socks
  • West Ham United in Away Kit with alternative sky blue shorts, 3rd time this look has been used
  • Brighton & Hove Albion in Away Kit with white shorts and socks, the 2nd time used
  • Manchester United in 3rd Kit with alternative white socks, the 5th time they have been used
  • Crystal Palace in Away / Home Kit Mash up, with Away kit paired with Home socks, the 2nd time seen in the League

Kit Grid – Up to 20th February 2024

Kit News

There was no new Premier League related Kit News this week, watch this space for news in the coming weeks.

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