Champions League 26/27: Match 2, Kit Review

The revamped Champions League format is now in it’s third season, and we will continue to review the kits worn in each Matchweek, much like the Premier League Kit Reviews.

As with the previous years of this format, Match 2 sees the games return to two days, with nine games on Tuesday and nice on a Wednesday, this will be the format until the final round of group games in January, with these games played across Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th October.

The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.

This gives 103 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, but there will be more thanks to the missing 3rd Kits as well as 4th Kits / Cup Kits that we are likely to see in use over the coming months!

Match 2 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 59
  • New Kits – 23

New Kits this Matchweek

As we are in Match 2 there was plenty of new kit looks on show this week, with 23 of the 36 Teams in 2 different kit looks in their opening 2 games

  • Lens – Home
  • Slavia Prague – 3rd
  • Arsenal – Home
  • Lille – 3rd
  • Atletico Madrid – Home
  • Manchester United – Away with alternative white shorts / socks
  • Barcelona – Away
  • Club Brugge – Away
  • RB Leipzig – Home
  • PSV – 3rd
  • Villarreal – Home
  • Napoli – 3rd
  • Feyenoord – Home
  • Como – Home with white socks
  • Liverpool – Away with alternative white shorts
  • Aston Villa – Home
  • Fenerbahce – Home with alternative navy shorts & socks
  • Borussia Dortmund – Away
  • Manchester City – Home
  • Porto – Away
  • Shakhtar Donetsk – Home
  • AEK Athens – 3rd
  • Slovan Bratislava – 3rd

Kit Highlights

Manchester United wore alternative white shorts and socks with their Away Kit at Atletico Madrid for a lesser spotted look for the Red Devils of Blue / White / White.

Napoli used their European 3rd Kit for the first time, which is all black with gold detailing, this means that it is unlikely we will see their regular red 3rd kit used in action in Champions League this season.

Galatasaray wore their Home Kit with white shorts for the second game in a row (first time at Home), does this mean that this will be their default kit look for the competition this season, lets keep an eye on this one.

It is not often we see Borussia Dortmund use a change kit in the Champions League but it was needed this when they visited Bodø / Glimt who’s first choice colours are also yellow.

LASK and Slovan Bratislava both wore their designated 3rd Kits at Home this week, with LASK now wearing this kit in both games so far in the competition

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Aston Villa and Fenerbahce, with the vistors using alternative navy blue shorts and socks, when matched up against Villa’s current Home Kit look gave us a nice looking balance and Kit Match up.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

  • 23 Home Kits
  • 6 Away Kits
  • 7 3rd Kits

Kit Variations seen this week.

  • Manchester United – Away with alternative white shorts / socks
  • Galatasaray – Home with white shorts
  • Fenerbahce – Home with alternative navy blue shorts / socks
  • Liverpool – Away with alternative white shorts
  • Como – Home with white socks

Champions League will return with Match 3 next week (20th / 21st October).

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Premier League: Matchweek 6, Kit Review

The Premier League is back after the extended International Break for the last couple of weeks. This round of fixtures being played over three days between Saturday 10th October and Monday 12th October.

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

We have 59 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just Ipswich Town to officially release their final Kit! See below details about Hull City’s and Chelsea’s 3rd Kit that was launched this week.

Matchweek 6 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 56 (3 New Kits this weekend)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 59 (6 New Kits)

New Kits this Matchweek

New Outfield Kits:

Fulham Away Kit.

Nottingham Forest Away

Newcastle United 3rd

New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Fulham – Yellow Adidas Trefoil Template
  • Leeds United – Blue Adidas Trefoil Template
  • Manchester City – Yellow Puma Template
  • Manchester United – Yellow Adidas Template
  • Nottingham Forest – Pink Adidas Trefoil Template
  • Newcastle United – Orange Adidas Template

Kit Highlights

Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United joined three other teams (Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion, Manchester United) in wearing their 4th Kit Variation of the season, with the first use of their Away Kit, this is the most variations from a team so far this season.

Both Manchester City and Manchester United wore their 4th different Goalkeeper Kits of the season at the weekend, and both were yellow kits! Newcastle United also wore their 4th different keeper kit of the season.

Tottenham Hotspur wore their Away Kit for the 2nd time this season and in both instances mashed up the kit with their white home socks.

Brentford, Everton, Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest continue to wear change kits in all their Away games so far this season (3 games).

Coventry City wore a Home Kit with pink detailing to support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, see below for a full shirt they are releasing. I have not counted this a seperate kit as the overall design is the same as their regular home kit.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest. The Forest Away Kit this season is a lovely look but one I am not too sure we will see much of, so it was nice to see it action action Palace who are in white as first choice colours this season.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 5 Away and 2 Third Kit in action this weekend.

There was just one Kit Variation used in this Matchweek

  • Tottenham Hotspur – Away with Home socks, 2nd time used.

Kit Grid – Up to 12th October

Kit News

Newcastle United have announced a revamped version of their Club Crest, which was chosen by the fans and will be introduced across the club over the coming months and will appear on their Kits from Next Season (2027/28).

Coventry City have launched a limited edition pink version of their current Home Shirt in aid of Brest Cancer Awareness. Proceeds from the shirt will go to the charity, along with other activities supporting them through out October.

It is being rumoured that Nike are reducing the number of “Elite” clubs in their roster from next season, with Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur being two of just six European Clubs in this bracket of support from the US Supplier, more details can be found here (via our friends at Footy Headlines).

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Premier League: Matchweek 5, Kit Review

Matchweek 5 is now completed with this weekend’s fixtures again being played over three days between Friday 18th September and Sunday 20th September and this will be the final round of fixtures before the extended International Break over the next two weeks.

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

We have 59 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just Ipswich Town to officially release their final Kit! See below details about Hull City’s and Chelsea’s 3rd Kit that was launched this week.

Matchweek 5 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 53 (6 New Kits this weekend)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 53 (5 New Kits)

New Kits this Matchweek

New Outfield Kits:

  • Chelsea – Away
  • Aston Villa – Home wth claret (3rd) socks
  • Brighton & Hove Albion – 125th Anniversary Kit
  • Hull City – 3rd
  • Liverpool – Away
  • Manchester United – Away

New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Arsenal – Grey Adidas Template
  • Brighton & Hove Albion – Black Nike Template
  • Coventry City – Green Hummel Template
  • Hull City – Orange
  • Manchester United – Pink Adidas Trefoil Template

Kit Highlights

Brighton & Hove Albion wore a special kit this weekend to celebrate their 125th Anniversary, inspired by the kit they first wore in 1901. The Kit was originally launched in May 2026, and has tonal detailing to give it that classic look. It’s yet to be confirmed if this is the only time we will see this kit this season.

Three teams wore change kits for the first time this weekend, Chelsea, Liverpool and Hull City.

Chelsea have worn an alternative Home Kit look in the opening game of the season, however this was the first time they moved away from their blue shirts, Liverpool wore their Away Kit in it’s default look with red shorts and Hull City wore their 3rd Kit after launching it last week.

There have been 3 teams that have now worn 4 different Kit looks in their opening 5 games, Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United.

Brighton have worn, Home, Away (with Home Socks), 3rd and 125th Anniversary Kit

Manchester United have worn Home, Home with white socks, 3rd and debuted their Away in Premier League this weekend.

Aston Villa have worn, Home, Away with white shorts & socks, 3rd with white socks and Home with Claret socks at Tottenham Hotspur this weekend.

Arsenal wore their 4th different Goalkeeper Kit of the season, wearing the Grey Adidas Template for the first time, this is registered as their first choice Goalkeeper ths season.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Newcastle United and Hull City, the Newcastle home kit is one of my favourite kits for the season and paired up with Hull’s 3rd kit (in its debut) was as nice match up!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 4 Away, 2 Third Kits and 1 Special Kit in action.

There were two Kit Variations used in this Matchweek

  • Aston Villa – Home with alternative claret socks
  • Ipswich Town – Away with alternative “ecru” socks, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 20th September

Kit News

AFC Bournemouth have launched a dedicated European Kit to celebrate their first ever venture in European competitions, they received a lot of critism for their sponsor size / colour for their domestic home kit, something the club have addressed and made a commitment to improve next season, click here for more details.

This kit was likely already in production after these complaints so no changes could be made!

We now have a bit of break, with International Football taking centre stage for the next two weeks and Premier League Returns on weekend of 10th October 2026, but stay tuned for new articles during this time.

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Champions League 26/27: Match 1, Kit Review

The revamped Champions League format is now in it’s third season, and we will continue to review the kits worn in each Matchweek, much like the Premier League Kit Reviews.

And here we go…. just as we have seen in the previous two season, the first round of fixtures were played over three days, 8th to 10th September 2026, a week earlier due to the change in the Autumn International Fixture schedule.

The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.

This gives 103 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, but there will be more thanks to the missing 3rd Kits as well as 4th Kits / Cup Kits that we are likely to see in use over the coming months!

Match 1 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 36

New Kits this Matchweek

As the first week of the Competition, all 36 kits are being used for the first time!

Kit Highlights

Aston Villa have given us several kit looks in various competitions over the past couple of season, and they kicked off another Champions League campaign with a new look, they wore their 3rd Kit with alternative white shorts and socks against Club Brugge.

Inter Milan sported a sponsor free version of their Home Kit against Real Madrid, this is due the Spanish Laws which do not allow gambling sponsorship in this way, the result was a popular one amoungst Kit Lovers and general football fans alike.

One of those rare sights in the football kit world is a Villarreal in an Away Kit, but that is what we saw this week when they came up against Borussia Dortmund

Arsenal wore a Kit look that I am very fond of, when they wore alternative red shorts this week at Napoli, the first time this look has been used since 2022.

Shakthar Donesk gave us one of the more different looking mash ups this week, wearing their Away Kit (light blue shirt with pink detailing and white shorts), with black 3rd kit socks which are black / orange… so plenty going on here.

Manchester United returned to the Champions League for the first time in 3 years and first time since the format change, and they used their classic European first choice look of their Home Kit with white socks.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Barcelona and Feyenoord, the Barcelona shirt is one of their best in recent years (in my humble opionion), so seeing it action paired with a nice Feyenoord Away kit gave us a nice balance of overall kits!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

  • 26 Home Kits
  • 8 Away Kits
  • 2 3rd Kits

Kit Variations seen this week.

  • Aston Villa – 3rd with alternative white shorts & socks
  • Arsenal – Home with alternative red shorts
  • Galatasaray – Home with Away (white) shorts
  • Shakhtar Donesk – Away with 3rd (black) socks
  • Bayern Munich – Home with alternative red socks

There is a bit of break now with the Champions League, with Match 2 of this season’s competition coming after the extended International Break on 13th / 14th October.

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Premier League: Matchweek 3, Kit Review

Matchweek 3 is now completed with this weekend’s fixtures again being played over three days between Friday 4th September and Sunday 6th September and we are still seeing plenty of new kit looks in action and players representing new clubs after the transfer window closed last week.

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

We have 57 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just 3 Teams left to officially release their final Kits!

Matchweek 3 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 41 (6 New Kits this weekend)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 40 (3 New Kits)

New Kits this Matchweek

As this was the third week of the season, there were plenty of new kits on view…

  • AFC Bournemouth – Away
  • Sunderland – 3rd with alternative gold socks
  • Crystal Palace – 3rd
  • Coventry City – Away with alternative navy shorts & socks
  • Aston Villa – 3rd with alternative white socks
  • Manchester United – Home with alternative white socks

Kit Highlights

Three teams have worn three kits in their opening three games, Aston Villa, Manchester United and Sunderland. Aston Villa and Sunderland have worn Home, Away and 3rd Kits in these games, with Manchester United in Home (Two Variations and 3rd).

Coventry City used their Away Kit for the first time and used alternative Navy Shorts and Socks for nice looking kit look.

Arsenal made it two home games in a row where they mix and match the Adidas logos in their kits, with the Home Kit in regular logo and Goalkeeper Kit in the Trefoil logo.

Hull City and Liverpool remain the only two teams to wear the same kit in their opening three games, however Hull continue to use just the one goalkeeper kit where Liverpool have now worn different goalkeeper looks in their three games.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Hull City and Aston Villa, Hull City in one of the kits of the season and Villa in a wonderful tri-colour looking 3rd kit look, mixing the sky blue, claret and white for this look.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 2 Away and 3 Third Kit in action.

There was four Kit variations used in this Matchweek

  • Sunderland – 3rd with alternative gold socks
  • Coventry City – Away with alternative navy shorts & socks
  • Aston Villa – 3rd with alternative white socks
  • Manchester United – Home with alternative white socks

Kit Grid – Up to 7th September

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League related Kit News this week, but expecting more kit launches this week so watch this space.

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Premier League: Matchweek 38, Kit Review

And that’s it. The Premier League is over for the season after these final round of games, as always the final round was played on a single day with all matches kicking off at the same time on Sunday 24th May. 

They are the return fixtures of the round of fixtures played in Matchweek 9, played back on 24th to 26th October.

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The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 38 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 108 (+2 New Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 75 (+2 New Kit this Matchweek)

Liverpool wore their new 2026 / 27 Home Kit

Manchester City in their new 26 / 27 Home Kit

Both clubs also wore their new goalkeeper kits of 2026 / 27.

Kit Highlights

Manchester United wore their new Home Kit for the 2nd game in a row, not often seen when a club releases at new kit at the end of the season.

Liverpool using their new Home Kit, made 4 kit looks in the last 4 games, with 2 different Home Kits and 2 different Away Kit variations used in those 4 games.

Everton wore their Home Kit with alternative blue shorts for the 8th time Away from home this season, the most used kit variation in Premier League this season.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Manchester City and Aston Villa, Man Cty wearing their new Home Kit, which I think is quite a nice look, something a little and paired with All Claret look of Aston Villa, one of my favourite single kit looks of the season.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 2 Away and 3 Third Kits in action.

There were two Kit variation used in this Matchweek.

  • Aston Villa, Home in All Claret, 5th time used
  • Everton, Home in All Blue, 8th time used

Kit Grid – Up to 26th May (Final Grid)

Kit News

Manchester City launched their 2026 / 27 Home Kit, wita full gradient of sky blue and finished with a metallic monochrome crest, it is described as “Running through a full gradient of sky blue” and “not your typical home kit – it’s a nod to how far we’ve come and how much further we’re going”.

Crystal Palace annouced their new front of shirt sponsor, with open-source software platform Temporal agreeing a multi-year deal starting from 2026 / 27 season. This is another example of club moving away from a front of shirt betting sponsors.

Brighton & Hove Albion released their 125th Anniversay Shirt, which is based on their first ever colours. The club confirmed the Kit will be worn once, that willl be the home game closest to the anniversary of their first competitive fixture.

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Premier League: Matchweek 37, Kit Review

The Premier League is in it’s final month, and after these games are the penultimate round of games, with teams playing their final Home games of the season. Due to the FA Cup Final on Saturday 16th May between Chelsea and Manchester City, this Matchweek was played across five days from Friday 15th May to Tuesday 19th May 2026. 

They are the return fixtures of the round of fixtures played in Matchweek 10, played back on 1st to 3rd November.

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The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 37 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 106 (+1 New Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 73 (+1 New Kit this Matchweek)

There was just the one new kit in the penultimate round of fixtures!

Manchester United debuted their 2026 / 27 Home Kit

Along with their kit from next, the New Adidas Goalkeeper template was also used.

Manchester United, Black / Charcoal Adidas Template

Kit Highlights

Manchester United used their 11th Different Kit Look of the season, with their first use of the 26 / 27 Home Kit. This includes 4 different Home Kit looks, 3 Away and 4 3rd Kit variation. They become the highest in Premier League in terms of Kit looks used/ They also used their 6th Different Goalkeeper Kit.

Crystal Palace wore their 3rd Kit for the 2nd game in a row, this also means they have worn change kits in 4 of the last 5 games.

There were two variations of Away Kits used this Matchweek and both worn for just the 2nd time this season, Nottingham Forest wore alternative navy shorts and Liverpool wore alternative black socks.

Manchester City wore their much maligned 3rd Kit for the final time this season, this was the 4th time they have worn this kit in the last 7 games.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, mainly due to Spurs’ interesting decision to wear their 3rd Kit at Chelsea, a fixture they do not often use change kits for, but seeing this Kit one final time for the season works for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 3 Away and 5 Third Kits in action.

There were two Kit variation used in this Matchweek.

  • Liverpool – Away with alternative blacks socks, 2nd time used
  • Nottingham Forsest – Away with alternative navy shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 19th May

Kit News

Manchester United become the first team to launch their 2026/27 Kit (as teased in last weeks post). The Kit was released on 14th May and first worn in their Home game on 17th May 2026, the Kit is inspired by the kits worn in the 70s and in particular the 1977 kit, which they won the FA Cup, 50 years ago next year.

They were followed by Arsenal who launched their new Home Kit Friday 15th May and celebrated 20 Years at The Emirates Stadium.

Liverpool became the 3rd Adidas team to launch their new kit, launched on 19th May the much leaked kit was confirmed, the kit based on the 1989 / 90 title winning kit and contains flashes of white within the shirt to replicate that classic look.

There are plenty of leaks coming for next seasons kits and I am sure we will see a few more of these in the final week of the season, so watch this space as these are officallly confirmed.

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Premier League: Matchweek 36, Kit Review

The Premier League is in it’s final month, and after these games clubs have just two round rounds of games to go. This Matchweek was played across three days from Saturday 9th May and Monday 11th May 2026. 

They are the return fixtures of the round of fixtures played in Matchweek 7, played back on 3rd / 5th October.

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The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 36 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 105 (+2 New Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 72 (+1 New Kit this Matchweek)

Aston Villa in 3rd Kit with alternative purple socks.

Manchester United in 3rd Kit with alternative yellow shorts.

Manchester United also wore the yellow Adidas Trefoil Goalkeeper template for the first time.

Kit Highlights

This week saw the first new kit looks since Matchweek 30, on 15th March 2026, nearly 2 months ago.

Aston Villa wore their 10th Kit Variation of the season, and by using their 3rd Kit with alternative purple socks they completed all four possible kit looks with their 3rd Kit. They have now worn 3 Different Home and Away Kits and the 4 3rd Kits to make the 10 Kit looks.

Manchester United also made it 10 Kit Variations this season, to be joint highest with Aston Villa and just like Villa they done this by wearing their final possible Kit look with their 3rd Kit. Their 10 looks are also made up of 3 Home and Away Kits and 4 3rd Kits.

Manchester United also wore a new Goalkeeper Kit look in this game, the 5th overall Goalkeeper Kit used this season and the 2nd in Trefoil template.

Everton wore their Away Kit in it’s default look for just the 2nd time this season, the first time being in Matchweek 14 back on 2nd December.

Arsenal wore a chanage kit for the first time in 10 games, they wore their 3rd Kit with alternative dark red socks for the second time this season, it also means that all three of the Adidas Trefoil kits on show this weekend were in alternatives from their default looks.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Burnley and Aston Villa, regular readers and followers will know my love of a contrasting sock within a kit, so when Aston Villa wheeled out their 10th Kit look of the season with their 3rd Kit including purple socks, this was always going to be a winner, the match up with Burnley’s Home Kit works well.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 1 Away and 4 Third Kits in action.

There was the three Kit variation used in this Matchweek.

  • Aston Villa – 3rd with alternative purple socks
  • Manchester United – 3rd with alternative yellow shorts
  • Arsenal – 3rd with alternative dark red socks

Kit Grid – Up to 12th May

Kit News

It appears we will be getting our first new kit launch of the 2026 / 27 season, with Manchester United teasing this on Monday 11th May, with launch on Thursday 14th May 2026.

There are plenty of leaks coming for next seasons kits and I am sure we will see a few of these in the final weeks of the season, so watch this space as these are officallly confirmed.

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Premier League: Matchweek 34, Kit Review

The Premier League is now in the final run in as we move through April, this Matchweek was a staggered one with matches played across 7 Days between Tuesday 21st April and Monday 27th April 2026. This was due to the FA Cup Semi Final Fixtures played on Saturday and Sunday, with three games being brought forward to midweek.

They are the return fixtures of the round of fixtures played in Matchweek 6, played back on 27th / 29th September.

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The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 34 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 103 (No New Kit this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 71 (+1 New Kits this Matchweek)

There were no new kits this Matchweek.

Kit Highlights

Tottenham Hotspur are not having a season to remember but they have now won 11 points whilst wearing their Away Kit, this is the joint 2nd highest points in an Away kit in Premier League this season, with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in their 6 games!

Everton wore a change kit for the first time in 10 games, wearing their Away Kit with alternative navy socks at West Ham United.

Nottingham Forest wore their 3rd Kit in its default look for just the 2nd time this season at Sunderland.

Manchester United wore a charity sponsor this matchweek, (RED) is a charity that looks to help support the global fight against health injustice. The shirts are available for purchase, along with some other Manchester United x (RED) apparel. The Clubs Women’s team also carried the logo in their game this weekend.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea. The Chelsea 3rd kit with it’s blue accent details worked nicely as a match up with the blue of Brighton.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 3 Away and 4 Third Kits in action.

There two Kit variations used in this Matchweek.

  • Aston Villa – Home, All Claret, 4th time used
  • Everton – Away with navy socks, 4th time used

Kit Grid – Up to 27th April

Kit News

Sunderland have announced a new multi-year extension of its partnership with hummel. The renewed agreement confirms the Club as a flagship partner of Hummel. Full details can be found here

There are plenty of leaks coming for next seasons kits and I am sure we will see a few of these in the final weeks of the season, so watch this space as these are officallly confirmed.

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Premier League: Matchweek 31, Kit Review

The Premier League has reached another International Break, the first of 2026. This weekend sees the return of Friday night football, it is also the Carabao Cup Final this weekend which means there are eight Premier League games being played, with Wolves and Arsenal being played on 18th February and the game between Manchester City and Crystal Palace to be arrange at a future date.

These with these matches played across three days on Friday 20th March and Sunday 22nd March 2026.

They are the return fixtures of the round of fixtures played in Matchweek 16 , which was the first round of mid-week games this season on between the 13th and 15th December 2025.

You can find last round of fixtures report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 31 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 103 (No New Kit this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 70 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

There were no new kit looks on show this weekend, there is still one game to play but it is unlikely we will see a new look used by Manchester City or Crystal Palace.

Kit Highlights

Manchester United have now worn 6 different kit looks in their last 6 Away games, with 3 Away looks, 2 Home and 1 3rd Kit in these games, dating back to 7th January.

Chelsea lost their first game in the league in their Away Kit this season, this was 6th time they have worn the kit (in 3 different variations).

Nottingham Forest have now worn their Home Kit in 8 games in a row (twice with alternative red shorts), the longest current Kit-Streak.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Bournemouth and Manchester United, as regular readers will know the Bournemouth Home kit is one of my favourite of the season and matched against the Manchester United with alternative white shorts was a good match up!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 4 Away and no Third Kits in action (still one game to be played)

There three Kit variations used in this Matchweek.

  • Manchester United – Away with alternative white shorts, 3rd time used
  • Chelsea – Away with alternative shorts and socks, 3rd time used
  • West Ham United – Away with alternative navy socks, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 16th March

Kit News

It has been reported that AFC Bournemouth have signed a new Kit Deal, The Cherries are switching to Hummel from 2026 / 27 season after agreeing a 5 Year Deal with the popular Danish Manufacturer. More details can be found here via our Friends at Footy Headlines (Image credit below as well) and SportBusiness.

The Premier is now breaking for International Fixtures and then FA Cup Quarter Finals, and will return on Friday 10th April.

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