How many games are in the Premier League and when does the season end?

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Boss on Mar 06, 2023 - 04:11AM

The drama continues in the top flight of English football (Picture: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

The has lived up to its billing as the greatest league in the world yet again this season.

Arsenal and are locked in a at the top of the summit, and are well and truly under the stewardship of .

, Newcastle and are in a battle to secure football for next season – but don’t discount the likes of Fulham, Brighton and Brentford getting in on the act.

Further down the table, a whole host of teams are desperate to escape the Premier League relegation trap door, including Everton, who have .

Here is how many games are in the Premier League 2022/23 season and when the current campaign will end.

How many games are in a Premier League season?

As is always the case, there are 38 games in a Premier League season.

With 20 clubs in the league, each side play 19 home fixtures and 19 away fixtures across the course of the campaign.

If two or more teams are tied on points after the 38 matches, then goal difference will be used as the first tiebreak to separate the sides.

There are still plenty of scores to settle this season (Picture: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

The next tiebreak will be the team who collected the most points in the head-to-head matches.

If clubs still cannot be separated, then the team who scored the most away goals in the head-to-head games will finish ahead of the other.

When does the Premier League season end?

The current Premier League season is due to finish on Sunday, May 28.

All ten of the fixtures for matchday 38 will kick-off at the same time, 4.30pm, in order to ensure fairness across the league with potentially the title race, European qualification and relegation battle going down to the final day.

The will take place the following weekend, Saturday, June 3.

The will then bring the curtain down on the club calendar on Saturday, June 10.