{"id":1360376,"date":"2025-08-14T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1360376"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:22:59","slug":"premier-league-opening-weekend-trivia-quiz","status":"publish","type":"quizzes","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/quizzes\/premier-league-opening-weekend-trivia-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Football quiz: How good is your knowledge of Premier League opening weekends?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The start of the 2025-26 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> season is almost upon us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This opening weekend is spread across four days with defending champions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/liverpool-outright-odds-25-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/bournemouth-outright-odds-25-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bournemouth<\/a> in the first game of the new campaign. The weekend ends with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/everton-outright-odds-25-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Everton<\/a> travelling to newly-promoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/leeds-outright-odds-25-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leeds United<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of Premier League history, we&#8217;ve had a lot of action and drama across the various opening weekends. The question is, how much do you know about them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve put together a quiz to test your knowledge on Premier League opening weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"riddle2-wrapper\" data-rid-id=\"aGDRpz2h\" data-auto-scroll=\"true\" data-is-fixed-height-enabled=\"false\" data-bg=\"#fff\" data-fg=\"#00205b\" style=\"margin:0 auto; max-width:100%; width:640px;\" ><script src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/build-embedjs\/embedV2.js\"><\/script><iframe title=\"Premier League opening weekend trivia quiz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/a\/aGDRpz2h?lazyImages=false&#038;staticHeight=false\" allow=\"autoplay\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin\"><section data-block=\"TextEntry\"><h3>Can you recognise this starting XI?<\/h3><ul><li>Manchester City Football Club<\/li><li>Manchester City<\/li><li>Man City<\/li><li>Man City FC<\/li><li>Manchester City FC<\/li><li>Man City F.C.<\/li><li>Manchester City F.C.<\/li><\/ul><\/section><section data-block=\"SingleChoice\"><h3>How many times have the defending Premier League champions lost on the opening weekend?<\/h3><ul><li>4<\/li><li>5<\/li><li>6<\/li><li>3<\/li><\/ul><\/section><section data-block=\"SingleChoice\"><h3>And how many times have the reigning Championship winners WON on the opening weekend of the Premier League?<\/h3><ul><li>5<\/li><li>6<\/li><li>4<\/li><li>3<\/li><\/ul><\/section><section data-block=\"SingleChoice\"><h3>Which player, obscured above, scored the first goal of the first opening weekend of the Premier League?<\/h3><ul><li>Brian Deane<\/li><li>Brian Gayle<\/li><li>David Barnes<\/li><li>Adrian Littlejohn<\/li><\/ul><\/section><section data-block=\"TextEntry\"><h3>Can you name this starting XI which secured the biggest win on the opening weekend of a Premier League season?<\/h3><ul><li>Chelsea Football Club<\/li><li>Chelsea<\/li><li>Chelsea FC<\/li><li>Chelsea F.C<\/li><li>Chelsea F.C.<\/li><\/ul><\/section><section data-block=\"SingleChoice\"><h3>Which team has won the most games on the opening weekend of a Premier League season?<\/h3><ul><li>Arsenal<\/li><li>Chelsea<\/li><li>Liverpool<\/li><li>Man Utd<\/li><\/ul><\/section><section data-block=\"SingleChoice\"><h3>How many teams have ended the opening weekend of a Premier League season top of the table?<\/h3><ul><li>15<\/li><li>10<\/li><li>16<\/li><li>20<\/li><\/ul><\/section><section data-block=\"SingleChoice\"><h3>Who is the missing player from this XI, the last time Man Utd played away from home on matchweek 1 of the Premier League in 2016-17?<\/h3><ul><li>Ander Herrera<\/li><li>Morgan Schneiderlin<\/li><li>Bastian Schweinsteiger<\/li><li>Paul Pogba<\/li><\/ul><\/section><section data-block=\"SingleChoice\"><h3>Mohamed Salah has scored more goals on the opening weekend of the Premier League than any other player. But how many has he scored?<\/h3><ul><li>7<\/li><li>8<\/li><li>9<\/li><li>10<\/li><\/ul><\/section><section data-block=\"SingleChoice\"><h3>Who Are We?<\/h3><ul><li>Blackpool<\/li><li>Brentford<\/li><li>Nottingham Forest<\/li><li>Hull<\/li><\/ul><\/section><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The start of the 2025-26 Premier League season is almost upon us. This opening weekend is spread across four days with defending champions Liverpool hosting Bournemouth in the first game of the new campaign. The weekend ends with Everton travelling to newly-promoted Leeds United. Over the course of Premier League history, we&#8217;ve had a lot&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":1393572,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The opening weekend of the 2025-26 Premier League season is fast approaching. 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