Premier League Ticket Price Index: October 2026
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← Back to all articlesMost guides tell you a Premier League ticket costs "a lot". This one puts numbers on it. The Love1Ticket Premier League Ticket Price Index tracks the cheapest all-in ticket (fees included) for every remaining game of the season, using our live listings, and summarises what each club's home games cost.
This is the October 2026 edition, taken on 8 October 2026. It covers the 330 league games still to be played, built from more than 140,000 live resale listings. A new edition is published each month, so you can follow how prices move through the season.
The headline numbers
- The median cheapest ticket across the 268 well-stocked games is £161. Half of all games sit between £114 and £241.
- Arsenal have the most expensive home games, with a median of £287. Aston Villa have the cheapest at £95.
- When one of the big six visits, the cheapest ticket is 1.8 times the price of a game against anyone else (£232 against £127).
- Kick-off time makes almost no difference. Once the big six are removed, Saturday 3pm, Sunday and midweek games all cost about £121.
- A bigger ground does not mean cheaper tickets. Across the clubs, stadium capacity and price are only weakly linked (a rank correlation of 0.16).
- Manchester City offer the cheapest way to see a big six side at home, from £67.
What every club's home games cost
Clubs are ranked by the median cheapest all-in ticket across their home games, from most to least expensive. A median is used so that one unusual game does not distort the picture.
- Arsenal: median £287, cheapest £182, dearest £1,211
- Leeds: median £267, cheapest £167, dearest £459
- Chelsea: median £245, cheapest £162, dearest £449
- Liverpool: median £232, cheapest £118, dearest £418
- Nottingham Forest: median £201, cheapest £201, dearest £386
- Manchester United: median £162, cheapest £117, dearest £324
- Ipswich: median £148, cheapest £89, dearest £491
- Everton: median £128, cheapest £100, dearest £246
- Fulham: median £125, cheapest £94, dearest £201
- Newcastle: median £121, cheapest £104, dearest £290
- Brentford: median £117, cheapest £99, dearest £289
- Sunderland: median £117, cheapest £78, dearest £487
- Tottenham: median £111, cheapest £86, dearest £237
- Crystal Palace: median £106, cheapest £96, dearest £219
- Manchester City: median £96, cheapest £67, dearest £258
- Aston Villa: median £95, cheapest £91, dearest £199
Brighton, Hull City, Coventry and Bournemouth are not ranked because too few of their home games have enough tickets listed to compare fairly. The stock section below shows where supply is thin.
The cheapest and most expensive games
These lists only include games with at least 100 live listings, so a single odd listing cannot make a game look cheap or dear.
Cheapest games
- Manchester City vs Ipswich, Sat 17 Oct 2026: £67
- Manchester City vs Brighton, Sat 31 Oct 2026: £74
- Manchester City vs Fulham, Sat 21 Nov 2026: £75
- Manchester City vs Leeds, Wed 2 Dec 2026: £78
- Manchester City vs Hull City, Sat 19 Dec 2026: £79
- Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest, Sat 16 Jan 2027: £79
Most expensive games
- Arsenal vs Brighton, Sun 30 May 2027: £1,211
- Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest, Sat 15 May 2027: £966
- Arsenal vs Tottenham, Sat 1 May 2027: £682
- Arsenal vs Liverpool, Sat 6 Feb 2027: £489
- Arsenal vs Manchester United, Sat 19 Dec 2026: £478
- Chelsea vs Liverpool, Sat 5 Dec 2026: £449
Notice who is on each list. All six of the cheapest games are Manchester City at home, against mid-table and promoted sides. Five of the six dearest are Arsenal home games, and three of those are in May.
The big six premium: who is visiting matters most
The single biggest driver of price is the opponent. Across all games, a visit from one of the big six (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United or Tottenham) lifts the median cheapest ticket by 82%.
The effect is largest at smaller grounds, where a big name creates a lot of demand for few seats:
- Brentford: £258 when a big six side visits against £100 for everyone else, a premium of 156%
- Ipswich: £322 when a big six side visits against £142 for everyone else, a premium of 127%
- Aston Villa: £198 when a big six side visits against £95 for everyone else, a premium of 108%
- Nottingham Forest: £354 when a big six side visits against £201 for everyone else, a premium of 76%
Seen from the other side, here are the visiting clubs whose away games cost the most, by the median cheapest ticket:
- Manchester United: £322
- Liverpool: £273
- Arsenal: £258
- Chelsea: £215
- Manchester City: £198
- Tottenham: £167
Manchester United are the most expensive visitors in the league, even though United's own home games sit in the middle of the table. Leeds are the cheapest visitors, at £117.
Does the kick-off time change the price?
Not really. Looking at all games, Saturday 3pm kick-offs appear dearer than midweek ones: Saturday 3pm: £167; Sunday: £182; Midweek evening: £145. But that is because the big games tend to land on weekends, not because the slot adds a premium.
Take out every game involving a big six side and the difference almost disappears:
- Saturday 3pm: £121 (77 games)
- Sunday: £119 (13 games)
- Midweek evening: £119 (14 games)
So midweek games are not a discount, and Sunday games are not a premium. Choose the fixture, not the day.
Does a bigger ground mean cheaper tickets?
You might expect clubs with the biggest stadiums to have the cheapest tickets, because there are more seats to sell. The data does not show it. Comparing each club's median price with its ground capacity gives a rank correlation of only 0.16, which is close to no relationship.
Manchester City and Tottenham have two of the biggest grounds and two of the cheapest median prices, but Arsenal have a ground of almost the same size and the most expensive home games. At the other end, the smallest ground in the league, Bournemouth's 12,357 seats, has too few tickets listed to rank. Where you can compare, size alone does not explain price.
Location does not explain it either. London clubs' home games have a median of £154, against £161 for clubs outside London.
How prices move through the season
This is the first edition, so it sets the baseline. Among games with no big six side, the median cheapest ticket rises from £100 for Oct 2026 fixtures to £126 for May 2027 fixtures:
- Oct 2026: £100
- Nov 2026: £110
- Dec 2026: £121
- Jan 2027: £126
- Feb 2027: £119
- Mar 2027: £119
- Apr 2027: £123
- May 2027: £126
We do not yet know whether a given game gets dearer or cheaper as the date approaches. The November edition will compare the same fixtures to show exactly how much prices have moved.
How many tickets are out there?
Across the 330 games still to play, there are about 353,000 tickets in more than 140,000 listings. But supply is very uneven. The big six have the deepest stock by far, with a median of 734 to 1,638 listings per home game. The smaller clubs have far fewer, often under 60.
In total, 49 priced games have fewer than 20 listings and were left out of the rankings. The clubs with the thinnest stock are:
- Coventry: 14 of their home games
- Hull City: 13 of their home games
- Brighton: 10 of their home games
- Ipswich: 7 of their home games
- Bournemouth: 5 of their home games
What this means if you are buying
- Look at who is visiting. A big six side adds about 82% to the cheapest ticket. The same ground against a mid-table side costs far less.
- See a big club on a budget. The cheapest home games for each big six club are: Manchester City £67; Tottenham £86; Manchester United £117; Liverpool £118; Chelsea £162; Arsenal £182.
- Do not wait for a midweek discount. It does not exist in the data.
- Buy early at small grounds. Where only a handful of tickets are listed, there is little choice and the cheapest listing can jump.
How we built the index
- The price: for each fixture, the cheapest listing available on Love1Ticket on 8 October 2026, including our fees. It is the same "from" price a visitor sees on the match page.
- The fixtures: all 330 Premier League games still to be played. Games with no tickets listed (13) and games with fewer than 20 listings (49) are excluded, leaving 268.
- The club rankings: median of each club's home games. Clubs with fewer than 8 well-stocked home games are not ranked.
- The big six: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham.
- Limits: these are resale prices and can be above face value. The index is a snapshot of one day, not a record of what people paid. A cheap listing can disappear at any time.
FAQs
Which Premier League club has the most expensive tickets?
In the October 2026 edition, Arsenal, with a median cheapest ticket of £287 across their home games.
Which club has the cheapest tickets?
Aston Villa, with a median of £95.
How much is the average Premier League ticket?
The median cheapest all-in ticket across the well-stocked games is £161. This is the cheapest seat, not the average of every seat, so most seats cost more.
Do tickets get cheaper close to the game?
We do not know yet. This is the first edition. The November edition will compare the same fixtures.
Is the price the final price?
Yes. Prices include fees, so it is the same total you see at checkout.
How often is the index published?
Monthly. Each edition is a new article, and each one compares prices with the month before.
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