Here is a guide to Liverpool’s 2026/27 Premier League fixture list, featuring an opening day trip to Newcastle, brutal winter gauntlets, and a grandstand finish under new head coach Andoni Iraola.
Andoni Iraola will begin his tenure as Liverpool head coach with a high-profile trip to St James’ Park to face Newcastle United. Sky Sports will broadcast the opening Super Sunday clash of the 2026/27 Premier League season on August 23 at 4:30pm.
While reigning champions Arsenal raise the curtain on the top-flight season two days earlier against newly-promoted Coventry City, Iraola must wait 48 hours for his bow.
The schedule offers little room for a slow start, even if subsequent matches against Nottingham Forest at Anfield and a trip to Ipswich Town offer a brief chance to build some early momentum.
The emotional return and Autumn title tests
The subplots write themselves this season. Iraola will not have to wait long for an emotional reunion with Bournemouth, taking his new-look Reds side back to the Vitality Stadium on September 19.
It promises to be a poignant afternoon for the Basque manager, but sentiment will quickly give way to a brutal sequence of autumn fixtures.
October looks like a defining month even at this premature stage. Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield on October 10, a blockbuster encounter that immediately follows the Premier League’s newly introduced three-week international break.
The home support will need to be at its raucous best just three weeks later, as Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal visit L4 on Halloween night to wrap up a fierce month of action.
Red-letter days and winter heavyweights
November will thoroughly test Liverpool’s credentials and Iraola’s tactical acumen. The fixture computer has served up back-to-back blockbusters, beginning with the visit of bitter rivals Manchester United to Anfield on November 21.
Seven days later, the Reds face city rivals Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in what promises to be an atmospheric first Merseyside derby of the campaign. A late-December trip to Aston Villa under the lights completes a grueling calendar year.
The true test of this squad’s depth arrives as winter turns to spring. Late January and early February present a terrifying three-game stretch that will make or break Liverpool’s ambitions. Iraola takes his side to Old Trafford on January 23, hosts Everton on January 30, and then travels to the Emirates to face Arsenal on February 6.
To navigate that trio of fixtures with a maximum points haul would represent a massive statement of intent.
| Date (Subject to change) | Opponent | Venue | Kick-off Time / Broadcast (Subject to change) |
| August 23 | Newcastle United | Away | 4:30pm (Live on Sky Sports) |
| August 29 | Nottingham Forest | Home | 3:00pm |
| September 5 | Ipswich Town | Away | 3:00pm |
| September 12 | Fulham | Home | 3:00pm |
| September 19 | Bournemouth | Away | 3:00pm |
| October 10 | Manchester City | Home | 3:00pm |
| October 17 | Brentford | Away | 3:00pm |
| October 24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Home | 3:00pm |
| October 31 | Arsenal | Home | 3:00pm |
| November 7 | Crystal Palace | Away | 3:00pm |
| November 21 | Manchester United | Home | 3:00pm |
| November 28 | Everton | Away | 3:00pm |
| December 2 | Sunderland | Home | 8:00pm |
| December 5 | Chelsea | Away | 3:00pm |
| December 12 | Leeds United | Home | 3:00pm |
| December 19 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 3:00pm |
| December 26 | Hull City | Away | 3:00pm |
| December 30 | Aston Villa | Away | 8:00pm |
A grandstand finish
Should Liverpool find themselves in the title picture come May, they will have to earn the trophy the hard way. The final month of the season begins with Chelsea arriving at Anfield on May 1.
A week later, Liverpool travel to the Etihad Stadium for a monumental showdown with Manchester City that could carry immense title permutations.
In a fitting twist of fate, Iraola will conclude his maiden campaign on home soil against his former employers, with Bournemouth arriving at Anfield on May 30 for what Kopites hope will be a day of celebration.
| Date (Subject to change) | Opponent | Venue | Kick-off Time (Subject to change) |
| January 2 | Coventry City | Home | 3:00pm |
| January 6 | Sunderland | Away | 8:00pm |
| January 16 | Crystal Palace | Home | 3:00pm |
| January 23 | Manchester United | Away | 3:00pm |
| January 30 | Everton | Home | 3:00pm |
| February 6 | Arsenal | Away | 3:00pm |
| February 10 | Coventry City | Away | 8:00pm |
| February 20 | Hull City | Home | 3:00pm |
| February 27 | Tottenham Hotspur | Away | 3:00pm |
| March 3 | Aston Villa | Home | 8:00pm |
| March 13 | Ipswich Town | Home | 3:00pm |
| March 20 | Fulham | Away | 3:00pm |
| April 10 | Newcastle United | Home | 3:00pm |
| April 17 | Nottingham Forest | Away | 3:00pm |
| April 24 | Leeds United | Away | 3:00pm |
| May 1 | Chelsea | Home | 3:00pm |
| May 8 | Manchester City | Away | 3:00pm |
| May 15 | Brentford | Home | 3:00pm |
| May 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Away | 3:00pm |
| May 30 | Bournemouth | Home | 4:00pm |
Note: All fixture dates and kick-off times remain subject to change based on television broadcast selections.
