Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe fixtures for the Premier League’s 2026-2027 season have been announced. Here’s everything we know about who the Reds will face first...New manager Andoni Iraola’s first match in charge of Liverpool will be at Newcastle United on Sunday 23 August at 4.30pm.The Reds will then play Nottingham Forest at home on 29 August at 3pm, before heading to Suffolk for their next match against Ipswich Town on 5 September at 3pm. Liverpool will then go head-to-head with Fulham at Anfield on 12 September at 3pm.For their fifth match, the Reds will play Iraola’s former club Bournemouth away on 19 September at the same time. In fullWho has the hardest start? Every Premier League club’s first five fixtures in the new 2026/27 seasonThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

The Premier League fixture list is set to be confirmed but Liverpool could be without key players at the start of the season

Liverpool will kick off the 2026-27 campaign under a new manager after replacing Arne Slot with Andoni Iraola and the hope will be that the Spaniard will oversee a marked…

Andoni Iraola is now steering the ship after a disastrous 2025–26 campaign for the Reds.

The first Merseyside derby of the season takes place at Hill Dickinson Stadium on the final weekend of November.

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe fixtures for the Premier League’s…

Liverpool opens the 2026/27 Premier League season at Newcastle on August 23 as crypto firms race to fill the void left by the gambling sponsorship ban.