Andrew Robertson is among the exits in Liverpool’s summer of change, and the club’s first league assignment of the 2026-27 Premier League season is away at Newcastle United on Sunday August 23. The schedule gives Liverpool a fixed start and finish to the campaign, with the opener at St. James' Park and the final match set for home to AFC Bournemouth on Sunday May 30.
St. James' Park first
Liverpool’s opening league match is listed for Sunday at 4.30pm, and it comes with a fast return to competitive football for Andoni Iraola’s side after the summer break. The first home match follows a week later, against Nottingham Forest on Saturday 29th at 3pm, which gives supporters an early run of dates to work around before the fixture list starts to tighten.
The rest of the published schedule adds more fixed points. Liverpool are listed to face Manchester City at home on Saturday 10th at 3pm, Brighton & Hove Albion at home on Saturday 24th at 3pm, Manchester United at home on Saturday 21st at 3pm, Tottenham Hotspur at home on Saturday 19th at 3pm, Crystal Palace at home on Saturday 16th at 3pm, and Manchester United away on Saturday 23rd at 3pm.
Andy Robertson and change
The opening date lands against a backdrop of turnover. said Andy Robertson was among the exits in Liverpool’s summer of change, while also noting that Liverpool won the 2024-25 league title and later finished fifth to qualify for the Champions League after a tumultuous campaign. That leaves the new schedule sitting on top of a squad picture that is still being reshaped.
Liverpool also have away dates listed at Coventry City on Wednesday 10th at 8pm, Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday 27th at 3pm, and AFC Bournemouth on Saturday 19th at 3pm. The club’s final listed league fixture is the home game against AFC Bournemouth on Sunday May 30, with all dates and kick-off times subject to change for television broadcast and European competition scheduling.
League dates to watch
For supporters, the practical takeaway is simple: the first and last league dates are already in place, but the exact shape of the season can still move around them. Anyone planning travel around Anfield or St. James' Park has a starting point now, and the published list gives the clearest early marker for how Liverpool’s 2026-27 Premier League season is set to unfold.
