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Everton's 2026/27 Premier League Fixture List and Key Matches
Everton’s route through the 2026/27 Premier League season is mapped out, and it begins under the lights of their new home with the kind of opener that sets an early tone.
Crystal Palace visit the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday August 22, a 3pm kick-off that offers David Moyes and his players a clean slate in front of their own supporters after last season’s 13th-place finish. No easing in, no hiding place – just a first chance to show that mid-table drift will not be tolerated again.
A week later, Everton head south to Bournemouth before Manchester United roll into town on September 5. An early test of the new stadium’s noise, and of Everton’s nerve. United at home, Tottenham away on September 12, Ipswich at home a week later: the first month already asks whether this squad can live in the top half rather than glance nervously over its shoulder.
Early tests and old faces
There is another thread running through the autumn: promoted sides, and one very familiar face. Everton meet all three of the new boys in the opening 10 games, including a November 7 reunion with former manager Frank Lampard, now in charge of Coventry City, at the Hill Dickinson. That will not feel like just another fixture. Lampard brings a promoted side, momentum, and a point to prove. Everton bring history.
October is unforgiving. A trip to Hull on the 10th, Chelsea at home on the 17th, Arsenal away on the 24th and Newcastle at St James’ Park on the 31st. Four games, four very different examinations of Moyes’ tactical plans and squad depth.
Derby revenge on the calendar
On the weekend of November 28, Liverpool come to the Hill Dickinson Stadium. The last league meeting between these sides ended in stoppage-time heartbreak for Everton; this time, the fixture arrives with the promise of revenge and the energy of a fanbase still stung by that late blow.
The reverse derby at Anfield is locked in for January 30. By then, the shape of Everton’s season will be clearer, but derbies have their own gravity. Form bends around them. League position becomes background noise.
Either way, Everton know exactly when their emotional peaks will come. Two derby weekends, two chances to flip the script of last season.
Festive fire and a brutal New Year
The Christmas schedule keeps Everton at home on Boxing Day, with Sunderland visiting the Hill Dickinson on December 26. A traditional 3pm kick-off, a crowd fuelled by the holidays, and the kind of fixture that can either ignite a second half of the season or drain it before it starts.
The festive run is heavy. Aston Villa away under the lights on December 2. Fulham at home on the 5th. Brighton and Nottingham Forest both away on the 12th and 19th. Then Sunderland on Boxing Day and, four days later, a major test: Manchester City at home on December 30, in an 8pm kick-off that will demand every ounce of concentration.
The New Year does not relent. Leeds away on January 2, Villa at home on the 6th, Coventry away on the 16th, Brentford at home on the 23rd, and that Anfield derby on January 30. It is a run that will stretch the squad and expose any weaknesses in depth or resilience.
Spring grind and defining weeks
February offers little room to breathe. Newcastle at home on the 6th, Leeds again – this time at the Hill Dickinson – in a night match on the 10th, Sunderland away on the 20th and Nottingham Forest at home on the 27th. These are the weeks that often decide whether a season drifts or drives forward. No glamour, no headlines in advance, but points that count just the same.
March sharpens the focus. A trip to Manchester City on the 3rd, United away on the 13th, and Tottenham at home on the 20th. Three fixtures, three clubs with Champions League ambitions. If Everton want to move closer to that level in the medium term, these are the days when they must look like they belong on the same pitch.
April brings a different kind of pressure. Crystal Palace away on the 10th, Bournemouth at home on the 17th, Brighton at home on the 24th. By then, the table will be settled enough to know whether these are must-win games for European dreams, top-half security, or simply calm survival.
Final stretch and Portman Road curtain call
May is short but sharp. Fulham away on the 1st, Hull at home on the 8th, Chelsea away on the 15th, and Arsenal at the Hill Dickinson on the 23rd. No gentle wind-down, no soft landing. Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and Arsenal at home in consecutive weeks will demand a strong finish, whether Everton are chasing something or defending it.
The campaign closes on May 30 at Portman Road against Ipswich Town, a 4pm kick-off that could yet carry real weight at both ends of the table. For Everton, it might be the difference between another year of stagnation and tangible progress under Moyes.
Between now and that final whistle in Suffolk, the roadmap is clear. Palace to Ipswich, Lampard’s Coventry to Klopp’s Liverpool, Boxing Day roars to derby tension. The fixtures are fixed; the question is whether Everton are finally ready to turn dates on a calendar into a season that actually shifts the club’s direction.
