Everton's 2026/27 Premier League Fixtures: Key Dates and Challenges
Everton’s route through the 2026/27 Premier League season is set – and it wastes no time testing David Moyes’ side.
The campaign opens at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday August 22 against Crystal Palace, a home curtain-raiser that offers Everton a clean slate in front of their own supporters after last season’s 13th-place finish. It is the kind of fixture that can steady nerves or spark anxiety in an instant.
A trip to Bournemouth follows on August 29, before Manchester United arrive on Merseyside on September 5. By the time the first international break rolls around, Moyes will already have a sharp reading of where his team stands: solid mid-table operators or something more ambitious.
Early hurdles and old faces
September and October bring a rugged mix. Tottenham away on September 12, newly-promoted Ipswich at home on the 19th, then a run that reads like a stress test: Hull away, Chelsea at home, Arsenal and Newcastle both away across October.
Threaded through that early stretch is a subplot with a familiar face. Former Everton manager Frank Lampard brings his Coventry City side to the Hill Dickinson on November 7. It is the first of two meetings with the promoted club, with the return at the CBS Arena on January 16. For Lampard, it is a chance to measure his new project against his old; for Everton, a reminder of a recent past they are trying to leave behind.
By the end of the first 10 league games, Everton will have faced all three promoted teams – Ipswich, Hull and Coventry – a sequence that could quietly define their season. Slip in those fixtures and the table can turn hostile very quickly.
Derby revenge ringed in red
One date, though, will already be circled in thick ink across the blue half of the city.
On the weekend of November 28, Liverpool visit the Hill Dickinson for the first Merseyside derby of the season. Everton’s stoppage-time defeat in last season’s meeting still stings, and Moyes’ players will not need reminding. A packed, snarling home crowd, a late-autumn evening, and the memory of that late blow: it has all the ingredients of a combustible afternoon.
The reverse fixture at Anfield lands on January 30. By then, the shape of the season will be clearer, but derbies rarely care for context. For Everton, avoiding a repeat of last season’s heartbreak across Stanley Park will be non-negotiable.
Festive firepower and a brutal week
December delivers the usual chaos. A night trip to Aston Villa on December 2 sets the tone, before Fulham at home, Brighton and Nottingham Forest away compress into a demanding fortnight.
Boxing Day, though, belongs to the Hill Dickinson. Sunderland come to town on December 26, a traditional home fixture that offers supporters their festive football fix. Four days later, on December 30, the champions-elect or title-chasing Manchester City arrive under the lights for an 8pm kick-off. Sunderland then City in the space of four days: it is the Premier League’s version of whiplash.
The turn of the year provides little respite. Everton travel to Leeds on January 2, host Aston Villa on January 6, then face that Coventry away trip and Brentford at home before the Anfield derby closes out the month.
Spring tests and a demanding run-in
The rhythm in February and March is relentless. Newcastle at home on February 6, Leeds again under the Hill Dickinson floodlights on February 10, Sunderland away on the 20th, Nottingham Forest at home on the 27th.
March raises the bar. An 8pm kick-off at the Etihad against Manchester City on March 3, followed by back-to-back away days at Manchester United (March 13) and a home clash with Tottenham (March 20). It is a sequence that can shred confidence or ignite belief.
April offers a different kind of pressure. Crystal Palace away on April 10 and Bournemouth at home a week later look, on paper, like fixtures Everton must target if they are to climb beyond mid-table. Brighton at home on April 24 rounds off a month that could either set up a charge or leave them glancing nervously over their shoulders.
Then comes the final act.
Fulham away opens May, before Hull visit the Hill Dickinson on May 8. A trip to Chelsea on May 15 and a home date with Arsenal on May 23 stand as heavyweight hurdles before the curtain falls. The season ends at Portman Road against Ipswich Town on May 30 at 4pm, a potentially awkward away day if points are still desperately needed.
Key dates, clear expectations
The Premier League campaign starts on August 22. The FA Cup journey is pencilled to begin with the third round on January 9. The Carabao Cup final is set for March 21, with the FA Cup final on May 22.
For Moyes and Everton, the picture is stark. A home opener to build momentum, early meetings with promoted sides that must be handled ruthlessly, a Merseyside derby dripping with revenge, and a spring schedule loaded with the league’s elite.
The fixtures are out. The margins, as ever, will be thin. How far can this Everton side push them?
