Hull City's Premier League fixtures 2026-27: Mouth-watering home fixtures in prime spots
Hull City have been handed a fixture list to set the mouth watering with home games against Manchester United and Leeds United book-ending their 2026 schedule, plus a Boxing Day visit from Liverpool.
The Tigers won promotion via the Championship play-off final in May, and will play Premier League football for the first time since 2017.
And they will immediately be given a taste of the big time when they welcome England's most glamorous club, Manchester United, to East Yorkshire, on the opening weekend of the season.
The last time the sides met there was in the 2016-17 League Cup semi-finals. A Hull team including central defender Harry Maguire won the second leg 2-1 but had already been beaten 2-0 at Old Trafford. It had taken a stoppage-time Marcus Rashford goal for the Red Devils to win August's league game in East Yorkshire.
This season's Premier League kicks off later because of the World Cup, on Friday August 21.
Hull's first away game of the campaign is at Coventry City, promoted alongside them as champions. Hull were the only team to keep clean sheets in both league games against the Sky Blues last season, recording back-to-back 0-0 draws.
The Tigers' festive programme sees Liverpool visit on Boxing Day – the day's Premier League games returning this year after falling on a Friday – then Leeds United on December 30. They kick off 2027 with a trip to Sunderland's Stadium of Light.
Hull's final game of the season is also at home, with Newcastle United due on May 30.
Highlights for travelling supporters see Sergej Jakirovic's side visit Newcastle in mid-September, Arsenal on the first weekend of November, Liverpool in mid-February and Manchester United in mid-April.
The club's first trips to Everton and Tottenham Hotspur's new homes come late. The game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is due on FA Cup semi-final weekend in late April, and they are at Bramley Moore Dock a fortnight later.
The away game at Leeds' Elland Road is a rare midweek match to kick off March.
Hull are facing the prospect of a points deduction for over-spending over the past three seasons, but there is confidence they can raise the around £6m they need to avoid breaking financial fair play rules this month.
Until then they are covered by Football League rules, which state that clubs cannot lose more than £39m over a three-year period. Although they were banned from buying players or paying loan fees in 2025-26, they still laid out high wages, and spent heavily in the previous two years chasing promotion.
Once things have been reset, the Tigers and their ambitious chairman Ilicali seem certain to spend heavily, with a nine-figure bonanza coming their way now they are playing in world football's most lucrative domestic league.
More so than in the Championship, the Premier League fixture list is only a guide at this stage.
With a minimum of 215 matches a season showed on live television and nine teams in European competition complicating when matches can be played, the dates of many matches will move, but the basic order should be largely unchanged.
The opening set of televised fixtures are due to be announced in mid-July, but it seems highly likely Hull's opening game will be given live coverage.
FIXTURES
2026
Sat Aug 22 Manchester United H
Wed Aug 26 League Cup second round
Sat Aug 29 Coventry City A
Sat Sep 5 Aston Villa H
Wed Sep 9 League Cup third round (or 16th)
Sat Sep 12 Chelsea A
Wed Sep 16 League Cup third round (or 9th)
Sat Sep 19 Newcastle United A
International break
Sat Oct 10 Everton H
Sat Oct 17 Fulham A
Sat Oct 24 Brentford H
Wed Oct 28 League Cup fourth round
Sat Oct 31 Ipswich Town H
Sat Nov 7 Arsenal A
International break
Sat Nov 21 Brighton and Hove Albion H
Sat Nov 28 Crystal Palace A
Wed Dec 2 Nottingham Forest H
Sat Dec 5 Bournemouth A
Sat Dec 12 Tottenham Hotspur H
Wed Dec 16 League Cup fifth round
Sat Dec 19 Manchester City A
Sat Dec 26 Liverpool H
Wed Dec 30 Leeds United H
2027
Sat Jan 2 Sunderland A
Wed Jan 6 Nottingham Forest A
Sat Jan 9 FA Cup third round
Wed Jan 13 League Cup semi-final first leg
Sat Jan 16 Arsenal H
Sat Jan 23 Ipswich Town A
Sat Jan 30 Crystal Palace H
Wed Feb 3 League Cup semi-final second leg
Sat Feb 6 Brighton and Hove Albion A
Wed Feb 10 Sunderland H
Sat Feb 13 FA Cup fourth round
Sat Feb 20 Liverpool A
Sat Feb 27 Manchester City H
Wed Mar 3 Leeds United A
Sat Mar 6 FA Cup fifth round
Sat Mar 13 Aston Villa A
Sat Mar 20 Chelsea H
Sun Mar 21 League Cup final
International break
Sat Apr 3 FA Cup quarter-finals
Sat Apr 10 Manchester United A
Sat Apr 17 Coventry City H
Sat Apr 24 Tottenham Hotspur A or FA Cup semi-final
Sat May 1 Bournemouth H
Sat May 8 Everton A
Sat May 15 Fulham H
Sat May 22 FA Cup final
Sun May 23 Brentford A
Sun May 30 Newcastle United H