Liverpool F.C. Now know exactly how their Christmas and New Year fixtures will unfold after the Premier League released its festive schedule. Liverpool will play four games in eleven days, starting away at Hull on Saturday 26 December and finishing away at Sunderland on Tuesday 5 January.
The run opens with the Boxing Day trip to Hull, kicking off at 17:30 GMT and shown live on Sky Sports. Four days later, Liverpool travel to Aston Villa for a 20:15 GMT kickoff on Wednesday 30 December, again broadcast by Sky Sports. The Mirror's report lists both fixtures among the standout festive picks selected for live television.
Why the scheduling matters for Liverpool's season
Liverpool sit sixth in the Premier League on 5 points after three games, with a 1W-2D-0L record and a recent form line of WDD. That leaves them four points behind leaders Manchester City, a gap that a congested festive block could easily widen or narrow depending on results. Two away trips inside four days, against Hull and then Aston Villa, will test squad depth before the calendar turns.
Liverpool have scored 6 and conceded 4 so far this season, a modest plus-two goal difference that shows a team still finding its rhythm in front of goal. Four fixtures inside eleven days will stretch that attack and defence further, with little margin for a mid-week injury crisis to go unnoticed. Fans can track the squad's fitness picture on the injuries page as the schedule tightens.
What comes after the away double-header
After the two away trips, Liverpool return to Anfield to host Coventry on Saturday 2 January 2027, kicking off at the default 15:00 GMT slot and still carried by Sky Sports. The run then closes on Tuesday 5 January with another away day, this time at Sunderland, again at 20:15 GMT under Sky Sports' cameras.
That means all four festive fixtures, Hull, Aston Villa, Coventry and Sunderland, have been selected for live broadcast, a sign of how closely the Christmas period is being watched across the division. Supporters can check the full run, along with every other match this season, on the fixtures page.
How this fits into the current title picture
With Manchester City four points clear, every result over Christmas carries extra weight for Liverpool's title ambitions. A congested week of three away games and one at home will test the squad list in ways that early-season fixtures have not, and rotation decisions will be scrutinised on the squad page once selections are made.
Before any of that begins, though, Liverpool have more immediate business. Their next fixture is at home to Fulham on 12 September 2026, a side currently 19th in the table. The two sides last met on 11 April 2026, when Liverpool won 2-0, and that scoreline will offer some early context for a home game the club will want to use to build momentum heading toward the festive fixtures confirmed this week. The current standings show just how tight the gap to City already is.
Sunderland's home ground will host the final fixture of Liverpool's Christmas and New Year sequence on 5 January 2027, closing out a demanding run that mixes three away days with a single Anfield date against Coventry.
