Coventry will begin their first Premier League campaign in 25 years with a Friday night trip to champions **** nal on August 21.
The fixtures for the 2026-27 season were revealed on Friday morning and Frank Lampard's new boys start with a tough test at Emirates Stadium before fellow promoted club Hull begin with a mouth-watering home fixture with Manchester United on the Saturday.
Ipswich entertain Sunderland on August 22 and some of the other eye-catching opening weekend fixtures include Andoni Iraola taking Liverpool to Newcastle on August 23 for his debut match while Manchester City start life after Pep Guardiola at home to Bournemouth on the same day.
Brentford host Tottenham, Everton welcome Conference League champions Crystal Palace to Merseyside and Leeds visit Nottingham Forest that weekend while Europa League winners Aston Villa make the trip to Brighton before new Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso begins his reign with a west London derby at Fulham on Monday, August 24.
Iraola's Anfield debut will occur on the weekend of August 29 against Nottingham Forest and a first top-flight match at Coventry's home stadium since 2001 will be versus Hull.