COVENTRY City will face champions Arsenal on the opening day of the season after the Premier League revealed the fixtures for the 2026/27 season.
The Sky Blues will make the trip to the Emirates Stadium on Friday, August 21 with Coventry to play in the opening match of the campaign.
And the game against Arsenal will mark Coventry’s first in the top flight since a goalless draw against Bradford City at Highfield Road back in May 2001.
Coventry’s first home game back in the top flight comes against fellow newly-promoted side Hull City on Saturday, August 29 at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
The Sky Blues then travel to Manchester City (September 5) before Brighton and Hove Albion visit the CBS Arena (September 12) while Coventry finish the month with a trip to Nottingham Forest (September 19).
Coventry begin October with a home game against Newcastle United (October 10) and then travel to Tottenham Hotspur (October 17) before hosting Fulham (October 24) and Sunderland (October 31) at the CBS Arena.
Sky Blues boss Frank Lampard returns to former club Everton (November 7) before Crystal Palace visits the CBS Arena (November 21) and City end the month with a trip to Leeds United (November 28).
Coventry host newly-promoted Ipswich Town (December 2) before travelling to Old Trafford to face Manchester United (December 5).
The Sky Blues entertain Midlands rivals Aston Villa (December 12) and head to the South Coast to face Bournemouth (December 19) in the club;s final game before Christmas.
Lampard welcomes former club Chelsea to the CBS Arena on Boxing Day (December 26) before the Sky Blues finish the year with a home game against Brentford (December 30).
Coventry begin 2027 with a trip to Anfield to face Liverpool (January 2) and then travel to Ipswich (January 6) with Everton the first visitors to the CBS Arena in the New Year (January 16).
The Sky Blues finish a busy month with a trip to Sunderland (January 23) and then host Leeds (January 30).
Coventry begin February with a trip to Crystal Palace (February 6) and then host Liverpool at the CBS Arena (February 10) before travelling to Brentford (February 20) and entertaining Bournemouth (February 27).
Lampard returns to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea the following month (March 3) and then welcome Man City to the CBS Arena (March 13) before travelling to Brighton (March 20).
Champions Arsenal visit the CBS Arena the following month (April 10) and then travel to Hull (April 17) before making the trip to Villa Park to face rivals Aston Villa (April 24).
Coventry host Man United at the start of the following month (May 1) and then travel to Newcastle (May 8) before hosting Tottenham (May 15) and making the trip to Fulham (May 23) in the club’s penultimate game of the campaign.
And Coventry finish the season with a home game against Nottingham Forest (May 30) on the final day of the Premier League season.
Coventry’s 2026/27 Premier League fixtures in full
August
Fri 21st – Arsenal (A)
Sat 29th – Hull City (H)
September
Sat 5th – Manchester City (A)
Sat 12th – Brighton and Hove Albion (H)
Sat 19th – Nottingham Forest (A)
October
Sat 10th – Newcastle United (H)
Sat 17th – Tottenham Hotspur (A)
Sat 24th – Fulham (H)
Sat 31st – Sunderland (H)
November
Sat 7th – Everton (A)
Sat 21st – Crystal Palace (H)
Sat 28th – Leeds United (A)
December
Wed 2nd – Ipswich Town (H)
Sat 5th – Manchester United (A)
Sat 12th – Aston Villa (H)
Sat 19th – Bournemouth (A)
Sat 26th – Chelsea (H)
Wed 30th – Brentford (H)
January
Sat 2nd – Liverpool (A)
Wed 6th – Ipswich Town (A)
Sat 16th – Everton (H)
Sat 23rd – Sunderland (A)
Sat 30th – Leeds United (H)
February
Sat 6th – Crystal Palace (A)
Wed 10th – Liverpool (H)
Sat 20th – Brentford (A)
Sat 27th – Bournemouth (H)
March
Wed 3rd – Chelsea (A)
Sat 13th – Manchester City (H)
Sat 20th – Brighton and Hove Albion (A)
April
Sat 10th – Arsenal (H)
Sat 17th – Hull City (A)
Sat 24th – Aston Villa (A)
May
Sat 1st – Manchester United (H)
Sat 8th – Newcastle United (A)
Sat 15th – Tottenham Hotspur (H)
Sun 23rd – Fulham (A)
Sun 30th – Nottingham Forest (A)
