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Liverpool’s 2024-25 Premier League fixtures

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The Arne Slot era at Liverpool will officially begin on August 17 when they face Ipswich Town at Portman Road.

This will be the first Liverpool game not managed by Jurgen Klopp since the German took charge of the Merseyside club on October 17, 2015, for the goalless draw at Tottenham Hotspur.

The first Merseyside derby of the 2024-25 season is set for December 7 at Goodison Park, with the reverse fixture at Anfield coming on April 2. Liverpool’s games against Manchester United, meanwhile, fall on August 31 at Old Trafford with the Anfield clash on January 4.

Liverpool end the season at home to Crystal Palace on May 25.

Liverpool’s Premier League 2024-25 fixtures

All times BST/GMT

  • 17/08/2024 12:30 Ipswich Town vs Liverpool
  • 24/08/2024 15:00 Liverpool vs Brentford
  • 31/08/2024 15:00 Manchester United vs Liverpool
  • 14/09/2024 15:00 Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
  • 21/09/2024 15:00 Liverpool vs Bournemouth
  • 28/09/2024 15:00 Wolves vs Liverpool
  • 05/10/2024 15:00 Crystal Palace vs Liverpool
  • 19/10/2024 15:00 Liverpool vs Chelsea
  • 26/10/2024 15:00 Arsenal vs Liverpool
  • 02/11/2024 15:00 Liverpool vs Brighton
  • 09/11/2024 15:00 Liverpool vs Aston Villa
  • 23/11/2024 15:00 Southampton vs Liverpool
  • 30/11/2024 15:00 Liverpool vs Manchester City
  • 04/12/2024 19:45 Newcastle United vs Liverpool
  • 07/12/2024 15:00 Everton vs Liverpool
  • 14/12/2024 15:00 Liverpool vs Fulham
  • 21/12/2024 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool
  • 26/12/2024 15:00 Liverpool vs Leicester City
  • 29/12/2024 15:00 West Ham United vs Liverpool
  • 04/01/2025 15:00 Liverpool vs Manchester United
  • 14/01/2025 19:45 Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool
  • 18/01/2025 15:00 Brentford vs Liverpool
  • 25/01/2025 15:00 Liverpool vs Ipswich Town
  • 01/02/2025 15:00 Bournemouth vs Liverpool
  • 15/02/2025 15:00 Liverpool vs Wolves
  • 22/02/2025 15:00 Manchester City vs Liverpool
  • 26/02/2025 20:00 Liverpool vs Newcastle United
  • 08/03/2025 15:00 Liverpool vs Southampton
  • 15/03/2025 15:00 Aston Villa vs Liverpool
  • 02/04/2025 20:00 Liverpool vs Everton
  • 05/04/2025 15:00 Fulham vs Liverpool
  • 12/04/2025 15:00 Liverpool vs West Ham United
  • 19/04/2025 15:00 Leicester City vs Liverpool
  • 26/04/2025 15:00 Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur
  • 03/05/2025 15:00 Chelsea vs Liverpool
  • 10/05/2025 15:00 Liverpool vs Arsenal
  • 18/05/2025 15:00 Brighton vs Liverpool
  • 25/05/2025 16:00 Liverpool vs Crystal Palace

Liverpool face big tests after Champions League fixtures

The Premier League have welcomed Liverpool’s new head coach Arne Slot to England with the man he’s replacings favourite fixture time as Liverpool face newly promoted Ipswich at 12:30pm on the opening weekend.

Slot will have little time to settle into his new surroundings before he faces one his new team’s fiercest rivals, Manchester United, in his third league game in charge. He has to wait for December for his first Merseyside derby against Everton and the final one at Goodison Park.

It is not too difficult of a start for the Dutchman and his team although the fixtures following Champions League matches are not as kind with Arsenal and Manchester City two of the matches coming after European midweek games.

Across the schedule, Liverpool’s fixtures look fairly well balanced. If they have title aspirations the stretch of Tottenham, Chelsea and Arsenal at the end of April and start of May could be a hugely defining moment in any bid to compete with Manchester City.

Key dates for the 2024-25 season

The transfer window officially opened on Friday, June 14, with the infamous cut-off date for the 2023-24 profit and sustainability rules (PSR) reporting period coming at the end of the month on June 30. The window closes on Friday, August 30, at 11pm BST (6pm ET).

The winter transfer window will open on Wednesday, January 1, closing on Monday, February 3.

The new Premier League season gets underway on the weekend of August 16-18, a week after the Community Shield. That game will be another Manchester derby and a replay of last season’s FA Cup final.

The Premier League season finishes on Sunday, May 25, when all 10 fixtures will be played at the same time.

Premier League clubs will enter the FA Cup at the third round, which begins on Saturday, January 11. The Carabao Cup will begin in mid-August with Premier League teams not playing in Europe entering in the second round and the remaining seven clubs receiving a bye to the third round.

The newly-expanded Champions League, meanwhile, begins on September 17. The Europa League starts on September 25 and the Conference League gets underway on October 3.

What about the Champions League?

Liverpool qualified for the Champions League by finishing third last season.

This is the first year of the expanded Champions League, with 36 teams taking place in the group stage proper. Instead of being placed into groups of four, each team will play eight seeded matches and the top eight of the 36 will qualify directly for the knockouts, with the ninth-16th-placed clubs contesting a play-off round.

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How the new Champions League format works

  • League phase draw: August 29
  • Matchday 1: September 17-19
  • Matchday 2: October 1-2
  • Matchday 3: October 22-23
  • Matchday 4: November 5-6
  • Matchday 5: November 26-27
  • Matchday 6: December 10-11
  • Matchday 7: January 21-22
  • Matchday 8: January 29
  • Play-offs: February 11-12; 18-19
  • Last 16: March 4-5; 11-12
  • Quarter-finals: April 8-9; 15-16
  • Semi-finals: April 29-30; May 6-7
  • Final: May 30

 

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