Man City Premier League fixtures: Start and run-in for the 2026/27 season

Manchester City will contest their first season for a decade without Pep Guardiola at the helm in 2026/27.

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Although Guardiola’s successor after a trophy-laden 10 seasons at the Etihad Stadium is yet to be announced, Enzo Maresca is widely expected to take the reins.

Former Chelsea boss Maresca will have a period of transition to oversee and a tough challenge ahead as the greats of the game have often proved difficult to replace in the Premier League.

City won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup last season but have gone two seasons without winning the top prize in England for the first time since a three-year fallow spell between 2014/15 and 2016/17.

Here, we break down Manchester City’s start to the campaign and the season run-in, along with some of their standout fixtures of the year to come.

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Man City 2026/27 Premier League fixtures: First five matches

City begin the season on Sunday, August 23, at home to Bournemouth, the team whose 1-1 draw with Guardiola’s side in the penultimate game of last season handed Arsenal the title.

Conference League winners Crystal Palace are up next at Selhurst Park, a team City beat home and away last season following defeat to the Eagles in the 2025 FA Cup final.

Home games against newly promoted Coventry City and Sunderland, who held City to a 0-0 draw on New Year’s Day last season, sandwich the first Manchester derby of the season at Old Trafford on September 12.

Man City’s first five Premier League fixtures 2026/27

Man City 2026/27 Premier League run-in

After the final international break of the season, City face their return fixture against Bournemouth on April 10 before welcoming Crystal Palace to Manchester.

Fixtures with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium precede a final three games where City are on the road twice.

Aston Villa, who won to partly sour Guardiola’s farewell match in May 2026, are again the final visitors of the season to east Manchester before the 10-time English champions wrap up their campaign at Sunderland. Will it be 11 titles by that point?

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Man City’s Premier League run-in 2026/27

Man City 2026/27 key fixtures: When is the north London derby

Games between Manchester City and Arsenal have become appointment viewing over recent seasons. Their games are only six weeks apart this season, with City at the Emirates on November 28 and Arsenal heading to the Etihad Stadium on January 30.

We are now fully out of the Klopp vs. Guardiola era, but City’s trip to face Liverpool at Anfield — where they won in front of a crowd for the first time since 2003 last season — on October 10 will be keenly anticipated.

Following their early season trip to Old Trafford, City welcome Manchester United across town on March 20.

Man City every Premier League fixture 2026/27

August 23: Bournemouth (H)
August 29: Crystal Palace (A)

September 5: Coventry City (H)
September 12: Manchester United (A)
September 19: Sunderland (H)

October 10: Liverpool (A)
October 17:  Ipswich Town (H)
October 24: Aston Villa (A)
October 31: Brighton (H)

November 7: Nottingham Forest (A)
November 21: Fulham (H)
November 28: Arsenal (A)

December 2: Leeds United (H)
December 5: Brentford (A)
December 12: Chelsea (H)
December 19: Hull City (H)
December 26: Newcastle United (A)
December 30: Everton (A)

January 2: Tottenham (H)
January 6: Leeds United (A)
January 16: Nottingham Forest (H)
January 23: Brighton (A)
January 30: Arsenal (H)

February 6: Fulham (A)
February 10:  Tottenham (A)
February 20: Newcastle United (H)
February 27: Hull City (A)

March 3: Everton (H)
March 13: Coventry City (A)
March 20: Manchester United (H)

April 10: Bournemouth (A)
April 17: Crystal Palace (H)
April 24: Chelsea (A)

May 1: Brentford (H)
May 8: Liverpool (H)
May 15: Ipswich Town (A)
May 23: Aston Villa (H)
May 30: Sunderland (A)

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