Leeds United supporters finally have something tangible to plan around. The 2026/27 Premier League fixture list dropped Friday, and for a traveling fanbase that packed opposition grounds all last season, the away schedule is worth a close look.
Daniel Farke’s side opens on the road at Nottingham Forest and closes the campaign away at Crystal Palace. In between? A Boxing Day trip to Aston Villa that already has supporters checking train schedules. Last season’s away form was genuinely impressive — a 2-1 win at Old Trafford, plus positive results at Liverpool, Chelsea, and Villa Park. The away ends were consistently sold out.
What the allocations look like for 2026/27
The Premier League has clear rules here. Any stadium with 30,000 or more seats must set aside at least 3,000 for visiting supporters. Smaller grounds have to offer 10 percent of capacity. Here’s the breakdown for every away ground Leeds will visit:
Arsenal — Emirates Stadium, 60,704 capacity. Away allocation: 3,000.
Aston Villa — Villa Park, 43,205 capacity. Away allocation: 3,000.
Bournemouth — Vitality Stadium, 11,307 capacity. Away allocation: 1,500.
Brentford — Gtech Community Stadium, 17,250 capacity. Away allocation: 2,000.
Brighton — Amex Stadium, 31,876 capacity. Away allocation: 3,300.
Chelsea — Stamford Bridge, 41,631 capacity. Away allocation: 3,000.
Those numbers come via the Yorkshire Evening Post, and they matter for a club that regularly travels in numbers well above the minimum. Leeds fans have a reputation for taking over away sections, and last season’s turnout at every ground backed that up.
Which trips will be the toughest tickets
Bournemouth is the obvious one. Only 1,500 seats for a ground that small means demand will massively outstrip supply. Same problem at Brentford with 2,000. Those are the ones where loyalty points become everything.
For the bigger grounds, 3,000 is standard. But don’t sleep on Brighton. The Amex actually offers 3,300 away seats, which is slightly above the minimum. That extra 300 might not sound like much, but for fans chasing every away day, it’s a meaningful difference.
Leeds haven’t confirmed any ticketing details yet, and they won’t for a while. But the pattern is predictable: loyalty points thresholds, a mad scramble for the small allocations, and the usual complaints on fan forums about bots and touts.
The schedule itself has some nice rhythm too. No brutal runs of five straight away games. The Christmas period is manageable with Villa on Boxing Day, then a home game to follow. Farke will like that part. The fans? They’ll take any excuse to pack a pub in Birmingham on December 26.
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