Leeds United fans just got their 2026/27 Premier League calendar, and there are some dates that immediately jump off the page. The club kicks things off at Nottingham Forest on the weekend of August 22/23, with Brentford coming to Elland Road a week later for the first home game. But the real fun starts in October.
Here are the five fixtures that have the Leeds faithful already circling their calendars.
Manchester United at Elland Road: October 17
That’s fixture seven, by the way. Last season these two didn’t meet until January 4, which felt way too late for a rivalry this heated. That one ended 1-1, and by then Leeds had already played Liverpool twice. A home match against United in October feels different. The atmosphere at Elland Road for that one is going to be absolutely unhinged.
Boxing Day at Aston Villa
December 26 sends Leeds to Villa Park, where they played out a 1-1 draw last February. But older fans will remember December 2018 in the Midlands, when Marcelo Bielsa’s side was down 2-0 and somehow clawed back to win 3-2 on a late Kemar Roofe winner. That game lives in Leeds lore. This one? Could be anything.
Hull City Away: December 30
Three days after Villa, Leeds is back on the road at Hull City’s MKM Stadium. It’s their first Premier League Yorkshire derby since they beat Sheffield United 2-1 in April 2021. Quick turnaround, short travel, potential for chaos. These are the kinds of weeks that define a season.
Old Trafford: May 15
Leeds ended a 45-year wait for a top-flight win at Manchester United last season. Noah Okafor scored twice in a result that basically kept them up. Going back to Old Trafford in May will test whether that win was a one-off or a genuine shift. United will not have forgotten.
Final Day at Crystal Palace: May 30
The season wraps at Selhurst Park. Ideally Leeds has nothing riding on it by then, but last season showed anything can happen on the final day. Sunderland was fighting for European spots. There’s real ambition at Elland Road to keep climbing the table. Whether that means a quiet finale or a chaotic one is anyone’s guess.
According to yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk, these dates are the ones Leeds fans are looking at hardest. The rest of the schedule? We’ll figure that out as we go.
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