Liverpool’s November schedule has been altered for television coverage, leaving Andoni Iraola’s side set to play five consecutive Premier League fixtures on Sundays across October and November. The changes affect away games against Crystal Palace and Everton, plus the home meeting with Manchester United, and come at the end of an already demanding run of nine matches in 29 days.
The revised fixtures begin with Liverpool travelling to Crystal Palace on Sunday 8 November for a 2pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports. After the international break, Liverpool host Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday 22 November at 4.30pm, also on Sky Sports. The Merseyside derby against Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium has been moved to Sunday 29 November, kicking off at 12pm and broadcast by TNT Sports.
Liverpool’s heavy sequence starts immediately after the extended October international break. They host Manchester City on Sunday 11 October, travel to LASK in the Champions League three days later, then visit Brentford on Saturday 17 October. That is followed by home matches against Villarreal, Brighton and Chelsea, before Arsenal visit Anfield on 1 November, Liverpool travel to Fenerbahçe on 4 November, and then face Crystal Palace four days later.
The revised run is:
– Sunday 11 October: Manchester City, home, Premier League, 4.30pm.
– Wednesday 14 October: LASK, away, Champions League, 5.45pm.
– Saturday 17 October: Brentford, away, Premier League, 3pm.
– Tuesday 20 October: Villarreal, home, Champions League, 8pm.
– Sunday 25 October: Brighton, home, Premier League, 2pm.
– Late October: Chelsea, home, Carabao Cup fourth round.
– Sunday 1 November: Arsenal, home, Premier League, 4.30pm.
– Wednesday 4 November: Fenerbahçe, away, Champions League, 5.45pm.
– Sunday 8 November: Crystal Palace, away, Premier League, 2pm.
– Sunday 22 November: Manchester United, home, Premier League, 4.30pm.
– Wednesday 25 November: Club Brugge, away, Champions League, 8pm.
– Sunday 29 November: Everton, away, Premier League, 12pm.
The scheduling creates particular workload concerns for Florian Wirtz, who has already played heavily in Liverpool’s opening weeks. There is, however, one potential benefit: Germany manager Jürgen Klopp split a 44-player Germany squad across two Nations League double-headers and placed Wirtz in the later group. That means he is not due to feature in the first two games against the Netherlands and Greece, and should report later for fixtures against Serbia on 1 October and Greece on 4 October. Iraola called the arrangement “very smart,” saying the break would benefit the player, Liverpool and Germany alike.
The fixture congestion will make rotation, recovery and defensive consistency critical. Liverpool have a demanding mix of title-level domestic opponents, European travel to Austria and Türkiye, and a Carabao Cup tie against Chelsea, with barely any recovery time before the two televised November showpieces against Manchester United and Everton.
