Topic: 2017/2018 Premier League Fixtures

[matt_lfc]

Bournemouth at home is Grand National weekend, meaning the Sun is the 15th so possibly be a Mon night game.

[Weytske]

Or we get enough depth to deal with competitions on all fronts, right balance of youth, players on the verge chomping at the bit and experience - just like Chelsea and Spurs did last year.

We have quite a lot of players on the periphery, Woodburn, Wilson, Ojo, Ejaria, Gruijic, Gomez, TAA, Solanke and even Origi to an extent. Adding some first team cover is essential though granted, but these lads are another year older and another pre season along under Klopp so I would expect them to do well in that competition.

Exactly. Klopp and his staff are building a strong U23 team that can push our first team and will surely be used in the cups.

[nellyp]

The League Cup?

jesus the amount of sponsors that cup has had

always a good omen for us when a drink sponsors it, milk, coca cola, worthington, carling

this is an energy drink now isnt it?

Another sponsor from Thailand. Carabao is an energy drink here as well as being the name of one of the most famous bands over the last couple of decades.

They are a big competitor with Kratendeang, which is the original Red Bull

[redgriffin73]

Just go after the match.

[disgraced cake]

We'll get less than 48 hours between those two games at the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018, forgot who they were against now but it's nailed on. Chelsea, United and the likes will have 4 days rest probably.

[M7 Heckler]

Burnley (h)
Newcastle (a)
Spurs (a)
West Ham (a)
Chelsea (h)
Everton (h)

That is horrendous. away games after CL is so tough. then you look at our home games, they are just as bad.

[ChaChaMooMoo]

You've missed the play offs in August

Complete fixtures

August
12 - Watford (A)
15–16 - Champions League playoff
19 - Crystal Palace (H)
22–23 - Champions League playoff
26 - Arsenal (H)

September
9 - Manchester City (A)
12-13 September
16 - Burnley (H)
19 – League Cup Round 3
23 - Leicester City (A)
26-27 September
30 - Newcastle United (A)

October
14 - Manchester United (H)
17-18 October
21 - Tottenham Hotspur (A)
24 – League Cup Round 4
28 - Huddersfield Town (H)
31 October - 1 November

November
4 - West Ham United (A)
18 - Southampton (H)
21-22 November
25 - Chelsea (H)
29 - Stoke City (A)

December
2 - Brighton and Hove Albion (A)
5-6 December
9 - Everton (H)
13 - West Bromwich Albion (H)
16 - Bournemouth (A)
19 - League Cup Round 5
23 - Arsenal (A)
26 - Swansea City (H)
30 - Leicester City (H)

January
1 - Burnley (A)
13 - Manchester City (H)
20 - Swansea City (A)
23 – League Cup SF L2
30 - Huddersfield Town (A)

February
3 - Tottenham Hotspur (H)
10 - Southampton (A)
24 - West Ham United (H)
25 – League Cup Final

March
3 - Newcastle United (H)
10 - Manchester United (A)
17 - Watford (H)
31 - Crystal Palace (A)

April
7 - Everton (A)
14 - Bournemouth (H)
21 - West Bromwich Albion (A)
28 - Stoke City (H)

May
5 - Chelsea (A)
13 - Brighton and Hove Albion (H)

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Champions league fixtures

August
12 - Watford (A)
15–16 - Champions League playoff
19 - Crystal Palace (H)
22–23 - Champions League playoff
26 - Arsenal (H)

September
9 - Manchester City (A)
12-13 September
16 - Burnley (H)

23 - Leicester City (A)
26-27 September
30 - Newcastle United (A)

October/November
14 - Manchester United (H)
17-18 October
21 - Tottenham Hotspur (A)

28 Oct- Huddersfield Town (H)
31 October - 1 November
4 Nov- West Ham United (A)

November
18 - Southampton (H)
21-22 November
25 - Chelsea (H)

December
2 - Brighton and Hove Albion (A)
5-6 December
9 - Everton (H)

[tubby]

That's not too bad, there's no really nasty run of fixtures there.

[Mister Flip Flop]

Pretty happy with that to be honest. Looks like the fixture computer randomly put the Merseyside and Manchester derbies on the same weekend, twice. What a fortunate coincidence. Sky Sports super dupper wonderful derby weekend  no corruption there no siree bob.

[JackWard33]

That December/ Jaunuary shuffle is bonkers.... please punt the league and FA cups over to the kids

Be interesting to see if he goes into the winter with a different plan to this season where he just tried to tough it out and play his 'best' team each game and paid the price in Jan - hopefully he'll have more options this time

[Barneylfc∗]

Pretty happy with that to be honest. Looks like the fixture computer randomly put the Merseyside and Manchester derbies on the same weekend, twice. What a fortunate coincidence. Sky Sports super dupper wonderful derby weekend  no corruption there no siree bob.

They paid about Ł4bn pound to the premier league. Of course they're going to have a bit of input.

[paulrazor]

They look pretty good to me, nicely spread out, with no ridiculously hard run ins.

id look again if i were you

9 games between end of november and 1st january

not incl league cup and europe

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

That is horrendous. away games after CL is so tough. then you look at our home games, they are just as bad.

Looks alright to me. Three away games and three home games is a good breakdown considering teams in the past have had five or six away games. Three of our opponents will also be coming off the back of European games too so they will have no advantage.

id look again if i were you

9 games between end of november and 1st january

not incl league cup and europe

That'll be the same for all teams so no drama there. There are no European games in that time period.

[jillcwhomever]

That December/ Jaunuary shuffle is bonkers.... please punt the league and FA cups over to the kids

Be interesting to see if he goes into the winter with a different plan to this season where he just tried to tough it out and play his 'best' team each game and paid the price in Jan - hopefully he'll have more options this time

Klopp has already insinuated that the kids will get their chances in cup competitions. It's what lies behind his plan in keeping the young players together, rather than sending them off on loans, here, there and everywhere. I would love them to have a successful run in one of those competitions too, to make sure they get plenty of playing time. Then if they are called upon, they will be in a good position to complement the first team squad.

Not a bad set of fixtures all in all, though Christmas is ridiculous as usual.

[paulrazor]

Looks alright to me. Three away games and three home games is a good breakdown considering teams in the past have had five or six away games. Three of our opponents will also be coming off the back of European games too so they will have no advantage.

That'll be the same for all teams so no drama there. There are no European games in that time period.

there is usually a champions league game around the second week of december

assuming we make that of course

sturridges hamstrings just exploded looking at december

[Ray K]

id look again if i were you

9 games between end of november and 1st january

not incl league cup and europe

It's the same for everyone though. It's bloody mental  - a quarter of the league season in 6 weeks.

Above all, we should fuck the league cup off as soon as possible. Trying to get through this period with (hopefully) crucial CL group games at this time, it's imperative not to add games to our schedule - especially given our squad is still thin.

Frankly I'll be pissed off if Jurgen doesn't pick 11 lads from RAWK for the 2nd round of the Caribou Cup, or whatever its called now.

[SandyShore]

Piss easy start for Man utd     Anyways what's important is our games against the lesser sides, we had a much better record then Chelsea against the top 6 teams but still finished miles behind.

[paulrazor]

It's the same for everyone though. It's bloody mental  - a quarter of the league season in 6 weeks.

Above all, we should fuck the league cup off as soon as possible. Trying to get through this period with (hopefully) crucial CL group games at this time, it's imperative not to add games to our schedule - especially given our squad is still thin.

Frankly I'll be pissed off if Jurgen doesn't pick 11 lads from RAWK for the 2nd round of the Caribou Cup, or whatever its called now.

i know everyone has it but it kind of fcuked things up last year.

need a bigger squad

ideally if we are in the league cup throw in the kids

if we are in europe then hopefully we are through the groups and play the kids

lot of games to factor in

[Carllfc]

That is not a bad run of fixtures. I would say that Palace at home, then Arsenal home and City away is our hardest run of fixtures early on.

[paulrazor]

That is not a bad run of fixtures. I would say that Palace at home, then Arsenal home and City away is our hardest run of fixtures early on.

newcastle away, united at home and spurs away end of september, october

[vallapureddy]

Piss easy start for Man utd     Anyways what's important is our games against the lesser sides, we had a much better record then Chelsea against the top 6 teams but still finished miles behind.

They have a difficult October..

[sms1986]

Who gives a shit about whether other teams have easy starts/runs or not? They still need to play 38 games just like us.

Would be nice, if we're in the title race, to win it at Chelsea in our penultimate game!

[Steady Eddie]

United / Everton at home first game please.....

Bring them on.

[scouser4eva]

United / Everton at home first game please.....

Bring them on.

Your 2 hours late

or 12 months early

[vallapureddy]

Come on Rafa do one on Spurs and say I am back boyzzzzz 

[Scottymuser]

So another relatively difficult start, whilst Utd jam another piss easy start; at least we don't have chelsea's run of fixtures after the Champs league matches

Everton's start though 

[Steady Eddie]

Your 2 hours late

or 12 months early

Kin hell excuse my ignorance! Didn't realise the list was released. My apologies.

We'll smash Watford....John Barnes in the crowd for this one i take it...

[Barneylfc∗]

So another relatively difficult start, whilst Utd jam another piss easy start; at least we don't have chelsea's run of fixtures after the Champs league matches

Everton's start though 

How did that work out for Liverpool and United last season?

[Steady Eddie]

How did that work out for Liverpool and United last season?

Gotta play them all twice at some point.... doesn't really matter when, who know's when we'll be on top form.

[Iska]

The League Cup 

Clinching the title at Stamford Bridge has a nice sound to it.

[redk84]

Ain't bothered by the fixture list....

Long as we combine our silky first half of the season with the grinding out of results in the 2nd half of the season we'll be ok

[elsewhere]

Damn, Curacao cup will be tough. How long is the flight to there anyways?

[sms1986]

Damn, Curacao cup will be tough. How long is the flight to there anyways?

We won't know antille they do the draw.

[Lycan]

That's the tamest looking fixture list I've seen for us in a long, long time. Means absolutely fuck all really though.

[Chakan]

December is ridiculous again.

[mikey_LFC]

This table shows the alternative premier league view of where our par 1 fixtures fall. The clear noticeable gap in the middle of the season between boxing day and mid February is where we will likely see a drop in our APLT standing with a run of several Par 3s. We will therefore need to be in good standing come christmas to put in a challenge as unless we have a perfect run of games we will come out of the period on the back of a slump in that particular table.

Another notable feature of the season is run of the home games from mid Feb onwards in the season where there are no significant challenges. This will mean to have a good season we will need a near faultless record at home for the final 6 home games whilst at the same time dealing with tough away games almost every other week with Southampton, Man Utd, Crystal Palace, Everton, Chelsea and West Brom. This is likely to be where we will see rotation and squad depth come in to play especially if we are still in Europe, as we go week to week with different challenges. Our experience of the run in this year where we excelled in our away games could pay dividends.

[Fitzy.]

So Everton get to play the second leg of their cup final at home...CONSPIRACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fitzy.]

December is ridiculous again.

...for everyone at least.

[poopscoop]

And that's how they planned it. With months of preparation time. And it has nothing to do with cup replays or weather postponements. Utter fucktards

I was just coming in here to write just that. Incomprehensibly stupid. That Christmas schedule I just can't wait for Klopp's next press conference.

[Chakan]

How do we play Arsenal twice before even playing Swansea?