{"id":108442,"date":"2025-08-30T20:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/108442\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T20:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:43:07","slug":"who-liverpool-play-before-and-after-every-champions-league-game-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/108442\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Liverpool play before and after every Champions League game – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool have been drawn against eight different teams for the league phase of the 2025\/26 Champions League<\/a> season, and the fixtures fall on notable midweeks between Premier League<\/a> games.<\/p>\n

The latest European campaign starts with Arne Slot<\/a>\u2018s side facing Real Madrid<\/a> (H), Inter (A), Atletico (H), Frankfurt (A), PSV (H), Marseille (A), Qarabag (H) and Galatasaray (A).<\/p>\n

They will each pose their own challenge as they fall into a busy schedule from September all the way through to January.<\/p>\n

After five of their eight league phase matches, Liverpool will have an away trip in the league \u2013 which includes three visits to London, a stop at the Etihad and a long journey to the south coast.<\/p>\n

The full list for who Liverpool play before and after every Champions League<\/a> tie is as follows:<\/p>\n

Matchday 1: Atletico Madrid (H) \u2013 September 17<\/p>\n

Before: Burnley<\/a> (A) \u2013 Sun, Sept 14, 2pm
After: Everton<\/a> (H) \u2013 Sat, Sept 20, 12.30pm<\/p>\n

Matchday 2: Galatasaray (A) \u2013 September 30<\/p>\n

Before: Crystal Palace<\/a> (A) \u2013 Sat, Sept 27, 3pm
After: Chelsea<\/a> (A) \u2013 Sat, Oct 4, 5.30pm<\/p>\n

Matchday 3: Eintracht Frankfurt (A) \u2013 October 22<\/p>\n

Before: Man United<\/a> (H) \u2013 Sun, Oct 19, 4.30pm
After: Brentford<\/a> (A) \u2013 Sat, Oct 25, 8pm<\/p>\n

Matchday 4: Real Madrid (H) \u2013 November 4<\/p>\n

Before: Aston Villa<\/a> (H) \u2013 Nov 1\/2, TBC
After: Man City<\/a> (A) \u2013 Nov 8\/9, TBC<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Matchday 5: PSV Eindhoven (H) \u2013 November 26<\/p>\n

Before: Nottingham Forest<\/a> (H) \u2013 Nov 22\/23
After: West Ham<\/a> (A) \u2013 Nov 29\/30<\/p>\n

Matchday 6: Inter Milan (A) \u2013 December 9<\/p>\n

Before: Leeds<\/a> (A) \u2013 Dec 6\/7
After: Brighton<\/a> (H) \u2013 Dec 13\/14<\/p>\n

Matchday 7: Marseille (A) \u2013 January 21<\/p>\n

Before: Burnley<\/a> (H) \u2013 Jan 17\/18
After: Bournemouth<\/a> (A) \u2013 Jan 24\/25<\/p>\n

Matchday 8: Qarabag (H) \u2013 January 28<\/p>\n

Before: Bournemouth<\/a> (A) \u2013 Jan 24\/25
After: Newcastle<\/a> (H) \u2013 Jan 31\/Feb 1<\/p>\n

The top eight teams in the 36-team league will go straight into the last 16, with the remaining eight places determined by 16 playoffs between the sides who finished between ninth and 24th.<\/p>\n

From this season, teams who finish first to fourth are guaranteed a home second leg in the round of 16 and quarter-finals, as long as they get there. <\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t feel like Liverpool have been dealt too rough a hand here, in terms of tricky Premier League<\/a> games straight after Champions League<\/a> assignments.<\/p>\n

Well, for now at least \u2013 wait until later fixture times are confirmed and the Reds are hit with a load of Saturday 12.30pms!<\/p>\n

Back-to-back trips to Marseille and Bournemouth<\/a> in January have the potential to be taxing, but hopefully, Liverpool have qualified by that point.<\/p>\n

\"NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE,<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Brentford<\/a> game at Anfield on October 22 moving from a 12.30pm to an 8pm kick-off will be well-received by Slot, giving him more time to prepare.<\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s November certainly starts with a bang to coincide with Bonfire Night, though, with home clashes against Aston Villa<\/a> and Real Madrid<\/a> followed by a trip to Man City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen what day the City game will be, but as far away from Tuesday night against Madrid as possible would be ideal.<\/p>\n

Win all three of those and the Reds will be going strong in the Autumn!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have been drawn against eight different teams for the league phase of the 2025\/26 Champions League season,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,739,561,82],"class_list":["post-108442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}