United kick-off 2026/27 season with back-to-back games against newly promoted sides

Manchester United will start their 2026/27 Premier League campaign away to newly promoted Hull City. The match will be the second in the league’s new campaign, kicking off at 12.30pm on Saturday 22nd August. The fixtures were released this morning and see the Red Devils face two new faces in the first two games, with a home tie against Ipswich Town coming second on August 29th. More to follow … Featured image George Wood via Getty Images The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Latest Top Stories… Red Billy Red Billy is the managing editor of The Peoples Person, author of three books and two magazines and totally obsessed with football’s transfer market. Billy first saw United live in 1971, watching George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law, before becoming a League Match ticket book holder from 1975/76 and a writer since 1995. Billy still insists Matteo Darmian and Alex Telles could have made it at United given half a chance.