Buy Liverpool vs Arsenal tickets for the 2026/27 Season. Liverpool host Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday 1 November 2026, with a 16:30 kick-off in matchweek nine of the Premier League. Some fixture listings still carry this match on the Saturday, so confirm the day against the current match page before you book travel.
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This is the hardest ticket in the English league calendar that does not carry the word derby. Anfield holds 61,276 after the Anfield Road expansion, yet almost none of that reaches open sale: season ticket holders take the bulk, members ballots take most of the rest, plus the visiting allocation is fixed at around 3,000. Demand for Liverpool tickets against a title rival compresses into a pool that barely exists.
The record gives the fixture its edge. Arsenal have not won a league match at Anfield since September 2012, a run of thirteen visits without a victory. They have also been part of some of the highest-scoring matches in the modern Premier League, including a 4-4 plus a 3-3 at this ground, which is why neutrals treat this as one of the season's two or three must-attend dates.
Start with the supply side, because Anfield has just been through the opposite of what most English grounds face. The Anfield Road End was rebuilt to two tiers, taking that stand from roughly 8,700 seats to 15,697 and lifting the ground from around 54,000 to 61,276. The work finished in March 2025, so 2026/27 is only the second full season at the expanded figure.
Seven thousand extra seats a game sounds like it should loosen the market. It has not. Liverpool absorbed the increase almost entirely through season ticket and members demand that had been waiting years for it, so the practical availability for a fixture of this profile is close to what it was before the stand was rebuilt. The expansion moved the waiting list rather than clearing it.
Demand on the visiting side is just as concentrated. Arsenal sell out every away allocation of consequence and this is the one they prize most, both for the ground itself plus for the standing of the fixture. Interest in Arsenal tickets for Anfield exceeds the allocation by a wide margin every year, which pushes visiting supporters toward home areas or toward resale.
Then there is the neutral market. Anfield on a Sunday teatime against Arsenal is a fixture that international visitors plan trips around, in a way that a midweek game against a promoted side is not. Liverpool draws a substantial tourist football audience across the season, plus that audience targets a handful of specific dates rather than spreading evenly.
The competitive context does the rest. These two have finished first and second in three of the last five seasons, so the fixture usually carries genuine consequence rather than symbolic weight. A match with something at stake in November prices differently from one played out in May.
Yes, though this is close to the limit of what the front door offers. Liverpool sell through season tickets first, then through a members ballot, with general sale for a category A fixture effectively theoretical. Registering as a member gives you entry to a ballot rather than a seat, plus for this fixture the ballot is heavily oversubscribed.
Membership still has value if you are planning across a season rather than one date. A member who enters ballots for several fixtures will usually land one or two. A member entering only for Arsenal at home is buying a lottery ticket, which is worth understanding before paying the membership fee for that single purpose.
Sale timing works in your favour compared with the continental leagues. The Premier League publishes fixtures months ahead, with television moves announced in blocks well before the date, so once a slot is confirmed it rarely shifts again. That gives you a stable date to book trains, flights or hotels against, which is not true of La Liga or Serie A.
Resale exists because a fixed calendar meets changing lives. Listings surface from season ticket holders who cannot make a Sunday teatime, from members who won a ballot then found the date impossible, plus from supporters who found a Sunday teatime slot unworkable once the schedule firmed up. Sunday fixtures reliably generate more resale than Saturday ones, which is one small factor in a buyer's favour here.
Visiting supporters are on a separate track entirely. Arsenal distribute their Anfield allocation through their own loyalty system, weighted by away attendance history, so a casual Arsenal supporter has effectively no route through the club. Premier League rules keep the allocation at a minimum of 3,000 for a ground of this size, which is a small share of 61,276.
Five factors set the price of any listing. Fixture profile comes first, plus this is the factor that dominates everything else here. Liverpool against Arsenal sits in the top bracket of the Premier League calendar alongside the Manchester and Merseyside fixtures, which means listings open high rather than drifting up.
Stand is second. Anfield has a genuine spread from the Kop through the two sides to the Main Stand upper tiers. Timing is third, because a Sunday teatime is the friendliest slot in the week for travelling support. Availability is fourth. It is thin. Hospitality tier is fifth, with Anfield carrying more premium inventory than most English grounds after two stand rebuilds.
| Factor | Effect on This Fixture | What to Do About It |
|---|---|---|
| Fixture profile | Top-bracket pricing. One of a handful of league dates where listings open at a premium rather than reaching one | Accept the bracket or pick a different Anfield fixture. There is no lower-priced way into this specific match |
| Stand | The Kop and the Main Stand lower carry the atmosphere premium. Upper tiers price lower | Decide what you are paying for before comparing across stands |
| Kick-off slot | 16:30 on a Sunday, which makes a same-day return from London workable | Confirm your return connection before booking, because Sunday engineering work is common |
| Availability | Close to zero general sale. Season tickets plus ballots absorb almost all of 61,276 | Start early. This is not a fixture where late supply appears |
| Away allocation | Around 3,000 in the Anfield Road End, against Arsenal demand many times that | Arsenal supporters without loyalty points should plan for a home area in neutral clothing |
| Hospitality tier | Substantial premium provision across the Main Stand and the rebuilt Anfield Road End | The premium route is genuinely more available here than the standard one |
The honest summary is that this fixture sits at the top of the Premier League range and stays there. If the aim is simply to see Anfield, a Saturday afternoon against mid-table opposition delivers the same stadium for a fraction of the outlay. If the aim is this match specifically, price is the wrong lever to pull. Timing is the right one.
Anfield has four stands of very different character. The Kop is a single tier behind the goal holding around 12,850, still the reference point for atmosphere in English football. The Main Stand runs along one side across three tiers with more than 20,000 seats, rebuilt in 2016. The Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand faces it across two tiers. The Anfield Road End behind the opposite goal now holds 15,697 across two tiers plus houses the visiting section.
The Anfield seating plan maps how the blocks divide, which is worth studying because the Main Stand's three tiers behave like three different stadiums on price and on view. Wider matchday detail, from bag policy to the walk down from Lime Street, sits on the Anfield Stadium tickets guide.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kop | Atmosphere above everything else | Mid to high | A single tier of around 12,850 behind the goal. Expect to stand for long stretches whatever the ticket says |
| Main Stand lower | Close side-on viewing with cover | High | The nearest seats to the touchline in the ground. Central blocks carry the strongest premium |
| Main Stand upper | Elevated views of the shape of the game | Mid to high | The steepest, highest seats at Anfield. Excellent for reading the match, further from the noise |
| Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand | Side-on viewing at a step below the Main Stand | Mid | Two tiers facing the Main Stand. The sensible default if you want a side view without the premium |
| Anfield Road End | Home supporters plus the visiting allocation | Lower to mid | Rebuilt to two tiers and reopened in stages through to March 2025. Sightlines are much improved on the old stand |
| Away section | Arsenal supporters | Set by allocation | Anfield Road End, with segregated entry and roughly 3,000 seats. Visiting colours belong here alone |
| Accessible positions | Wheelchair users plus companions | Concession pricing | Provision was expanded with the Anfield Road rebuild and is allocated in advance. Arrange these directly rather than through resale |
For a first visit the Kop is the answer if atmosphere is the point, plus the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand is the answer if the football is. The Main Stand upper is the underrated option: it prices below the lower tier while giving a far clearer view of how the two sides are set up, which for a fixture between two sides this well organised is worth more than proximity. Arsenal supporters buying outside the away allocation should wear neutral clothing, because English grounds enforce colours rules in home areas firmly.
Anfield carries more premium provision than almost any English ground outside London, spread across the rebuilt Main Stand plus the new Anfield Road End. That matters for this fixture specifically: when standard seats are close to unobtainable, hospitality is often the only route that is actually open.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Main Stand lounges | Couples plus small groups marking an occasion | Padded central seats with lounge access before the match and at half time |
| Executive boxes | Companies hosting clients | Enclosed box with catering plus dedicated service, overlooking the halfway line |
| Anfield Road End premium | Visitors wanting a package at a lower entry point | Newer facilities behind the goal, with around 1,800 hospitality seats in the rebuilt stand |
| Group premium blocks | Travel parties of eight or more | Seats held together in one stand, which single-ticket buying rarely achieves for this fixture |
Two buyers should weigh the step up seriously. Anyone who has tried and failed to reach this fixture through a ballot will find the premium route materially more available than the standard one. So will any group of four or more, because a fixture with this little spare capacity scatters late buyers across the ground rather than seating them together.
Hospitality packages are usually named to the lead booker plus carry stricter transfer terms than a standard ticket. Read those terms before paying rather than on the day.
English clubs have moved almost entirely to digital ticketing, with Premier League seats typically arriving as mobile passes loaded into a wallet app rather than as paper. Anfield operates barcode entry at the turnstiles, so a working phone with charge is part of your kit for the afternoon.
| Delivery Type | What to Confirm |
|---|---|
| Mobile transfer | That the phone number or email on the order matches yours. Confirm the transfer has landed before you travel, since a screenshot will not scan |
| Print-at-home or PDF | That the file opens with a legible barcode. Print a spare rather than depending on hotel wi-fi on the day |
| Collection in Liverpool | The collection point, its opening hours plus which identity document is required. Allow extra time on a matchday Sunday |
| Courier or physical delivery | That the address stays valid across the whole delivery window. Somebody must be available to sign for the package |
Whichever method the listing specifies, read the seller's delivery note before paying, carry photo identification to the ground plus charge your phone before you set off. Anfield sits in the Anfield district roughly two miles north east of the city centre, so allow more time for the journey than the distance suggests on a matchday.
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Step1
Open the fixture listing
Go to the match page for the 1 November meeting at Anfield. Confirm the date plus the venue at the top of the page, because some listings elsewhere still place this match on the Saturday.
Step2
Set up your account
You can create an account in a minute or two. Use the name shown on your identity document, since some listings are issued in the buyer's name.
Step3
Pick the stand before the price
Decide between the Kop, the two sides plus the Anfield Road End first. At Anfield the difference between stands is about noise, angle and elevation rather than distance alone.
Step4
Set your quantity first
Choose how many seats you need before browsing, so only listings that split your way appear. For a fixture with this little spare capacity, groups of four should do this as early as possible.
Step5
Read the listing notes
Each listing states the stand, the delivery method plus whether seats sit together. Two listings at a similar price in the same stand can behave very differently on the day.
Step6
Review the full cost
The payment screen shows the ticket price alongside fees plus delivery before you commit. Compare totals between listings rather than headline figures.
Step7
Complete the purchase
Pay through the secure payment page and keep the confirmation email. It carries the order reference you will need for any delivery question.
Step8
Follow the order through to delivery
Use the track order function to watch the status move from confirmed to delivered. Confirm delivery before you travel rather than after you arrive.
The 16:30 Sunday slot is the friendliest configuration this fixture could have drawn. A finish around 18:20 leaves time to reach Lime Street plus catch a direct service south, which a Saturday evening kick-off would not. That said, Sunday is when engineering work happens on the West Coast route, so confirm the return before you commit rather than assuming the weekday timetable applies.
Anfield is served by bus rather than rail. There is no station at the ground, so the usual routes are a matchday shuttle bus from Sandhills on the Merseyrail Northern line, a scheduled service bus from the city centre, or a walk of roughly forty minutes from Lime Street. Traffic around Anfield after a full house moves slowly, so allow considerably more time out than in.
Driving is workable from within the north west, less so from further afield. The M62 and M57 both feed the city, though residents-only parking covers a wide radius around the ground on matchdays. Park-and-walk from a city-centre car park is usually the calmer choice, plus it puts you near the station afterwards.
Both clubs carry European commitments this season, so the week around this fixture is congested at both ends. Liverpool played their Champions League opener at Anfield in September and Arsenal opened at the Emirates in October, with league-phase midweeks bracketing this weekend. Supporters combining trips can find the wider Champions League tickets listings useful for building a fixture around the same journey.
Favour a delivery method that travels with you. Mobile transfer plus print-at-home options work from any address, whereas courier delivery ties you to one location for the whole window. Ask for written confirmation that a multi-ticket listing is genuinely adjacent, because a near-full ground leaves very few contiguous blocks once season ticket holders are seated.
If the November date proves impossible, Arsenal vs Liverpool tickets for the return meeting on 6 February 2027 offer the same fixture in London, at the ground covered by Emirates Stadium tickets. It is an easier trip for anyone based in the south, though the pricing bracket is comparable.
The last Arsenal league win at this ground came on 2 September 2012, a 2-0 that now sits a long way in the past. Thirteen Premier League visits have followed without a victory: eight Liverpool wins plus five draws. For a club that has spent much of that period challenging for the title, it is a remarkably durable record.
Look at the full Premier League sample and the picture is consistent. Thirty-four meetings at Anfield since 1992, with Liverpool winning seventeen, drawing eleven plus losing six. The goals split 75 to 38. Arsenal have scored exactly two goals in every one of their six wins here, never more, which tells you something about the ceiling on what they have managed at this ground.
What sets the fixture apart is not the results column, though. It is the entertainment. Those thirty-four matches have produced 113 goals, an average of 3.3 a game, with twenty-two of them reaching three goals or more. Only two finished goalless, both in the 1990s. If you are buying a ticket on the expectation of watching something happen, the historical case is strong.
The high-water marks are worth naming. Liverpool won 5-1 twice, in February 2014 plus December 2018, with four separate 4-0 wins alongside them. The 4-4 of April 2009 remains one of the more chaotic matches of the modern era, with a 3-3 in January 2016 close behind. Both 5-1 defeats came in seasons when Arsenal were competing for a Champions League place, which is part of why they registered.
The recent trend has flattened rather than reversed. Three consecutive Anfield meetings finished level between April 2023 and May 2025, a 2-2 followed by a 1-1 then another 2-2, before Liverpool edged the most recent one 1-0 last August. The gap has narrowed. The result has still not gone Arsenal's way.
What gives the 2026/27 fixture its shape is that Arsenal arrive with the strongest recent case they have had to end that run, in a season where both clubs are again competing at the top plus balancing European midweeks. A thirteen-match drought at one ground is the kind of statistic that ends abruptly rather than gradually.
The table covers Premier League meetings hosted by Liverpool at Anfield since the competition began in 1992. Fixtures played in London, in cup competitions, in Europe or in the old First Division are excluded.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 34 |
| Liverpool wins | 17 |
| Arsenal wins | 6 |
| Draws | 11 |
| Liverpool goals | 75 |
| Arsenal goals | 38 |
| Goals per match | 3.3 |
| Matches with three goals or more | 22 |
| Liverpool clean sheets | 11 |
| Widest Liverpool win | 5-1 (8 February 2014 and 29 December 2018) |
| Widest Arsenal win | 0-2 (23 August 1992 and 2 September 2012) |
| Most recent Arsenal win | 2 September 2012 |
| First Premier League meeting in scope | 23 August 1992 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 31 August 2025 |
Figures calculated from the verified match-by-match record below. Results cross-referenced against worldfootball head-to-head archives, independent historical match archives plus Premier League season results tables.
All thirty-four Premier League fixtures Liverpool have hosted against Arsenal at Anfield, newest first, with scores listed Liverpool first. The two clubs have met at this ground in every season of the competition.
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2025 | 1-0 |
| 11 May 2025 | 2-2 |
| 23 Dec 2023 | 1-1 |
| 09 Apr 2023 | 2-2 |
| 20 Nov 2021 | 4-0 |
| 28 Sep 2020 | 3-1 |
| 24 Aug 2019 | 3-1 |
| 29 Dec 2018 | 5-1 |
| 27 Aug 2017 | 4-0 |
| 04 Mar 2017 | 3-1 |
| 13 Jan 2016 | 3-3 |
| 21 Dec 2014 | 2-2 |
| 08 Feb 2014 | 5-1 |
| 02 Sep 2012 | 0-2 |
| 03 Mar 2012 | 1-2 |
| 15 Aug 2010 | 1-1 |
| 13 Dec 2009 | 1-2 |
| 21 Apr 2009 | 4-4 |
| 28 Oct 2007 | 1-1 |
| 31 Mar 2007 | 4-1 |
| 14 Feb 2006 | 1-0 |
| 28 Nov 2004 | 2-1 |
| 04 Oct 2003 | 1-2 |
| 29 Jan 2003 | 2-2 |
| 23 Dec 2001 | 1-2 |
| 23 Dec 2000 | 4-0 |
| 28 Aug 1999 | 2-0 |
| 22 Aug 1998 | 0-0 |
| 06 May 1998 | 4-0 |
| 19 Aug 1996 | 2-0 |
| 23 Dec 1995 | 3-1 |
| 28 Aug 1994 | 3-0 |
| 02 Oct 1993 | 0-0 |
| 23 Aug 1992 | 0-2 |
Cup meetings at Anfield, European ties plus the corresponding league fixtures in London are excluded from these figures. Every result above confirmed against two independent archives.
Among the hardest in English football. Anfield holds 61,276 but season tickets plus members ballots absorb nearly all of it, so general sale for a fixture of this profile is effectively theoretical.
Sunday 1 November 2026 at 16:30. Some listings still show this match on the Saturday, so confirm the day against the current fixture page rather than an older printed schedule.
In the Anfield Road End, with segregated entry and an allocation of around 3,000. Visiting colours are not accepted in home areas.
Not for a fixture like this one. The rebuild added roughly 7,000 seats and took capacity to 61,276, but season ticket and members demand absorbed almost all of the increase.
2 September 2012, a 2-0 win. Thirteen Premier League visits have followed without a victory, producing eight Liverpool wins plus five draws.
Sources: worldfootball head-to-head archives; independent historical match archives; Premier League season results tables; the league's official fixture list for the date, kick-off time and matchweek; published stadium information for capacity, stand layout, the Anfield Road expansion and the away section.