Nottingham Forest were the home team against Leeds United in the 2026–27 Premier League opener.
The fixture was scheduled for Saturday 22 August 2026 at the City Ground, Nottingham Forest’s home stadium. It was one of three matches listed for the standard 15:00 BST slot on the first Saturday of the campaign.
Leeds United therefore began the season away from home. The match formed part of a Saturday schedule that also included Everton versus Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town versus Sunderland at the same time, alongside the earlier Hull City–Manchester United fixture and later Brentford–Tottenham match.
The wording of the fixture can cause confusion because football schedules conventionally list the home team first. Nottingham Forest appears first in “Nottingham Forest versus Leeds United,” so Forest hosted the match. Leeds’ presence in the fixture does not mean the game was at Elland Road.