Hull City opened the 2026–27 Premier League season at home to Manchester United.
The match was played at Hull City’s MKM Stadium on Saturday, 22 August 2026. It was the first Saturday lunchtime fixture of the campaign, scheduled after Arsenal’s Friday-night meeting with Coventry City.
Hull were one of three promoted teams in the 2026–27 Premier League, alongside Coventry City and Ipswich Town. Their opening opponent was one of the division’s most prominent clubs, making the fixture a notable return to top-flight competition.
Coventry instead visited Arsenal, while Ipswich hosted Sunderland. Those two promoted-club fixtures are the main source of confusion when identifying Hull’s opening-weekend opponent.