Who will win Liverpool versus Manchester United? The league record in this snapshot and the Anfield venue give Liverpool an early edge. The snapshot contains ten home-team matches and nine away-team matches, so we also use points per game to compare samples of different sizes.

Confirmed date, venue and kick-off

Manchester United confirmed that the fixture moves to Sunday 22 November 2026 at 16:30 GMT at Anfield. That is 13:30 in Brasília. The previous date, Saturday 21 November, was replaced in the official television selections.

We use the amendment rather than the first fixture list of the season. Kick-off is 16:30 UTC; readers elsewhere should convert that instant to their local zone. This schedule information does not confirm broadcast rights outside the United Kingdom.

The case for Liverpool

The snapshot checked on 8 November at 16:04 UTC showed Liverpool on 18 points from ten games with a +4 goal difference; United had 7 from nine with −5. That is 1.80 points per game against approximately 0.78. Liverpool remain ahead on this simple adjustment as well as on total points.

This is an analysis snapshot, not an official competition table. This snapshot is neither a live score nor a guarantee of complete coverage up to the check. We have not adjusted for opponents, chances created or squad changes. Home advantage strengthens the reading without a numerical weight.

Why United cannot be dismissed

United had one win, four draws and four defeats in the nine-game snapshot. That record explains their disadvantage in the data, but does not on its own give a probability for this fixture. Points per game do not correct for different opponents either.

One route for the visitors to make the fixture more even is to restrict Liverpool’s opportunities and take their own chances. That is a conditional scenario, not a claim that we know either coach’s plan or the starting line-up.

The input snapshot and what can change after the break

The timestamp of 8 November 2026 at 16:04 UTC identifies our retrieval of the 2026–27 table snapshot. It does not state that the database already included every match completed by then. We preserve Liverpool’s ten games and United’s nine as returned, without filling in results ourselves.

The match follows the international break. Reassess new results, player availability and official line-ups before kick-off. Our initial lean is Liverpool; we publish no invented percentages, betting odds, exact-score certainty or promise of accuracy.