Liverpool start 2009/10 with a return to the scene of one of only two top-flight defeats last season, at Tottenham.

The Reds, who missed out on league silverware by only four points in 2008/09, will view their end-of-term run-in as favourable, but a potentially massive clash with rivals Chelsea in their penultimate match could prove decisive.

August
15 Tottenham (A)
19 Stoke (H)
22 Aston Villa (H)
29 Bolton (A)
September
12 Burnley (H)
19 West Ham (A)
26 Hull (H)
October
3 Chelsea (A)
17 Sunderland (A)
24 Man Utd (H)
31 Fulham (A)
November
7 Birmingham (H)
21 Man City (H)
28 Everton (A)
December
5 Blackburn (A)
12 Arsenal (H)
16 Wigan (H)
19 Portsmouth (A)
26 Wolverhampton (H)
28 Aston Villa (A)
January
9 Tottenham (H)
16 Stoke (A)
26 Wolverhampton (A)
30 Bolton (H)
February
6 Everton (H)
9 Arsenal (A)
20 Man City (A)
27 Blackburn (H)
March
6 Wigan (A)
13 Portsmouth (H)
20 Man Utd (A)
27 Sunderland (H)
April
3 Birmingham (A)
10 Fulham (H)
17 West Ham (H)
24 Burnley (A)
May
1 Chelsea (H)
9 Hull (A)