Liverpool host Fulham at Anfield on September 12, 2026 in a Regular Season - 4 fixture that finds both sides at very different points in the early-season table, with Liverpool sitting sixth and Fulham down in 19th. Though the campaign is only four matchdays old, the gulf in league position already frames this as a match where Liverpool will be expected to assert themselves against a struggling visiting side.

Form is the dominant storyline here. Liverpool arrive unbeaten in their last three Premier League outings, having won away at Ipswich 2-0 on September 4 and drawn 2-2 with both Nottingham Forest on August 29 and Newcastle on August 23. That is a defensively sound if not yet fully fluent Liverpool side under Andoni Iraola, banking points even when not clinical. Fulham, by contrast, arrive under Álvaro Arbeloa having lost three of their last four league matches, including a 2-3 home defeat to Crystal Palace on September 5, a 0-1 loss away to Sunderland on August 30, and a 2-3 reverse against Chelsea on August 24. Their only recent win in this stretch came in the League Cup against AFC Wimbledon on August 27, offering little reassurance about their Premier League form. That said, a midweek cup fixture so close to this match could bring an element of fatigue or squad rotation into Arbeloa's selection thinking.

The head-to-head record adds further context, with these two sides producing high-scoring, competitive matches historically, including a 4-3 Liverpool win in December 2023 and several drawn encounters, suggesting Fulham are capable of testing Liverpool even when the league table points to a mismatch.

With no injuries reported for either club, both managers can select from full-strength squads, meaning the outcome should hinge on form and tactical execution rather than enforced absences. Liverpool's home platform at Anfield, paired with Fulham's league struggles, sets up a contest where the away side's resilience will be tested against a Liverpool team looking to build on their early-season momentum.