Official: Serie A confirm kick-off times for 2026-27 season

The Lega Serie A has recently confirmed the kick-off schedule for the upcoming 2026-27 season, which will get underway on Friday, August 21. When will Serie A matches kick off in 2026-27?The full fixture list for the 2026-27 Serie A season was confirmed earlier this month. Click here to see the full list of scheduled fixtures.A typical weekend round of fixtures in 2026-27 will feature one game at 19.45 (BST/GMT) on a Friday evening, three games on a Saturday at 14.00, 17.00 and 19.45 (UK time), four games on a Sunday at 11.30, 14.00, 17.00 and 19.45 and one game on a Monday night at 19.45. There will, however, be several exceptions to that rule of thumb. TURIN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 13: Khephren Thuram of Juventus scores his team’s third goal during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and FC Internazionale at Allianz Stadium on September 13, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)The first round of Serie A fixtures will feature four matches on Saturday, two at 17.30 and two at 19.45, there will be four games on the Sunday, again with two at 17.30 and two at 19.45 and there will then be a further two matches at 17.30 and 19.45 on the Monday evening. The second round of Serie A fixtures will all be played at either 17.30 or 19.45. The third round of fixtures will also not feature any matches at 11.30 in the summertime sunshine. On matchdays five, 11 and 29, preceding the scheduled international breaks, there will be no matches played on a Monday. Similarly, on matchdays six, 12 and 30, immediately after the international breaks, there will be no games taking place on the Friday night. The same will also be true for matchdays 10 and 19, which come immediately after a full midweek round of fixtures. Those midweek rounds on weeks nine and 18 will be played from Tuesday to Thursday and their kick-off times will be confirmed at a later date, and the timing will depend on the games that are selected for live TV coverage. There will also be some alterations to the schedule for weeks 17 and 18 of the 2026-27 season, i.e. the games that come immediately after the new-year.