As widely expected and rumoured, Everton have now confirmed that the first team will play AS Roma in a pre-season friendly at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday 9 August (3 pm BST kick-off).
Following two smaller test events, this fixture will be the first at Everton’s new Stadium with every seat at the 52,888 capacity Hill Dickinson Stadium available for fans to experience. It will act as both the final test event and the final pre-season match-up for David Moyes’s side before Everton start their new life at the opening of the 2025-26 Premier League season the following weekend.
(Fixtures for the new season are due to be published on Wednesday.)
Roma are of course owned by The Friedkin Group, and they provided the opposition for Everton’s’ final pre-season friendly at Goodison Park last August, when the two sides drew 1-1.
The Plaza in front of the new stadium will open at 12 noon to allow fans in early so they can take in the magnificence of the new stadium and enjoy a wide range of food and drinks within the concourses, which will open at 1 pm.