The 2016/17 Premier League fixture list has been announced and Arsenal will face Liverpool, while Bournemouth will tackle Manchester United on a thrilling opening weekend.
The new top flight season gets underway on the weekend of August 13/14 and a thrilling start also sees champions Leicester travel to Hull City.
Manchester City gets a relatively straightforward start to life in the rough and tumble of the Premier League, kicking off at home to Sunderland before travelling to Stoke, then it’s home to West Ham before the Manchester derby with Jose Mourinho and all that entails, and then it’s back to more gentle far with Bournemouth and Swansea. Though they pay for it in December.– and it won’t be long before Mourinho and Guardiola renew their rivalry – the first Manchester derby of next season takes place at Old Trafford on September 10, with the return on February 25.
The opening weekend schedule
Arsenal v Liverpool
Bournemouth v Man Utd
Burnley v Swansea
Chelsea v West Ham
C Palace v West Brom
Everton v Tottenham
Hull v Leicester
Man City v Sunderland
Middlesbrough v Stoke
Southampton v Watford
The final weekend fixtures, on May 21/22 2017 is
Arsenal v Everton
Burnley v West Ham United
Chelsea v Sunderland
Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur
Leicester City v Bournemouth
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
Manchester United v Crystal Palace
Southampton v Stoke City
Swansea City v West Brom
Watford v Manchester City
