City to face Sunderland in the opening fixtures of the new season

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