Manchester City will start defending their Premier League title at West Ham in the final game of the first weekend’s matches. Pep Guardiola’s team will start their push for a fifth six-season championship on Sunday 7 August at 4.30pm at London Stadium.
Liverpool go to Fulham in Saturday’s game at noon, facing their new signing Fabio Carvalho against his former club. The next day, Erik ten Hag opens his first season as Manchester United manager at Brighton.
Frank Lampard, who led Everton to safety with a game in hand last month, faces his former employer Chelsea at the start of Saturday night.
Nottingham Forest’s first game in the top tier in 23 years will be in Newcastle, and the rise of Bournemouth, who do not face any team outside the top 12 of last season in their first five games, will host the Aston Villa before facing City, Arsenal and Liverpool in a row. parties.
For the second season in a row, Arsenal play their first game of the season: a brief trip to Crystal Palace on Friday 5 August, when Mikel Arteta will be hoping to avoid a result that looks like a 2-0 defeat of the season passed to Brentford. Palace seems to have one of the toughest starts because then they go to Anfield, host Aston Villa and head to City.
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Liverpool and City renew their rivalry at Anfield on 15 October, following a draw in the Champions League on weekdays, with the return scheduled for 1 April. Jürgen Klopp is unlikely to be impressed with Liverpool’s match allocation along with his European commitments.
His three away games after the Champions League group stage are Chelsea (September 17), Arsenal (October 8) and Tottenham (November 5).
The city’s post-European trips are, in addition to its trip to Liverpool, the Wolves (September 17) and Leicester (October 29). They will host the Spurs on September 6.
The last weekend before the mid-season break for the World Cup keeps the traditional Big Six apart, the highlights being Chelsea’s trip to Newcastle and Tottenham hosting Leeds.
When the campaign resumes on Christmas Day, Leeds host City and United welcome Forest, and Newcastle fans face the longest journey on a 376-mile round trip to Leicester.
The Manchester derbies take place on October 1 (at the Etihad) and January 14, and for the third season in a row Everton hosts the first Merseyside derby on September 3, with the return on 11 of February. Arsenal will host the first North London derby on October 1 before visiting Tottenham on January 14.
Last weekend saw City visit Brentford, Liverpool visit Southampton, Tottenham visit Leeds and Chelsea visit Newcastle.
The three promoted teams are out on the final day, with Forest at the Palace, Bournemouth at Everton, where they went down in 2020 despite a 3-1 victory, and Fulham traveling to Old Trafford.