Chelsea go into the 2017/18 campaign as reigning champions – but Tottenham, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City will all be aiming to wrestle the title away from them.
The season opens with fixtures including Newcastle v Tottenham, Arsenal v Leicester and Manchester United v West Ham.
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Spurs are currently using Wembley while their new state of the art ground is developed in north London.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool have two testing fixtures on the third and fourth weekend of matches — hosting Arsenal and then an away trip to Manchester City.
Arsenal, whose manager Arsene Wenger will be firmly in the sights of the disgruntled Gunners fans who didn’t wanted him to sign a new contract, face a tricky trip to Chelsea the weekend after.
Arsenal will host Antonio Conte’s champions on January 1 in the usual packed festive period programme which will see the teams play four matches apiece between December 23 and New Year’s Day.
Three weeks before that sees a mouthwatering couple of derbies with Liverpool hosting Everton and the Manchester derby – Pep Guardiola’s City travelling to take on Jose Mourinho’s United at Old Trafford.