The English Football Association announced Premier League schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 season earlier today, with opening weekend set to take place August 16-19. The headliner fixture on opening weekend will see defending champion Manchester City travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea FC in the Sunday afternoon matinee slot on August 18.
This mark the first game in charge for new Blues boss Enzo Maresca.
It is also quite possibly the first game of the last season of the Pep Guardiola era at Manchester City. This is the final year in which Pep is contracted to the club, and the speculation is that he won’t re-up at the end of the term. We’ll just have to see about that, down the line.
We do know that Chelsea and Manchester City has made for some must watch football- especially so last year! They probably gave us the match of the season.
Premier League Opening Weekend Fixture List
Aug. 16 20:00 Manchester United vs. Fulham FC
Aug. 17 12:30 Ipswich Town vs. Liverpool FC
Aug. 17 15:00 Arsenal FC vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aug. 17 15:00 Everton FC vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
Aug. 17 15:00 Newcastle United vs. Southampton FC
Aug. 17 15:00 Nottingham Forest vs. AFC Bournemouth
Aug. 17 17:30 West Ham United vs. Aston Villa
Aug. 18 14:00 Brentford FC vs. Crystal Palace
Aug. 18 16:30 Chelsea FC vs. Manchester City
Aug. 19 20:00 Leicester City vs. Tottenham Hotspur
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