Manchester City’s quest for a record fourth consecutive Premier League title will begin on the road against Burnley, who are led by their former captain, Vincent Kompany.
The 2023–24 season will begin that evening, August 11, when the Treble champions go to Turf Moor to take on their former captain’s newly-promoted team.
Meanwhile, it will be Kompany’s second encounter with his former team as a manager, with City running out 6-0 winners at the Etihad in March’s FA Cup quarter-final.
Elsewhere, Premier League debutants Luton will play their first top-flight fixture since 1992 away to Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton on Saturday, August 12.
This means they’ll have to wait until the following weekend for their first home game, when Kenilworth Road will become the smallest ground to host a fixture in the competition for the visit of Burnley.
The other promoted side Sheffield United kick off their season with a home game against Crystal Palace.
The outstanding fixture of the opening weekend will be at Stamford Bridge where Mauricio Pochettino begins life as Chelsea manager against Liverpool on Sunday, August 13.
Both sides will be looking to bounce back after disappointing campaigns.
Arsenal, following an anticlimactic conclusion to last season’s title challenge, open at home to Nottingham Forest in Saturday’s lunchtime game.
Fellow Champions League qualifiers Newcastle then host Aston Villa that evening and Manchester United beginning against Wolves at Old Trafford on Monday, August 14.
Ange Postecoglou’s first game in charge of Tottenham will be away to Brentford at 2pm on Sunday, while Bournemouth open at home to Europa Conference League winners West Ham.
Everton, looking to avoid a third straight relegation scrap, begin at home to Fulham.
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October 28 at Old Trafford will bring the first Manchester derby since City matched United’s Treble-winning feat of 1999 (United go to the Etihad on March 2), with the champions hosting Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool on November 25.
Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta is unlikely to be impressed with Arsenal’s schedule, with the club’s first two Champions League fixtures in six years coming immediately ahead of games against Tottenham and City.
Furthermore, Pochettino will receive an early test of his Chelsea rebuild when the Blues face Tottenham, Man City and Newcastle in consecutive games in November.
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The first north London derby of the campaign sees Spurs visit Arsenal on September 23 (with the return on April 27) while Man City travel to the Emirates on October 7 for a meeting of last season’s top two.
The first Merseyside derby of the campaign sees Everton go to Anfield on October 21, while Pochettino will take his new side to face his old one when Chelsea visit Tottenham on November 4.
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