The big kick off starts with Man Utd v Spurs on BT Sport
Louis van Gaal has spent big this summer and with his new look midfield engine of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin feeding the youthful and pacey new forward Memphis Depay, he’ll be desperate to avoid a repeat of last season’s opening day defeat by beating North London’s Tottenham Hotspur; live on BT Sport at 12:45pm.
With other recruits such as Matteo Darmian and Sergio Romero also looking to make an impression, there’s a lot of new faces that will need to bed in and gel if United’s title charge is to have any lasting appeal.
Much like Spurs of the past two years, new signings do not automatically equal success and it can be several months, if not seasons until new acquisitions start to show any potential. Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino knows full well that his biggest worry last season was Spurs’ leaking defence and unsurprisingly, this year, the back line will has a completely new look to it.
Considering Spurs poor record at Old Trafford and the sheer anticipation of the opening days play, it looks to be a game of United’s new look attack, versus Spurs new look defence. So the pundits unsurprisingly, are putting their bets firmly on the Red Devils to take all three points in this testing opening day fixture. Perhaps Harry Kane may just upset those odds.
Who’ll be in the hunt?
As of last season, most in the game believe it will still be a two horse race between defending Premier League champions Chelsea and United’s bitter rivals Manchester City. United, Liverpool and Arsenal fans may have something to say about that, with all three making a few marquee signings themselves that could mean the difference between a few valuable points here or there. But the safe money has to still be on Mourinho’s men, who by their high standards, have had a torrid pre-season. But when the first whistle of the real season begins, we all know they can go up several gears.
Who’ll hope to avoid the drop?
Premier League new boys Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich all have the daunting task of playing 38 games simply to survive. After all three had great season’s in the Championship, the onus is now on maintaining and consolidating their places amongst the league elites which is no easy task.
Of those clubs, most believe all three may go down but fans of Leicester, Newcastle, Sunderland and arguable West Ham with Big Sam now gone may have a few nail biting months ahead. They certainly won’t be sitting comfortably this season.
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Live Premier League fixtures on Sky Sports
Saturday 8th August
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Saturday 12th September
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Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur – Sky Sports 1 HD (12:30)
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Monday 14th September
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Sunday 20th September
Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace – Sky Sports 1 HD (12:30)
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Saturday 26th September
Newcastle United v Chelsea – Sky Sports 1 HD (17:00)
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Watford v Crystal Palace – Sky Sports 1 HD (15:30)
Monday 28th September
West Bromwich Albion v Everton – Sky Sports 1 HD (19:00)
Saturday 3rd October
Chelsea v Southampton – Sky Sports 1 HD (17:00)
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Everton v Liverpool – Sky Sports 1 HD (12:30)
Saturday 17th October
Watford v Arsenal – Sky Sports 1 HD (17:00)
Sunday 18th October
Newcastle United v Norwich City – Sky Sports 1 HD (15:30)
Monday 19th October
Swansea City v Stoke City – Sky Sports 1 HD (19:00)
Saturday 24th October
Arsenal v Everton – Sky Sports 1 HD (17:00)
Sunday 25th October
Sunderland v Newcastle United – Sky Sports 1 HD (11:30)
Manchester United v Manchester City – Sky Sports 1 HD (14:00)
Liverpool v Southampton – Sky Sports 1 HD (16:00)
Sunday 1st November
Everton v Sunderland – Sky Sports 1 HD (12:30)
Southampton v Bournemouth – Sky Sports 1 HD (15:30)
Monday 2nd November
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa – Sky Sports 1 HD (20:00)
Saturday 7th November
Stoke City v Chelsea – Sky Sports 1 HD (17:30)
Sunday 8th November
Aston Villa v Manchester City – Sky Sports 1 HD (13:30)
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur – Sky Sports 1 HD (16:00)
Saturday 21st November
Manchester City v Liverpool – Sky Sports 1 HD (17:30)
Sunday 22nd November
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United – Sky Sports 1 HD (16:00)
Monday 23rd November
Crystal Palace v Sunderland – Sky Sports 1 HD (20:00)
Saturday 28th November
Leicester City v Manchester United – Sky Sports 1 HD (17:30)
Sunday 29th November
West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion – Sky Sports 1 HD (14:05)
Norwich City v Arsenal – Sky Sports 1 HD (16:15)
Live Premier League fixtures on BT Sport
Saturday 8th August
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur – 12pm (BT Sport 1 & BT Sport Ultra HD)
Saturday 15th August
Southampton v Everton – 12pm (BT Sport 1 & BT Sport Ultra HD)
Saturday 22nd August
Manchester United v Newcastle United – 12pm (BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultra HD)
Saturday 29th August
Newcastle United v Arsenal – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
Saturday 12 September
Everton v Chelsea – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
Saturday 19 September
Chelsea v Arsenal – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
Saturday 26 September
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
Saturday 3 October
Crystal Palace v West Brom – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
Saturday 17 October
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
Saturday 31 October
Chelsea v Liverpoool – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
Saturday 7 November
Bournemouth v Newcastle United – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
Saturday 21 November
Watford v Manchester United – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
Saturday 29 November
Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea – 12pm (BT Sport 1)
