Premier League fixtures 2022-23: Man City start title defence at West Ham, Liverpool visit Fulham, Lampard hosts Chelsea

City
pipped
Liverpool
to
their
fourth
English
top-flight
crown
under
Pep
Guardiola
and
there
will
be
significant
interest
around
their
August
7
opener
at
London
Stadium,
where
new
signing
Erling
Haaland
could
make
his
debut
after
arriving
from
Borussia
Dortmund.

Jurgen
Klopp’s
Liverpool
will
aim
to
mount
another
title
charge
in
the
2022-23
campaign
and
they
go
to
newly
promoted
Fulham
for
their
first
game.

Chelsea
eased
into
third
place
last
term
and
their
first
league
game
of
the
Todd
Boehly
era
sees
them
travel
to
face
Blues
great
Lampard
at
Everton,
who
narrowly
avoided
relegation
to
maintain
their
top-flight
status.

Manchester
United
finished
in
a
disappointing
sixth
last
campaign,
with
a
4-0
thrashing
at
Brighton
and
Hove
Albion
a
low
point,
and
they
host
the
Seagulls
in
what
will
be
Erik
ten
Hag’s
first
game
in
charge.

Arsenal
will
visit
Crystal
Palace
on
August
5
as
the
season’s
opening
game,
while
promoted
side
Bournemouth
are
at
home
to
Aston
Villa.

Antonio
Conte’s
Tottenham
sneaked
into
the
Champions
League
last
season
and
open
their
campaign
at
home
to
Southampton,
with
Nottingham
Forest
playing
their
first
top-flight
fixture
in
23
years
away
at
Newcastle
United,
who
climbed
out
the
relegation
zone
under
Eddie
Howe
in
the
previous
term.

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June
15,
2022

Testing
opening
for
Liverpool,
Guardiola
faces
late
Blues
clash

Liverpool
were
in
the
hunt
for
an
unprecedented
quadruple
for
much
of
the
2021-22
season,
but
fell
short
and
ended
up
with
just
the
EFL
Cup
and
FA
Cup
crowns
to
their
name.

Klopp’s
side
will
be
tested
in
the
opening
weeks
of
the
season,
facing
four
–
United,
Chelsea,
City
and
Arsenal
–
of
the
traditional
‘big
six’ sides
in
the
first
11
games,
alongside
a
Merseyside
derby
at
Everton
on
September
9.

The
first
clash
between
United
and
Liverpool
will
come
just
three
matchdays
into
the
season,
with
the
Reds
visiting
Old
Trafford
on
August
20.

Liverpool
then
head
Chelsea
and
Arsenal
either
side
of
the
late
September
international
break,
with
champions
City
travelling
to
Anfield
just
a
week
after
the
Gunners
trip.

Supporters
in
Manchester
will
eagerly
await
October
1
for
the
first
meeting
between
United
and
City
at
Etihad
Stadium,
while
the
first
north
London
derby
between
Tottenham
and
Arsenal
comes
on
the
same
day.

The
Premier
League
title
race
went
down
to
the
wire
last
campaign,
and
City
could
face
a
tough
task
if
it
does
so
again
as
they
host
Thomas
Tuchel’s
Chelsea
in
an
enticing
clash
on
the
penultimate
weekend.

Premier
League
opening
weekend
fixtures:

Crystal
Palace
v
Arsenal

Bournemouth
v
Aston
Villa

Everton
v
Chelsea

Fulham
v
Liverpool

Leeds
United
v
Wolves

Leicester
City
v
Brentford

Newcastle
United
v
Nottingham
Forest

Tottenham
v
Southampton

Manchester
United
v
Brighton
and
Hove
Albion

West
Ham
v
Manchester
City