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15th Jun 2016

The 2016/17 Premier League opening day fixture list has been announced

The champions begin away from home

Tom Victor

Jose Mourinho’s first league game as Manchester United Manager will come against Bournemouth.

The FA Cup holders will travel to the South Coast for their opening fixture, while Arsenal v Liverpool is the standout game of the opening day.

Champions Leicester, meanwhile, begin their title defence against newly-promoted Hull City.

Pep Guardiola’s first Premier League match at Manchester City boss sees the club take on Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium, while Antonio Conte’s Chelsea tenure will begin with a home fixture against West Ham United.

A supposedly ‘leaked’ fixture list, including a meeting between Manchester United and Burnley, had earlier been confirmed to be fake by the Premier League.

Hull’s fellow new arrivals Burnley and Middlesbrough both begin with home fixtures. Sean Dyche’s Burnley host Swansea at Turf Moor while Aitor Karanka’s first game as a Premier League manager sees Stoke City head to the North East.

Ronald Koeman’s Everton tenure will begin against Tottenham at Goodison Park, while his replacement at Southampton will welcome Watford to St Mary’s. The Hornets, of course, have a new manager of their own in former Internazionale boss Walter Mazzarri.

The 2016/17 Premier League campaign gets underway on the weekend of August 13.