Premier League 2020-21 fixtures Released: Arsenal To face Big Five In Opening Games

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FA cup winners, Arsenal will face three of the big five teams in the Premier League in the early stages of the 2020/21 season.

The Gunners will face Fulham in the opening game away from home as they kick start there season’s campaign.

The opening round of the fixture will take place on the weekend d of the 12 September.

But the games between Manchester City v Aston Villa and Burnley vs Manchester United will be rescheduled.

The two fixtures will not be played on the opening weekend to give City and United 30 days since their defeat in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the semi-finals of the Europa League respectively.

The gunners will then host Burnely Westham United at the Emirates on the 19th of September.

Arsenal Premier League Fixtures 

September

  • 12th – Fulham (A)
  • 19th – Westham (H)
  • 26th – Liverpool (A)

October 

  • 3rd – Sheffield United (H)
  • 17th – Man City (A)
  • 24th – Leicester
  • 31st – Man United (A)

November

  • 7th – Aston Villa (H)
  • 21st – Leeds United (A)
  • 29th – Wolves (H)

December

  •  5th – Spurs (A)
  • 12th – Burnley (H)
  • 15th – Southampton (H)
  • 19th – Everton (A)
  • 26th – Chelsea (H)
  • 28th – Brighton (A)

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January

  • 2nd -West Brom (A)
  • 12th – Crystal Palace (H)
  • 16th – Newscastle (H)
  • 27th – Southampton (A)
  • 30th – Man United (H)

February

  • 2nd – Wolves (A)
  • 6th – Aston Villa (A)
  • 13th – Leeds United (H)
  • 20th – Man City (H)
  • 27th – Leicester (A)

March

  • 6th – Burnley (A)
  • 13th – Spurs (H)
  • 20th – Westham (A)

April 

  • 3rd – Liverpool (H)
  • 10th – Sheffield  UTD (A)
  • 17th – Fulham (H)
  • 24th – Everton (H)

May

  • 1st – Newcastle (A)
  • 8th -West Brom (H)
  • 12th -Chelsea (A)
  • 15th -Crystal Palance (A)
  • 23rd – Brighton

Fixture Congestion

With the season starting one month later than usual due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Premier League games will be thick and fast.

The coming season will be five weeks shorter because of the late end of the 2019/20 campaign and the winter breaks being scrapped.

The Gunners will meet Premier League Champions, Liverpool on 29 August, with players then ging on an international break for the Nations League before the start of the Premier league.

The game between Manchester City and Aston Villa could be played on 15 September, with Burnely and United playing the following – although this is still yet to be confirmed.

Those are the dates Premier League clubs not in European competition will enter Carabao Cup in the second round.

Rounds two and four of the Carabao, which will involve top-flight sides, will be played midweek between 15-16, 22-23, and 29-30 September.

There are rounds of Premier League games due on 26 December, 28 December, and 2 January over the festive periods.

The final league games will be held on 23 May 2021 – eight days after the FA Cup final.

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