Premier
League champions Leicester City will begin their title defence with a
trip to newly-promoted Hull City, while Jose Mourinho's first league
match in charge of Manchester United will be at Bournemouth.
Pep
Guardiola's first taste of the English top-flight with Manchester City
will come at home to Sunderland, while Antonio Conte's Chelsea career
begins at home to West Ham United.
Arsenal's
home match with Liverpool is another intriguing contest on the opening
weekend - which will be played between August 13 and 15 - as the
season's schedule is revealed.
Mourinho
takes United back to his former club Chelsea on October 22, while his
first taste of a Manchester derby against old foe Guardiola will come on
September 10 at Old Trafford.
United visit Anfield on October 15 and round off their season with a home fixture against Crystal Palace on May 21.
Guardiola's
City face Sunderland, then Stoke City away and West Ham at home in the
opening weeks before the trip across town to United.
They host United on February 25 and conclude their season with a visit to Watford on May 21.
Champions
Leicester will hope to hit the ground running and follow up their
opening weekend trip to Hull with home matches against Arsenal on August
20 and Swansea on August 27.
They visit Manchester City on the penultimate weekend before finishing off at home to Bournemouth.
Jurgen
Klopp's Liverpool face a challenging start, with their first five
fixtures including clashes with Arsenal, Tottenham, Leicester and
Chelsea.
They
face local rivals Everton, now under the stewardship of Ronald Koeman,
at Goodison Park on December 17 and Anfield on April 1.
Arsenal,
who came second in the Premier League last season, start with matches
against Liverpool, (home), Leicester (away) and Watford (away).
They will face bitter rivals Spurs at the Emirates Stadium on November 5 and at White Hart Lane on April 29.
Chelsea
will hope to make a strong start, with their opener against West Ham
followed by games against Watford (away), Burnley (home) and Swansea
(away).
West Ham play their first league game at the Olympic Stadium against Bournemouth on August 20.
Newly-promoted Burnley begin their season at home to Swansea, while Middlesbrough host Stoke.
All fixtures are subject to change once Sky and BT Sport make their television picks for the first few months.
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