The Premier League fixture list for 2018/19 was released today at 9am, giving Fantasy managers an early idea of which teams to target in the opening few Gameweeks.
Manchester City’s initial fixtures particularly stand out: the reigning champions begin with an away trip to Arsenal before they encounter all six of the sides promoted from the Championship over the last two seasons.
Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea only meet one of their fellow “big six” clubs in their opening half-dozen fixtures, meanwhile.
Newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers (EVE, lei, MCI, whu, BUR, mun) and Fulham (CPL, tot, BUR, bri, mci, WAT) have mixed starts, while Cardiff City have a decent trio of matches (bou, NEW, hud) to begin with before their fixtures toughen considerably: the Bluebirds then face six of last season’s top seven in their subsequent seven matches.
Wolves and Cardiff also have tricky-looking final-day encounters away at Liverpool and Manchester United respectively.
Southampton and Everton assets might be among those to consider in the opening months of the season: they are the only two clubs not to play any of last season’s top six sides in the first five Gameweeks.
First six Gameweek fixtures
Gameweek 1
A.F.C. Bournemouth v Cardiff City
Arsenal v Manchester City
Fulham v Crystal Palace
Huddersfield Town v Chelsea
Liverpool v West Ham United
Manchester United v Leicester City
Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton v Burnley
Watford v Brighton
Wolverhampton v Everton
Gameweek 2
Brighton v Manchester United
Burnley v Watford
Cardiff City v Newcastle United
Chelsea v Arsenal
Crystal Palace v Liverpool
Everton v Southampton
Leicester City v Wolverhampton
Manchester City v Huddersfield Town
Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham
West Ham United v A.F.C. Bournemouth
Gameweek 3
A.F.C. Bournemouth v Everton
Arsenal v West Ham United
Fulham v Burnley
Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City
Liverpool v Brighton
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United v Chelsea
Southampton v Leicester City
Watford v Crystal Palace
Wolverhampton v Manchester City
Gameweek 4
Brighton v Fulham
Burnley v Manchester United
Cardiff City v Arsenal
Chelsea v A.F.C. Bournemouth
Crystal Palace v Southampton
Everton v Huddersfield Town
Leicester City v Liverpool
Manchester City v Newcastle United
Watford v Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United v Wolverhampton
Gameweek 5
A.F.C. Bournemouth v Leicester City
Chelsea v Cardiff City
Everton v West Ham United
Huddersfield Town v Crystal Palace
Manchester City v Fulham
Newcastle United v Arsenal
Southampton v Brighton
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
Watford v Manchester United
Wolverhampton v Burnley
Gameweek 6
Arsenal v Everton
Brighton v Tottenham Hotspur
Burnley v A.F.C. Bournemouth
Cardiff City v Manchester City
Crystal Palace v Newcastle United
Fulham v Watford
Leicester City v Huddersfield Town
Liverpool v Southampton
Manchester United v Wolverhampton
West Ham United v Chelsea
Our fixture tickers will be updated soon.
