new Premier League season is upon us as tonight champions Manchester City kick off the defence of their title away at Burnley, managed by former captain Vincent Kompany.
Will City start slowly and slip up after last week’s Community Shield defeat? Arsenal will hope so as they prepare to host Nottingham Forest in the early game on Saturday.
The four 3pm kick-offs see the other two promoted teams begin their seasons. Sheffield United host Crystal Palace as Luton Town travel to Brighton. Meanwhile, West Ham are at a Bournemouth team with a new manager a plenty of new players and Fulham head to Everton.
Newcastle and Aston Villa, both with designs of continuing their impressive form of last season, will finish off Saturday.
Tottenham – who may or may not have Harry Kane to call upon – head to Brentford in the first game on Sunday, before arguably the clash of the weekend sees Mauricio Pochettino welcome Liverpool in his first game in charge of Chelsea. The weekend concludes on Monday night as Manchester United host Wolves.
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