Premier League 24/25 fixtures LIVE: Schedule for every club released including opening matches

The Premier League is back for the 2024/25 season with Manchester City defending their title and Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton back in the top flight after securing promotion.

Arsenal look to go one better after an impressive title challenge last season under Mikel Arteta. Erik ten Hag remains in charge of Manchester United after upsetting rivals City in the FA Cup final and surviving an intense end-of-season review.

But there will be five new managers, including Arne Slot, who steps in to replace Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool. Enzo Maresca begins life in charge of Chelsea, replacing Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge after guiding the Foxes up from the Championship.

England legend Wayne Rooney and Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou are among the headline pundits for Euro 2024 on the BBC and ITV coverage.

Frank Lampard and David Moyes also feature for the BBC, with Roy Keane and Gary Neville linking up for ITV. Meanwhile, the lead presenters out in Germany include Gary Lineker, Gabby Logan, Mark Pougatch and Laura Woods.

The BBC again shares coverage of the quadrennial continental championship with ITV in the United Kingdom, although both channels will show the final on 14 July.

ITV will cover the first three matches of the tournament, including the opener between hosts Germany and Scotland on Friday evening, while the BBC’s coverage begins on Saturday evening with holders Italy facing Albania. England’s first game against Serbia on Sunday evening is on the BBC.

Here is the full list of pundits, commentators and presenters for this summer’s coverage:

There’s going to be quite a lot of change to the Premier League this year. Jurgen Klopp’s departure means Liverpool have a new boss in Arne Slot which is one of five top-flight changes in terms of managers.

Chelsea’s replaced Mauricio Pochettino with Enzo Maresca while Julen Lopetegui takes over at West Ham to host Aston Villa on the opening weekend.

The Premier League’s youngest permanent manager Fabian Hurzeler takes charge of Brighton against Everton and Leicester, who lost Maresca to Chelsea, are yet to appoint a manager.

Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna manages for the first time in the Premier League as does Southampton boss Russell Martin.

France captain Kylian Mbappe does not require surgery and will play with a mask at Euro 2024 to protect his “broken nose” after being left covered in blood in his side’s 1-0 win over Austria.

The victory was overshadowed by Mbappe’s worrying facial injury in the closing stages of the match in Dusseldorf. The Real Madrid superstar, who was booked after re-entering the pitch following treatment, was pictured leaving the stadium in an ambulance after the game.

France have detailed the diagnosis for Mbappe and the next steps before Les Bleus face Netherlands in Leipzig on Friday.

• Saturday 17th August: Ipswich Town v Liverpool - 12.30pm
• Saturday 24th August: Manchester City v Ipswich Town
• Saturday 31st August: Ipswich Town v Fulham
• Saturday 14th September: Brighton and Hove Albion v Ipswich Town
• Saturday 21th September: Southampton v Ipswich Town
• Saturday 28th September: Ipswich Town v Aston Villa

Ipswich Town are back in the Premier League for the first time since 2002 when they were relegated. They’ve been on a journey since then, dropping into League One and fighting to get back to the top-flight.

22 years ago their last game as a Premier League club was a 5-0 defeat at Liverpool on 11th May. Kieran McKenna’s side will play the Reds in their first game of the 2024-25 season at Portman Road.

Talk about coming full circle.

Manchester City begin their pursuit of an unprecedented fifth consecutive Premier League title away to Chelsea on the opening weekend of the new season.

The match is being played on Sunday 18th August and is the first proper test for new Blues’ boss Enzo Maresca as he goes up against his former mentor Pep Guardiola.

FA Cup winners Manchester United host the opening game of the season when Fulham visit Old Trafford on Friday 16th August.

Elsewhere, newly-promoted Ipswich, back in the Premier League for the first time in 22 years, take on Liverpool in the 12.30pm on Saturday 17th for Arne Slot’s first game in charge of the Reds.

Leicester, who still need to appoint a manager following Maresca’s departure, host Tottenham on the Monday 19th.

The opening weekend is the only one so far for which games have been selected for television, with all other fixtures subject to change.

For those fans wanting to book in tickets over the holiday season, here’s the complete list of Boxing Day fixtures:

• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Bournemouth v Crystal Palace - 3pm
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Arsenal v Ipswich Town - 3pm
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Brighton v Brentford - 3pm
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Chelsea v Fulham - 3pm
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Liverpool v Leicester City - 3pm
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Manchester City v Everton - 3pm
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Newcastle United v Aston Villa - 3pm
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur - 3pm
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Southampton v West Ham United - 3pm
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December): Wolves v Manchester United - 3pm

A more in depth look at the fixture list shows that last season’s main title rivals, Man City and Arsenal, are the first contenders to meet each other.

They’ll face off at the Etihad Stadium on 21st September before coming face-to-face again at the Emirates in February. The final day of the season, which was crucial this year, sees City take on Fulham and Arsenal play newly-promoted Southampton.

Saturday 21 September

• Manchester City v Arsenal

Saturday 1 February

• Arsenal v Manchester City

Sunday 25 May

• Fulham v Manchester City
• Southampton v Arsenal