Arne Slot’s Liverpool start against newly-promoted Ipswich, Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea reign starts with visit of Manchester City and Manchester United get Premier League season underway

Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich face the post-Jurgen Klopp Liverpool on their first day back in the Premier League, and it will be live on talkSPORT.

The newly-promoted side are back in the top tier for the first time in 22 years and will welcome the Merseyside giants – who have will have a new manager in Arne Slot – to Portman Road in the first Saturday lunchtime kick-off on 17 August.

Manchester United, meanwhile, begin the season on Friday 16 August against Fulham at Old Trafford a week after playing rivals City in the Community Shield, with both games live on talkSPORT.

Last season’s runners-up Arsenal start at home against Wolves on Saturday 17 August at 3pm, with Aston Villa, in their debut season in the Champions League, travelling to West Ham in the evening for the 5:30pm kick-off.

New Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca, meanwhile, hosts Manchester City on Sunday 18 August in his first competitive game since replacing Mauricio Pochettino. It will be a reunion for the two given Maresca was formerly Pep Guardiola’s assistant.

Maresca left his role at City to join Leicester in 2023 just days after winning the Champions League.

He guided the Foxes back into the Premier League before leaving earlier this summer to become Chelsea manager, and formerly takes up his role on 1 July.

Elsewhere, newly-promoted Southampton begin their season back in the big time by travelling to Newcastle, Everton start their campaign against Brighton and Brentford host Crystal Palace.

Leicester will host Tottenham in the first Monday Night Football of the season, and that will also be exclusively live on talkSPORT.

To address the congested schedule across Christmas and New Year, arrangements will be made to allow more rest time over three of the festive match rounds. No club will play within 60 hours of another match and there will be no fixture on 24 December.

The mid-season break has also been removed from the calendar to allow a mid-August start date for the Premier League, with the final day of the season being 25 May, 2025.

Premier League opening day fixtures

• 16/08/2024: Manchester United v Fulham (8pm) – talkSPORT exclusive
• 17/08/2024: Ipswich Town v Liverpool (12:30pm) – talkSPORT exclusive
• 17/08/2024: Arsenal v Wolverhampton (3pm)
• 17/08/2024: Everton v Brighton (3pm)
• 17/08/2024: Newcastle United v Southampton (3pm)
• 17/08/2024: Nottingham Forest v A.F.C. Bournemouth (3pm)
• 17/08/2024: West Ham United v Aston Villa (5:30pm)
• 18/08/2024: Brentford v Crystal Palace (2pm)
• 18/08/2024: Chelsea v Manchester City (4:30pm)
• 19/08/2024: Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur (8pm) – talkSPORT exclusive

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Chelsea and Man United are something of opening day specialists having won 62.5 per cent of their first games (P33, W20). Guardiola, though, has won 87.5 per cent of his opening day games, with Spurs the only team to beat him.

Slot will hope to still have Mohamed Salah in his side given that he has scored in six of his last seven openers for Liverpool and Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has seven goals across his games on the first day of the season.

Only Salah, Frank Lampard, Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney have scored eight.

talkSPORT will be the home of Premier League football on the radio once again in 2024/25. We will bring you more than 120 top-flight commentaries across our network, starting with four games on the opening weekend including Manchester United vs Fulham and Ipswich vs Liverpool

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*All kick-offs 3pm unless otherwise stated. Dates and timings subject to change for TV and radio picks.

August 16

• Manchester United v Fulham (20:00) – live on talkSPORT

August 17

• Ipswich Town v Liverpool (12:30) – live on talkSPORT
• Arsenal v Wolverhampton
• Everton v Brighton
• Newcastle United v Southampton
• Nottingham Forest v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• West Ham United v Aston Villa (17:30)

August 18

• Brentford v Crystal Palace (14:00)
• Chelsea v Manchester City (16:30)

August 19

• Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur (20:00) – live on talkSPORT

August 24

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Newcastle United
• Aston Villa v Arsenal
• Brighton v Manchester United
• Crystal Palace v West Ham United
• Fulham v Leicester City
• Liverpool v Brentford
• Manchester City v Ipswich Town
• Southampton v Nottingham Forest
• Tottenham Hotspur v Everton
• Wolverhampton v Chelsea

August 31

• Arsenal v Brighton
• Brentford v Southampton
• Chelsea v Crystal Palace
• Everton v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Ipswich Town v Fulham
• Leicester City v Aston Villa
• Manchester United v Liverpool
• Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur
• Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton
• West Ham United v Manchester City

September 14

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Chelsea
• Aston Villa v Everton
• Brighton v Ipswich Town
• Crystal Palace v Leicester City
• Fulham v West Ham United
• Liverpool v Nottingham Forest
• Manchester City v Brentford
• Southampton v Manchester United
• Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal
• Wolverhampton v Newcastle United

September 21

• Aston Villa v Wolverhampton
• Brighton v Nottingham Forest
• Crystal Palace v Manchester United
• Fulham v Newcastle United
• Leicester City v Everton
• Liverpool v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Manchester City v Arsenal
• Southampton v Ipswich Town
• Tottenham Hotspur v Brentford
• West Ham United v Chelsea

September 28

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Southampton
• Arsenal v Leicester City
• Brentford v West Ham United
• Chelsea v Brighton
• Everton v Crystal Palace
• Ipswich Town v Aston Villa
• Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
• Newcastle United v Manchester City
• Nottingham Forest v Fulham
• Wolverhampton v Liverpool

October 5

• Arsenal v Southampton
• Aston Villa v Manchester United
• Brentford v Wolverhampton
• Brighton v Tottenham Hotspur
• Chelsea v Nottingham Forest
• Crystal Palace v Liverpool
• Everton v Newcastle United
• Leicester City v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Manchester City v Fulham
• West Ham United v Ipswich Town

October 19

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Arsenal
• Fulham v Aston Villa
• Ipswich Town v Everton
• Liverpool v Chelsea
• Manchester United v Brentford
• Newcastle United v Brighton
• Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace
• Southampton v Leicester City
• Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United
• Wolverhampton v Manchester City

October 26

• Arsenal v Liverpool
• Aston Villa v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Brentford v Ipswich Town
• Brighton v Wolverhampton
• Chelsea v Newcastle United
• Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur
• Everton v Fulham
• Leicester City v Nottingham Forest
• Manchester City v Southampton
• West Ham United v Manchester United

November 2

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Manchester City
• Fulham v Brentford
• Ipswich Town v Leicester City
• Liverpool v Brighton
• Manchester United v Chelsea
• Newcastle United v Arsenal
• Nottingham Forest v West Ham United
• Southampton v Everton
• Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
• Wolverhampton v Crystal Palace

November 9

• Brentford v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Brighton v Manchester City
• Chelsea v Arsenal
• Crystal Palace v Fulham
• Liverpool v Aston Villa
• Manchester United v Leicester City
• Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
• Tottenham Hotspur v Ipswich Town
• West Ham United v Everton
• Wolverhampton v Southampton

November 23

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Brighton
• Arsenal v Nottingham Forest
• Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
• Everton v Brentford
• Fulham v Wolverhampton
• Ipswich Town v Manchester United
• Leicester City v Chelsea
• Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
• Newcastle United v West Ham United
• Southampton v Liverpool

November 30

• Brentford v Leicester City
• Brighton v Southampton
• Chelsea v Aston Villa
• Crystal Palace v Newcastle United
• Liverpool v Manchester City
• Manchester United v Everton
• Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town
• Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham
• West Ham United v Arsenal
• Wolverhampton v A.F.C. Bournemouth

December 3

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur (19:45)
• Arsenal v Manchester United (19:45)
• Aston Villa v Brentford (19:45)
• Everton v Wolverhampton (19:45)
• Fulham v Brighton (19:45)
• Ipswich Town v Crystal Palace (19:45)
• Leicester City v West Ham United (19:45)

December 4

• Manchester City v Nottingham Forest (19:45)
• Newcastle United v Liverpool (19:45)
• Southampton v Chelsea (19:45)

December 7

• Aston Villa v Southampton
• Brentford v Newcastle United
• Crystal Palace v Manchester City
• Everton v Liverpool
• Fulham v Arsenal
• Ipswich Town v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Leicester City v Brighton
• Manchester United v Nottingham Forest
• Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea
• West Ham United v Wolverhampton

December 14

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v West Ham United
• Arsenal v Everton
• Brighton v Crystal Palace
• Chelsea v Brentford
• Liverpool v Fulham
• Manchester City v Manchester United
• Newcastle United v Leicester City
• Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa
• Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur
• Wolverhampton v Ipswich Town

December 21

• Aston Villa v Manchester City
• Brentford v Nottingham Forest
• Crystal Palace v Arsenal
• Everton v Chelsea
• Fulham v Southampton
• Ipswich Town v Newcastle United
• Leicester City v Wolverhampton
• Manchester United v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
• West Ham United v Brighton

December 26

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Crystal Palace
• Arsenal v Ipswich Town
• Brighton v Brentford
• Chelsea v Fulham
• Liverpool v Leicester City
• Manchester City v Everton
• Newcastle United v Aston Villa
• Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur
• Southampton v West Ham United
• Wolverhampton v Manchester United

December 29

• Aston Villa v Brighton
• Brentford v Arsenal
• Crystal Palace v Southampton
• Everton v Nottingham Forest
• Fulham v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Ipswich Town v Chelsea
• Leicester City v Manchester City
• Manchester United v Newcastle United
• Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton
• West Ham United v Liverpool

January 4

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Everton
• Aston Villa v Leicester City
• Brighton v Arsenal
• Crystal Palace v Chelsea
• Fulham v Ipswich Town
• Liverpool v Manchester United
• Manchester City v West Ham United
• Southampton v Brentford
• Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
• Wolverhampton v Nottingham Forest

January 14

• Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (19:45)
• Brentford v Manchester City (19:45)
• Everton v Aston Villa (19:45)
• Ipswich Town v Brighton (19:45)
• Leicester City v Crystal Palace (19:45)
• Nottingham Forest v Liverpool (19:45)
• West Ham United v Fulham (19:45)

January 15

• Chelsea v A.F.C. Bournemouth (19:45)
• Manchester United v Southampton (20:00)
• Newcastle United v Wolverhampton (19:45)

January 18

• Arsenal v Aston Villa
• Brentford v Liverpool
• Chelsea v Wolverhampton
• Everton v Tottenham Hotspur
• Ipswich Town v Manchester City
• Leicester City v Fulham
• Manchester United v Brighton
• Newcastle United v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Nottingham Forest v Southampton Ham United v Crystal Palace

January 25

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest
• Aston Villa v West Ham United
• Brighton v Everton
• Crystal Palace v Brentford
• Fulham v Manchester United
• Liverpool v Ipswich Town
• Manchester City v Chelsea
• Southampton v Newcastle United
• Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City
• Wolverhampton v Arsenal

February 1

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Liverpool
• Arsenal v Manchester City
• Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur
• Chelsea v West Ham United
• Everton v Leicester City
• Ipswich Town v Southampton
• Manchester United v Crystal Palace
• Newcastle United v Fulham
• Nottingham Forest v Brighton
• Wolverhampton v Aston Villa

February 15

• Aston Villa v Ipswich Town
• Brighton v Chelsea
• Crystal Palace v Everton
• Fulham v Nottingham Forest
• Leicester City v Arsenal
• Liverpool v Wolverhampton
• Manchester City v Newcastle United
• Southampton v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United
• West Ham United v Brentford

February 22

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Wolverhampton
• Arsenal v West Ham United
• Aston Villa v Chelsea
• Everton v Manchester United
• Fulham v Crystal Palace
• Ipswich Town v Tottenham Hotspur
• Leicester City v Brentford
• Manchester City v Liverpool
• Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest
• Southampton v Brighton

February 25

• Brentford v Everton (19:45)
• Brighton v A.F.C. Bournemouth (19:45)
• Crystal Palace v Aston Villa (20:00)
• Nottingham Forest v Arsenal (19:45)
• Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City (19:45)
• West Ham United v Leicester City (19:45)
• Wolverhampton v Fulham (19:45)

February 26

• Chelsea v Southampton (19:45)
• Liverpool v Newcastle United (20:00)
• Manchester United v Ipswich Town (20:00)

March 3

• Brentford v Aston Villa
• Brighton v Fulham
• Chelsea v Leicester City
• Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town
• Liverpool v Southampton
• Manchester United v Arsenal
• Nottingham Forest v Manchester City
• Tottenham Hotspur v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• West Ham United v Newcastle United
• Wolverhampton v Everton

March 15

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Brentford
• Arsenal v Chelsea
• Aston Villa v Liverpool
• Everton v West Ham United
• Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur
• Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest
• Leicester City v Manchester United
• Manchester City v Brighton
• Newcastle United v Crystal Palace
• Southampton v Wolverhampton

April 1

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Ipswich Town (19:45)
• Arsenal v Fulham (19:45)
• Brighton v Aston Villa (19:45)
• Nottingham Forest v Manchester United (19:45)
• Wolverhampton v West Ham United (19:45)

April 2

• Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur (19:45)
• Liverpool v Everton (20:00)
• Manchester City v Leicester City (19:45)
• Newcastle United v Brentford (19:45)
• Southampton v Crystal Palace (19:45)

April 5

• Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest
• Brentford v Chelsea
• Crystal Palace v Brighton
• Everton v Arsenal
• Fulham v Liverpool
• Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton
• Leicester City v Newcastle United
• Manchester United v Manchester City
• Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton
• West Ham United v A.F.C. Bournemouth

April 12

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Fulham
• Arsenal v Brentford
• Brighton v Leicester City
• Chelsea v Ipswich Town
• Liverpool v West Ham United
• Manchester City v Crystal Palace
• Newcastle United v Manchester United
• Nottingham Forest v Everton
• Southampton v Aston Villa
• Wolverhampton v Tottenham Hotspur

April 19

• Aston Villa v Newcastle United
• Brentford v Brighton
• Crystal Palace v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Everton v Manchester City
• Fulham v Chelsea
• Ipswich Town v Arsenal
• Leicester City v Liverpool
• Manchester United v Wolverhampton
• Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest
• West Ham United v Southampton

April 26

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Manchester United
• Arsenal v Crystal Palace
• Brighton v West Ham United
• Chelsea v Everton
• Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
• Manchester City v Aston Villa
• Newcastle United v Ipswich Town
• Nottingham Forest v Brentford
• Southampton v Fulham
• Wolverhampton v Leicester City

May 3

• Arsenal v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• Aston Villa v Fulham
• Brentford v Manchester United
• Brighton v Newcastle United
• Chelsea v Liverpool
• Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest
• Everton v Ipswich Town
• Leicester City v Southampton
• Manchester City v Wolverhampton
• West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur

May 10

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Aston Villa
• Fulham v Everton
• Ipswich Town v Brentford
• Liverpool v Arsenal
• Manchester United v West Ham United
• Newcastle United v Chelsea
• Nottingham Forest v Leicester City
• Southampton v Manchester City
• Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace
• Wolverhampton v Brighton

May 18

• Arsenal v Newcastle United
• Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
• Brentford v Fulham
• Brighton v Liverpool
• Chelsea v Manchester United
• Crystal Palace v Wolverhampton
• Everton v Southampton
• Leicester City v Ipswich Town
• Manchester City v A.F.C. Bournemouth
• West Ham United v Nottingham Forest

May 25

• A.F.C. Bournemouth v Leicester City (16:00)
• Fulham v Manchester City (16:00)
• Ipswich Town v West Ham United (16:00)
• Liverpool v Crystal Palace (16:00)
• Manchester United v Aston Villa (16:00)
• Newcastle United v Everton (16:00)
• Nottingham Forest v Chelsea (16:00)
• Southampton v Arsenal (16:00)
• Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton (16:00)
• Wolverhampton v Brentford (16:00)

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