Chelsea will have to wait until Monday, September 14 for their opening game of the season, although they have been handed a relatively kind first fixture away to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Their first home game will see them welcome champions Liverpool to Stamford Bridge, though, and they look set for a difficult end to the campaign too.

May sees them face local rivals Fulham in a West London derby before taking on Manchester City, Arsenal and Leicester City in succession and ending the season away to Aston Villa.

SEPTEMBER

14: Brighton (a)

19: Liverpool (h)

26: West Brom (a)

OCTOBER

3: Crystal Palace (h)

17: Southampton (h)

24: Manchester United (a)

31: Burnley (a)

NOVEMBER

7: Sheffield United (h)

21: Newcastle (a)

28: Tottenham (h)

DECEMBER

5: Leeds (h)

12: Everton (a)

15: Wolves (a)

19: West Ham (h)

26: Arsenal (a)

28: Aston Villa (h)

JANUARY

2: Manchester City (h)

12: Leicester (a)

16: Fulham (a)

27: Wolves (h)

30: Burnley (h)

FEBRUARY

3: Tottenham (a)

6: Sheffield United (a)

13: Newcastle (h)

20: Southampton (a)

27: Manchester United (h)

MARCH

6: Everton (h)

13: Leeds (a)

20: Liverpool (a)

APRIL

3: West Brom (h)

10: Crystal Palace (a)

17: Brighton (h)

24: West Ham (a)

MAY

1: Fulham (h)

8: Manchester City (a)

12: Arsenal (h)

15: Leicester (h)

23: Aston Villa (a)