West Ham open their campaign at home to Newcastle United on the first Saturday of the new season, but things get a lot tougher for them immediately after.

The Hammers' next six matches all come against teams that finished in the top half of the table last term, a run which ends with back-to-back games against Manchester City and Liverpool.

There is another difficult run in March and April with Manchester United, Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers in succession before ending the campaign at home to Southampton.

SEPTEMBER

12: Newcastle United (h)

19: Arsenal (a)

26: Wolves (h)

OCTOBER

3: Leicester City (a)

17: Tottenham Hotspur (a)

24: Manchester City (h)

31: Liverpool (a)

NOVEMBER

7: Fulham (h)

21: Sheffield United (a)

28: Aston Villa (h)

DECEMBER

5: Manchester United (h)

12: Leeds United (a)

15: Crystal Palace (h)

19: Chelsea (a)

26: Brighton (h)

28: Southampton (a)

JANUARY

2: Everton (a)

12: West Bromwich Albion (h)

16: Burnley (h)

27: Crystal Palace (a)

30: Liverpool (h)

FEBRUARY

2: Aston Villa (a)

6: Fulham (a)

13: Sheffield United (h)

20: Tottenham Hotspur (h)

27: Manchester City (a)

MARCH

6: Leeds United (h)

13: Manchester United (a)

20: Arsenal (h)

APRIL

3: Wolves (a)

10: Leicester City (h)

17: Newcastle United (a)

24: Chelsea (h)

MAY

1: Burnley (a)

8: Everton (h)

11: Brighton (a)

15: West Bromwich Albion (a)

23: Southampton (h)