Premier League fixtures 2020-21 season: All you need to know

The Premier League is billed to kick off on the 12th of September and all teams now know which oppositions they face as the season progresses.

Premier League holders, Liverpool, will face Championship winners, Leeds United, in the key encounter of the opening weekend of the 2020-21 Premier League season.

Championship play-off winners Fulham will be at home to entertain Arsenal, while West Bromwich Albion, the third promoted side, are also at home to Leicester City.

However, the Manchester teams have both their opening matches rescheduled: Manchester City v Aston Villa and Burnley v Manchester United.

That is because they were the last English teams that had their season elongated because of European matches. The two games will not be played on the opening weekend.

Click here to get the full fixture list for the 2020/21 Premier League campaign

Chelsea and Wolves also have delays to their season openers because of their European involvement, which ended around a week earlier than the Manchester clubs. Those fixtures will take place on Monday, 14 September.

Elsewhere on the opening weekend, Crystal Palace will play Southampton at Selhurst Park, Tottenham host Everton and West Ham face Newcastle at the London Stadium.

• C. Palace v Southampton – Sept 12
• Fulham v Arsenal – Sept 12
• Liverpool v Leeds – Sept 12
• Tottenham v Everton – Sept 12
• West Brom v Leicester City – Sept 12
• West Ham v Newcastle – Sept 12
• Brighton v Chelsea – Sept 14
• Sheff Utd v Wolves – Sept 14
• Burnley v Man Utd – Postponed
• Man City v Aston Villa – Postponed

Premier League 2020/21 season essentials

• The Premier League 2020/21 season will start on Saturday, September 12, and finish on Sunday, May 23, 2021 – 19 days before the rescheduled Euro 2020 tournament kicks off.
• The season will begin behind closed doors but some spectators could return to venues on a socially-distanced basis later in the season.
• Opening weekend fixtures involving Manchester City and Manchester United have been postponed to allow those clubs extra time to recover from their involvement in the knockout stages of the Champions League and Europa League, respectively.
• Chelsea and Wolves have also been afforded a short delay, with their opening weekend fixtures scheduled for Monday, September 14.
• The truncated season will comprise of rounds of fixtures across 32 weekends, five midweeks, and one bank (public) holiday. This compares to a typical Premier League season of 34 weekends, three midweeks, and one bank holiday.
• The Premier League has agreed with its UK broadcast partners to increase the number of matches shown live from 200 to 220 for the 2020/21 season only. Of the additional live matches, 12 will be shown on Sky Sports.
• The UK broadcast selections for the early match rounds will be confirmed next week.