Opening EPL Fixtures Ranked From Hardest to Easiest
The promoted sides are straight in at the deep end
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- Fulham
Chelsea (Home)
Sunderland (Away)
Crystal Palace (Home)
Liverpool (Away)
Manchester United (Home)
Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United to play in their opening games. Tough start for Alvaro Arbeloa.
- Ipswich
Sunderland (Home)
Manchester United (Away)
Liverpool (Home)
Crystal Palace (Away)
Everton (Away)
3 away trips, with Manchester United and Liverpool to play upon their return to the Premier League.
- Hull
Manchester United (Home)
Coventry (Away)
Aston Villa (Home)
Chelsea (Away)
Newcastle (Away)
Manchester United, Aston Villa, Chelsea, and Newcastle for Hull with 3 away fixtures could prove tricky.
- Coventry
Arsenal (Away)
Hull (Home)
Manchester City (Away)
Brighton (Home)
Nottingham Forest (Away)
Arsenal and Manchester City away in their opening 3 games. Ouch, welcome back to the big time.
- Bournemouth
Manchester City (Away)
Everton (Home)
Newcastle (Away)
Brentford (Home)
Liverpool (Home)
Liverpool and City to start a new era for Bournemouth. If they want to prove their European pedigree, these fixtures are a good chance to show it.
- Nottingham Forest
Leeds (Home)
Liverpool (Away)
Tottenham (Home)
Aston Villa (Away)
Coventry (Home)
Forest will fancy Coventry at home, but will be desperate to get a win or two in their opening few games.
- Brighton
Aston Villa (Home)
Chelsea (Away)
Leeds (Home)
Coventry (Away)
Arsenal (Home)
A tough start especially with some of the injuries Brighton have, Villa, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Leeds away all could be hard, but Brighton should pick up some points.
- Sunderland
Ipswich (Away)
Fulham (Home)
Brentford (Away)
Arsenal (Home)
Manchester City (Away)
Sunderland should start well, but Arsenal then Manchester City back-to-back is a tough assigment.
- Aston Villa
Brighton (Away)
Arsenal (Home)
Hull (Away)
Nottingham Forest (Home)
Tottenham (Away)
Villa have to battle both North London sides, and have a tough away trip to Brighton to start the season.
- Arsenal
Coventry (Home)
Aston Villa (Away)
Chelsea (Home)
Sunderland (Away)
Brighton (Away)
Some tricky away games to handle for the champions, with Chelsea at home in week 3 set to be a tasty fixture.
- Newcastle
Liverpool (Home)
Tottenham (Away)
Bournemouth (Home)
Leeds (Away)
Hull (Home)
Tough opening 2 games for Newcastle, but should fancy their chances in rounds 3-5.
- Brentford
Tottenham (Home)
Leeds (Away)
Sunderland (Home)
Bournemouth (Away)
Chelsea (Home)
Brentford's harder fixtures are at home, but face both Tottenham and Chelsea to start their season.
- Everton
Crystal Palace (Home)
Bournemouth (Away)
Manchester United (Home)
Tottenham (Away)
Ipswich (Home)
A mixed bag for Everton, they should pick up points in these opening 5 games.
- Crystal Palace
Everton (Away)
Manchester City (Home)
Fulham (Away)
Ipswich (Home)
Leeds (Away)
With Palace looking one of the weaker sides in the competition, they will be keen on some of these opening fixtures to pick up valuable points.
- Chelsea
Fulham (Away)
Brighton (Home)
Arsenal (Away)
Hull (Home)
Brentford (Away)
A tricky away game at Arsenal, but the other matchups stack up nicely for Xabi Alonso.
- Tottenham
Brentford (Away)
Newcastle (Home)
Nottingham Forest (Away)
Everton (Home)
Aston Villa (Home)
No 'big 6' games in Tottenham's opening 5, and 3 home games means Tottenham could reach last seasons points tally quite quickly.
- Liverpool
Newcastle (Away)
Nottingham Forest (Home)
Ipswich (Away)
Fulham (Home)
Bournemouth (Away)
Andoni Iraola will want maximum points from these opening fixtures, and it's definitely possible looking at their first 5 games.
- Manchester City
Bournemouth (Home)
Crystal Palace (Away)
Coventry (Home)
Manchester United (Away)
Sunderland (Home)
3 home games with an away trip to Crystal Palace should make Enzo Marecsa feel a little better after their 3-0 drubbing in the Community Shield.
- Manchester United
Hull (Away)
Ipswich (Home)
Everton (Away)
Manchester City (Home)
Fulham (Away)
2 promoted sides in United's first 5 looks tasty for Michael Carrick.
- Leeds
Nottingham Forest (Away)
Brentford (Home)
Brighton (Away)
Newcastle (Home)
Crystal Palace (Home)
Leeds have a great chance to kickstart a potential European push with these early fixtures.
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