Man Utd kick off against Brighton, Man City open title defense against West Ham and Liverpool get underway away at Fulham
Manchester United will begin the 2022-23 Premier League season with a home game against Brighton, while Manchester City get their title defense under way at the London Stadium against West Ham.
Fixture lists for the new season were released on Thursday, with a number of exciting matches in store on opening weekend, including Arsenal kicking things off on August 5 away at Crystal Palace and Frank Lampard’s Everton playing host to his former employers at Chelsea.
Newly-promoted Fulham face the toughest of starts when they entertain Liverpool at Craven Cottage, Bournemouth welcome Aston Villa to the Vitality Stadium and Nottingham Forest’s first top-flight fixture in 23 years sees them head to Newcastle.
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GOAL takes a look at the 2022-23 Premier League fixture schedule, opening weekend, derby dates and details for every team.
Premier League 2022-23 fixtures released
You can see the opening fixtures of the 2022-23 Premier League season below.
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Every Premier League club’s 2022-23 fixtures
You can see your club’s full fixture lists below.
Key dates for the 2022-23 Premier League season
merseyside derby dates
- September 3, 2022: Everton v Liverpool
- February 11, 2023: Liverpool v Everton
manchester derby dates
- October 1, 2022: Manchester City vs. Manchester United
- January 14, 2023: Manchester United vs. Manchester City
North London derby dates
- October 1, 2022: Arsenal-Tottenham
- January 14, 2023: Tottenham-Arsenal
Northwest derby dates
- August 20, 2022: Manchester United v Liverpool
- March 4, 2023: Liverpool v Manchester United
Once the excitement of the opening weekend is out of the way, with August 5 getting the ball rolling, the big games will come thick and fast as intriguing contests lie around every corner.
Chelsea welcome Tottenham to Stamford Bridge on August 13, Manchester United entertain Liverpool at Old Trafford a week later and the first merseyside derby of the season, which will take place at Goodison Park, is penciled in for September 3 – the same day as Arsenal are due to visit Old Trafford.
Manchester City entertain Spurs on September 10, Liverpool go to Chelsea seven days later as Manchester United play host to Leeds, and Arsenal will stage the first north London derby of 2022-23 on October 1.
A manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium is also due to be held on the weekend of October 1, with the following week seeing Liverpool head to Emirates Stadium.
Title hopefuls Liverpool and City lock horns at Anfield on October 15, Arsenal visit City three days later, while Manchester United go to Stamford Bridge on October 22.
Chelsea and Arsenal meet in an all-London affair on November 5, as Liverpool go to Spurs, with Premier League competition then shutting down on November 12 as attention turns to the 2022 World Cup Finals inQatar.
Action returns with a bang on Boxing Dayas Leeds face Manchester City and United play host to Nottingham Forest, while Newcastle vs Leeds is among the pick of the games on New Year’s Eve and 2023 opens up on January 2 with Manchester City traveling to Chelsea.
The division will be starting to take shape by then, as battles towards the top and bottom become a little clearer, and things will be played through to a thrilling finish on May 28 – with the final day set to see Arsenal tackle Wolves, City go to Brentford, Chelsea face Newcastle, Spurs visit Leeds, Manchester United host Fulham and Liverpool travel to Southampton.
How to watch Premier League 2022-23 games on TV & live stream
Coverage of the 2022-23 Premier League season in the United Kingdom will once again be split between Sky Sports, BT Sport and Amazon-Prime – with it possible to catch live action across their television channels and streaming services.
Highlights remain in the hands of the BBCwith Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2 returning to screens in August.
In the United States, NBC Sports has exclusive Premier League broadcast rights through to the end of the 2027-28 campaign.
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