Not long to wait now. My predictions for Aug.

Week one, Manu bt, man city, arsenal, Chelsea, Everton sky
Week two Leicester, Manu, Sunderland plus one sky. Bt either stoke or watford
Week three: spurs bt, Manu, man city plus one sky

Fixtures out today at 9am according to the Sky Sports App

Picks out at 09:00 - I think this is the first time its been advertised like this.

https://twitter.com/premierleague/st...47622085505024

And we're off:

http://www.premierleague.com/news/63617

Saturday 13 August
12.30pm Hull City v Leicester City (Live on Sky Sports)
5.30pm Manchester City v Sunderland (Live on BT Sport)

Sunday 14 August
1.30pm AFC Bournemouth v Manchester United (Live on Sky Sports)
4pm Arsenal v Liverpool (Live on Sky Sports)

Monday 15 August
8pm Chelsea v West Ham United (Live on Sky Sports)

Friday 19 August
8pm Manchester United v Southampton (Live on Sky Sports)

Saturday 20 August
12.30pm Stoke City v Manchester City (Live on Sky Sports)
5.30pm Leicester City v Arsenal (Live on BT Sport)

Sunday 21 August
1.30pm Sunderland v Middlesbrough (Live on Sky Sports)
4pm West Ham United v AFC Bournemouth (Live on Sky Sports)

Saturday 27 August
12.30pm Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (Live on Sky Sports)
5.30pm Hull City v Manchester United (Live on BT Sport)

Sunday 28 August
1.30pm West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough (Live on Sky Sports)
4pm Manchester City v West Ham United (Live on Sky Sports)

Saturday 10 September
12.30pm Manchester United v Manchester City (Live on Sky Sports)
5.30pm Liverpool v Leicester City (Live on BT Sport)

Sunday 11 September
4pm Swansea City v Chelsea (Live on Sky Sports)

Monday 12 September
8pm Sunderland v Everton (Live on Sky Sports)

Friday 16 September
8pm Chelsea v Liverpool (Live on Sky Sports)

Saturday 17 September
5.30pm Everton v Middlesbrough (Live on BT Sport)

Sunday 18 September
12pm Watford v Manchester United (Live on BT Sport)
2.15pm Crystal Palace v Stoke City (Live on Sky Sports)
4.30pm Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland (Live on Sky Sports)

Saturday 24 September
12.30pm Manchester United v Leicester City (Live on Sky Sports)
5.30pm Arsenal v Chelsea (Live on BT Sport)

Sunday 25 September
4pm West Ham United v Southampton (Live on Sky Sports)

Monday 26 September
8pm Burnley v Watford (Live on Sky Sports)

I am totally wrong

Quota filler alert!

Im sure Saints fans will appreciate travelling up to manchester on friday night for an 8pm kickoff ...................very poor planning

Seriously, we get a 'quota day' just two weeks in? Is there something else on that Sunday?

Its better than a Monday night.

Final day of the Olympics? But the closing ceremony wont be until midnight or so.

A derby and West Ham's first game at the Olympic stadium. I've seen worse.

...and there's the first one of these posts of the new season. Drink!

I wouldn't say Sunderland v Middlesbrough is a quota filler. In the absence of Newcastle, it's the only rivalry in the division in the North East.

Also, West Ham v Bournemouth is the first Premier League game at The Olympic Stadium.


No mention of trains, though, so only the one drink.

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Wednesday 14 December
7.45pm GMT Middlesbrough v Liverpool*
*Due to Middlesbrough v Southampton moving to 11 December

8pm GMT Crystal Palace v Manchester United*
*Due to Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur moving to 11 December

Wednesday 1 February
8pm GMT Manchester United v Hull City*
*Correction of published fixtures

Sunday 12 March
4pm GMT Liverpool v Burnley*
*Confirmation of fixture reversal. The match is subject to FA Cup participation, or change as a result of broadcast selections.

Sunday 16 April
4pm GMT West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool*
*Club agreement. This match is subject to possible further change if selected for broadcasting.

How can BT have 2 games in same weekend ???

Saturday 17 September
5.30pm Everton v Middlesbrough (Live on BT Sport)

Sunday 18 September
12pm Watford v Manchester United (Live on BT Sport)

Ok, fair enough. I retract my comment.

What are you on about? A very attractive derby and West Ham's first Prem game at the new stadium were both 99.9% going to be picked.

In fact a found it very surprising a lot of usually clever people on here didn't think West Ham v Bournemouth would be picked.

It is West Ham,s first match at the Olympic stadium and a Derby ( of sorts) Plus can't really see anything else that weekend of interest

Plenty of surprises as ever. Sky will show every club at least once in the first six weeks of the season. In terms of first picks, I reckon Sky have taken first pick in Package D in weeks 1, 3, 4 and 5 with BT having first pick in weeks 2 and 6. But I expect some will think that BT used a first pick in week 3 to secure Hull v Man Utd.

I am surprised Sky have opted to show West Ham's first game at the Olympic Stadium - a non event in my opinion. Sky will show West Ham three times in the Sunday 16:00 slot in the first six weeks. I reckon that one of these games is a Package G game. The obvious one is Man City - but that has to be Package D if it is a first pick. This is certainly something to keep an eye on.

Thought we (Watford) might be on v Chelsea or Arsenal at home early on..

Because they have the rights to 42 matches and only 36 rounds in which to show them.

Even allowing for two matches in each midweek round, that's still only 39. So we should see three weekends where BT have two games.

The Man Utd game is a fourth pick in Package F and the Everton game is a fifth pick in Package B.

Oh, and Week 5 is proof that Package E controls third picks (Chelsea v Liverpool is Friday 20:00).