Who has the toughest and easiest opening fixtures of the 2024/25 Premier League season?

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The Premier League has released the fixtures for the 2024/25 season exactly two months to the start of the campaign.

As is the usual custom, each of the 20 club sides will play 38 games across nine months with the an emerging champion.

Fans anticipate the start of every league season with so much excitement as they look forward to an action-packed campaign.

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Manchester United vs Fulham the curtain raiser

Manchester United open the 2024/25 Premier League season with a clash against Fulham at the Old Trafford on Friday, August 16.

United become the first team in Premier League history to commence a season with a home game in eight consecutive campaigns.

Brentford, West Ham, Ipswich face difficult starts

Of the opening five fixtures, London outfits West Ham and Brentford face the most difficult starts.

Newcomers Ipswich Town are welcomed to the topflight with a tough fixture where they trade tackles with Liverpool at home. They then travel to face defending champions Manchester City in their second matchday.

Meanwhile, Arsenal are faced with a tricky start to the new Premier League season. The Gunners have the joint-second toughest opening five matches to prosecute.

This includes consecutive away trips to north London rivals Tottenham and Man City. These games come up on matchdays 4 and 5.

The toughest opening 10 games

Extending the start period, of the first 10 games into the season, Wolverhampton Wanderers have the most difficult start.

Wolves begin a series of tough encounters with an away game at Arsenal. Entering the 2024/25 campaign, their opening four games are against teams that finished within the top seven last term.

The face Chelsea (6th), Newcastle (7th), Liverpool (3rd) and Man City (1st) in what could be an excruciating period.

Easiest start to the 2024/25 season

Taking into account the first 10 games, Everton look like they have the easiest ride. The Toffees slug it out with just two of last season’s top six within their first 10 outings.

Those two matches are trips to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (MD 2) and the Villa Park (MD 4) . Sean Dyche’s men will also face all three of the newly promoted sides within this time.