BREAKING: Chelsea to play Frank Lampard on opening day as Premier League released 2022/23 fixture
The season is barely over — and for many players, their engagement in the Nations League has stretched their season well beyond the last game — but it’s almost time for another season. In fact, preseason begins in less than a month, and the new Premier League season begins in less than two months: on August 6th, to be precise.
The fixtures were revealed this morning, which is just another hint of the upcoming season. This is the “original” schedule, which will change later in the season owing to TV broadcasting decisions and competition scheduling issues (later round cup games and the like). Of course, there’s the six-week break this year for the 2022 World Cup, which begins in November.
Chelsea will play Everton at Goodison Park on the opening weekend, which was one of the final games last season. Our home opener is against Tottenham Hotspur the next Saturday, August 13, with trips to Leeds and Southampton sandwiching a home game against Leicester City. It hasn’t been an easy first month!
The Champions League will begin in September, with the group stage slated to conclude before the start of the World Cup (and the League Cup getting pushed back).
Here’s what that schedule looks like:
West Ham (H) | CL MD1 (Sep 6-7) | Fulham (A)
Fulham (A) | CL MD2 (Sep 13-14) | Liverpool (H)
Crystal Palace (A) | CL MD3 (Oct 4-5) | Wolves (H)
Wolves (H) | CL MD4 (Oct 11-12) | Aston Villa (A)
Man Utd (H) | CL MD5 (Oct 25-26) | Brighton (A)
Brighton (A) | CL MD6 (Nov 1-2) | Arsenal (H)
Once the league resumes, on Boxing Day, we’ll face Bournemouth (H) and Nottingham Forest (A) before starting the new year at home against Manchester City. City are also set to be our penultimate opposition, hopefully in a title-showdown.
Here’s our initial Premier League fixture list, again without any of the expected rescheduling and shiftings — all games Saturday 15.00 kick-off unless noted:
AUGUST:
Everton (A) — 17.30
Spurs (H)
Leeds Utd (A)
Leicester City (H)
Southampton (A) — Wednesday (Aug 31); 19.45
SEPTEMBER:
West Ham (H)
Fulham (A)
Liverpool (H)
[international break]
OCTOBER:
Crystal Palace (A)
Wolves (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Brentford (A) — Tuesday (Oct 18); 19.45
Manchester Utd (H)
Brighton (A)
NOVEMBER:
Arsenal (H)
[League Cup 3rd Round — midweek: Nov 9]
Newcastle Utd (A)
[World Cup]
DECEMBER:
Bournemouth (H) — Monday (Dec 26), 15.00
Nottingham Forest (A)
JANUARY:
Manchester City (H) — Monday (Jan 2), 15.00
[FA Cup 3rd Round]
Crystal Palace (H)
Liverpool (A)
FEBRUARY:
Fulham (H)
West Ham (A)
Southampton (H)
Spurs (A)
MARCH:
Leeds Utd (H)
Leicester City (A)
Everton (H)
[international break]
APRIL:
Aston Villa (h)
Wolves (A)
Brighton (H)
Manchester Utd (A)
Brentford (H) — Wednesday (Apr 26), 19.45
Arsenal (A)
MAY:
Bournemouth (A)
Nottingham Forest (H)
Manchester City (A)
Newcastle Utd (H) — Sunday (May 28), 16.00