PREMIER LEAGUE fans can plan their weekends with the fixtures for the 2019/20 season now out. One of the most exciting battles, went down to the last day for the 2018-19 campaign, so here is all you need to know so you can plan those important dates as Manchester City aim for a third consecutive title. 8 Pep Guardiola's side won the Premier League for the second year running Credit: AFP or licensors When do the big six take on each other? 8 There will be 30 clashes between the Premier League's big six this season, starting with Manchester United vs Chelsea What are the Premier League 2019/20 fixtures? Arsenal 8 Aston Villa August 10 Tottenham (a) 17 Bournemouth (h) 24 Everton (h) 31 Crystal Palace (a) September 14 West Ham (h) 21 Arsenal (a) 28 Burnley (h) October 5 Norwich (a) 19 Brighton (h) 26 Man City (a) November 2 Liverpool (h) 9 Wolves (a) 23 Newcastle (h) 30 Man Utd (a) December 4 Chelsea (a) 7 Leicester (h) 14 Sheff Utd (a) 21 Southampton (h) 26 Norwich (h) 28 Watford (a) January 1 Burnley (a) 11 Man City (h) 18 Brighton (a) 21 Watford (h) February 1 Bournemouth (a) 8 Tottenham (h) 22 Southampton (a) 29 Sheff Utd (h) March 7 Leicester (a) 14 Chelsea (h) 21 Newcastle (a) April 4 Wolves (h) 11 Liverpool (a) 18 Man Utd (h) 25 Crystal Palace (h) May 2 Everton (a) 9 Arsenal (h) 17 West Ham (a) Bournemouth August 10 Sheff Utd (h) 17 Aston Villa (a) 24 Man City (h) 31 Leicester (a) September 14 Everton (h) 21 Southampton (a) 28 West Ham (h) October 5 Arsenal (a) 19 Norwich (h) 26 Watford (a) November 2 Man Utd (h) 9 Newcastle (a) 23 Wolves (h) 30 Tottenham (a) December 4 Crystal Palace (a) 7 Liverpool (h) 14 Chelsea (a) 21 Burnley (h) 26 Arsenal (h) 28 Brighton (a) January 1 West Ham (a) 11 Watford (h) 18 Norwich (a) 21 Brighton (h) February 1 Aston Villa (h) 8 Sheff Utd (a) 22 Burnley (a) 29 Chelsea (h) March 7 Liverpool (a) 14 Crystal Palace (h) 21 Wolves (a) April 4 Newcastle (h) 11 Man Utd (a) 18 Tottenham (h) 25 Leicester (h) May 2 Man City (a) 9 Southampton (h) 17 Everton (a) Brighton August 10 Watford (a) 17 West Ham (h) 24 Southampton (h) 31 Man City (a) September 14 Burnley (h) 21 Newcastle (a) 28 Chelsea (a) October 5 Tottenham (h) 19 Aston Villa (a) 26 Everton (h) November 2 Norwich (h) 9 Man Utd (a) 23 Leicester (h) 30 Liverpool (a) December 3 Arsenal (a) 7 Wolves (h) 14 Crystal Palace (a) 21 Sheff Utd (h) 26 Tottenham (a) 28 Bournemouth (h) January 1 Chelsea (h) 11 Everton (a) 18 Aston Villa (h) 21 Bournemouth (a) February 1 West Ham (a) 8 Watford (h) 22 Sheff Utd (a) 29 Crystal Palace (h) March 7 Wolves (a) 14 Arsenal (h) 21 Leicester (a) April 4 Man Utd (h) 11 Norwich (a) 18 Liverpool (h) 25 Man City (h) May 2 Southampton (a) 9 Newcastle (h) 17 Burnley (a) Burnley August 10 Southampton (h) 17 Arsenal (a) 24 Wolves (a) 31 Liverpool (h) September 14 Brighton (a) 21 Norwich (h) 28 Aston Villa (a) October 5 Everton (h) 19 Leicester (a) 26 Chelsea (h) November 2 Sheff Utd (a) 9 West Ham (h) 23 Watford (a) 30 Crystal Palace (h) December 3 Man City (h) 7 Tottenham (a) 14 Newcastle (h) 21 Bournemouth (a) 26 Everton (a) 28 Man Utd (h) January 1 Aston Villa (h) 11 Chelsea (a) 18 Leicester (h) 21 Man Utd (a) February 1 Arsenal (h) 8 Southampton (a) 22 Bournemouth (h) 29 Newcastle (a) March 7 Tottenham (h) 14 Man City (a) 21 Watford (h) April 4 Crystal Palace (a) 11 Sheff Utd (h) 18 West Ham (a) 25 Liverpool (a) May 2 Wolves (h) 9 Norwich (a) 17 Brighton (h) Chelsea 8 Everton August 10 Crystal Palace (a) 17 Watford (h) 24 Aston Villa (a) 31 Wolves (h) September 14 Bournemouth (a) 21 Sheff Utd (h) 28 Man City (h) October 5 Burnley (a) 19 West Ham (h) 26 Brighton (a) November 2 Tottenham (h) 9 Southampton (a) 23 Norwich (h) 30 Leicester (a) December 4 Liverpool (a) 7 Chelsea (h) 14 Man Utd (a) 21 Arsenal (h) 26 Burnley (h) 28 Newcastle (a) January 1 Man City (a) 11 Brighton (h) 18 West Ham (a) 21 Newcastle (h) February 1 Watford (a) 8 Crystal Palace (h) 22 Arsenal (a) 29 Man Utd (h) March 7 Chelsea (a) 14 Liverpool (h) 21 Norwich (a) April 4 Leicester (h) 11 Tottenham (a) 18 Southampton (h) 25 Wolves (a) May 2 Aston Villa (h) 9 Sheff Utd (a) 17 Bournemouth (h) Leicester August 10 Wolves (h) 17 Chelsea (a) 24 Sheff Utd (a) 31 Bournemouth (h) September 14 Man Utd (a) 21 Tottenham (h) 28 Newcastle (h) October 5 Liverpool (a) 19 Burnley (h) 26 Southampton (a) November 2 Crystal Palace (a) 9 Arsenal (h) 23 Brighton (a) 30 Everton (h) December 3 Watford (h) 7 Aston Villa (a) 14 Norwich (h) 21 Man City (a) 26 Liverpool (h) 28 West Ham (a) January 1 Newcastle (a) 11 Southampton (h) 18 Burnley (a) 21 West Ham (h) February 1 Chelsea (h) 8 Wolves (a) 22 Man City (h) 29 Norwich (a) March 7 Aston Villa (h) 14 Watford (a) 21 Brighton (h) April 4 Everton (a) 11 Crystal Palace (h) 18 Arsenal (a) 25 Bournemouth (a) May 2 Sheff Utd (h) 9 Tottenham (a) 17 Man Utd (h) Liverpool 8 Man City 8 Man Utd 8 Newcastle August 11 Arsenal (h) 17 Norwich (a) 24 Tottenham (a) 31 Watford (h) September 14 Liverpool (a) 21 Brighton (h) 28 Leicester (a) October 5 Man Utd (h) 19 Chelsea (a) 26 Wolves (h) November 2 West Ham (a) 9 Bournemouth (h) 23 Aston Villa (a) 30 Man City (h) December 3 Sheff Utd (a) 7 Southampton (h) 14 Burnley (a) 21 Crystal Palace (h) 26 Man Utd (a) 28 Everton (h) January 1 Leicester (h) 11 Wolves (a)<doc-sep>Already planning for next season? From fixture announcements to key season dates, here's all you need to know. Premier League The Premier League fixtures for the 2019/20 campaign are out! Check out the fixtures in full - including club-by-club schedules - right here. The new season is scheduled to start on Saturday, August 10 and will conclude on Sunday, May 17. For the first time this season the Premier League will have a mid-season break. Five matches will be played on February 8 and the other five on February 15. That split will be confirmed in December when the broadcast picks are announced. The Community Shield takes place at Wembley on Saturday, August 4 as Premier League champions Manchester City take on Premier League runners-up Liverpool. VAR in use Video Assistant Referees (VAR) are set to be used in the Premier League next season after clubs agreed "in principle" to their introduction. European competitions The draw for the group stages of the Champions League will be conducted on August 29, 2019 after the qualifying process. All Premier League teams go straight through to the group stages. The final will be played in Istanbul on May 30, 2020. Depending on the FA Cup final result, a Premier League club, either Wolves or Manchester United, will have to start their season in the Europa League third qualifying round on July 22. The draw for the group stages is on August 30, 2019. The final is set to be played in Gdansk, Poland, on May 27. Image: Vincent Kompany lifts the Premier League trophy after Manchester City were crowned back-to-back champions Sky Bet EFL All 72 EFL Clubs from the Sky Bet Championship, League One and League Two will be able to plot their new campaigns when the fixtures are released at 9am on Thursday, June 20. The 2019/20 Sky Bet EFL season then kicks off over the weekend of August 2-4. The Carabao Cup starts the following weekend, before concluding at Wembley on Sunday, March 1, 2020, while the EFL Trophy begins week commencing September 2 and reaches its climax on Sunday, April 5. The season-ending Sky Bet EFL Play-Offs will once again be staged at Wembley, this time across two weekends in May due to the national stadium's Euro 2020 commitments. The League Two Final will take place on Saturday, May 16, before League One and the Championship take centre stage the following weekend on Sunday, May 24 and Monday, May 25, respectively. Image: Teemu Pukki celebrates after Norwich were confirmed as champions Scotland Scottish league fixtures for the 2019/20 term will be published on the morning of Friday, June 21, with all four divisions kicking off on the weekend of August 3. The Premiership once again takes a winter break from Monday, December 30 until Friday, January 17 and the season ends on the weekend of May 16/17, 2020. The first cup campaign in Scotland starts in mid-July, with matchday one of the Betfred Cup group stage scheduled for July 13/14.<doc-sep>Here is your complete guide to United's 2019-20 season and matches, dates, venues and all you need to know about their campaign Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be looking to bring back the positivity to a Manchester United side that capitulated in the last couple of months of the 2018-19 season, finishing in sixth place in the Premier League and missing out on Champions League football. Here is your complete guide to Man Utd's 2019-20 season and Premier League fixtures, transfers and all you need to know. Manchester United pre-season fixtures After the Red Devils spent last summer touring around the United States, they are set to switch gears and travel to Australia and Asia to prepare for their pre-season. They got preparations under way with a game at the home of Perth Glory on July 13, followed by a game against fellow English club Leeds United at the same stadium. They then jetted off to Singapore, where they faced off against Italian giants Inter at the Singapore National Stadium, followed by a match against Premier League rivals Tottenham in Shanghai. The trip to Asia will be followed by a visit to Norway five days later for a game against Kristiansund, manager Solskjaer's hometown club. They then round off their preparations with an exhibition game against AC Milan in Cardiff, though their schedule could change or be added to depending on if they need to qualify for the Europa League following the FA Cup final. Manchester United 2019-20 transfer activity Manchester United fans have been pleading for a clearout of the squad, and Solskjaer has repeatedly suggested the club will sell players who don't fit into his plans this summer. Veteran wing-back Antonio Valencia's departure was confirmed in April, while Ander Herrera was also announced to be leaving as a free agent in early May - he joined Paris Saint-Germain. Expect to see Paul Pogba, Matteo Darmian and Alexis Sanchez linked with moves away from Old Trafford throughout the off-season as well following frustrating seasons. As one of the richest clubs in the world, United have been linked with dozens of top-class players ahead of the transfer window including Tottenham's Christian Eriksen, Real Madrid's Gareth Bale, Barcelona's Philippe Coutinho and Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly. The Red Devils landed signings in Daniel James from Swansea and Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Crystal Palace as part of next season's preparations. They broke the world-record fee for a defender when they signed Harry Maguire from Leicester in August for £80m. Transfer activity in Position Player Transferred from Fee Date FW Daniel James Swansea £15m Jul 1 DF Aaron Wan-Bissaka Crystal Palace £50m Jul 1 DF Harry Maguire Leicester £80m Aug 2 Transfer activity out Position Player Transferred to Fee Date RB Antonio Valencia Released n/a Jun 30 MF Ander Herrera Released n/a Jun 30 MF Matty Willock Gillingham Free Jun 30 DF Regan Poole MK Dons Free Jun 30 RB Matthew Olosunde Released n/a Jun 30 FW James Wilson Released n/a Jun 30 RB Matthew Olosunde Rotherham £200,000 Jun 30 GK Kieran O'Hara Burton Albion (loan) n/a Jun 30 United kicked off their Premier League season on August 11 at home to Chelsea, who have a new manager at the helm in the form of Frank Lampard. Solskjaer disappointingly missed out on securing Champions League football for the club, though his side qualified for the 2019–20 Europa League due to their sixth-placed finish in the Premier League. As Manchester City won the FA Cup, United will enter the competition in the group stage, which will begin in September. Article continues below The Carabao Cup will kick off for United in the first round beginning on August 3, with the full fixture list to be released on June 20. The FA Cup third round will get underway from all Premier League clubs at the start of January. Click here to see Man Utd's full Premier League fixture list. Manchester United 2019-20 squad numbers<doc-sep>Man City were only crowned 2018-19 Premier League champions yesterday, but it is never to early to start looking ahead to next season. Will City repeat? Which club will surprise? Who is in trouble? And finally which top-six club is headed for a transition season? Nick Ames takes a way too early peak at the 2019-20 campaign and makes a few projections regarding the next edition of the Premier League. - When are the Premier League fixtures published? - When does the transfer window open? Manchester City to make it a hat trick Pep Guardiola's side squeaked it to another Premier League title this season -- a far cry from the 19-point margin that saw them home a year ago -- but is it too much to hope for a similarly tight tussle next time? The noises coming out of the squad after their clinching win at Brighton suggested that they believe they will only have been strengthened by such a relentless sprint for the line. "It's a kind of addiction," Leroy Sane said. "We want to win it again and again." The fear is that an ultimately fruitless chase for top honours, coupled with the fact that their season does not end until after the Champions League final, will take its toll on Liverpool. Manchester City edged out Liverpool to the title by a point. Anthony Devlin/PA Images via Getty Images Their two star forwards, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, will spend the summer shouldering huge burdens for their countries in the sapping heat of Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations. There will be little rest and, although City may lose Sergio Aguero for the Copa America too, it would seem to be Jurgen Klopp's side who will take the greatest hit. After the jolt of this season's scare, and with nobody beyond Liverpool who can obviously keep pace with them again, City look well placed to run away with things again next season. Teams on the top-six fringes close the gap Manchester City and Liverpool have left everyone else trailing in their wake, and if the season were to be repeated now, a different outcome would be unlikely. But what of the teams beneath them? While the trend in recent years has been to talk of a "Big Six," there is every indication that at least two of that cabal could be reeled in. When Wolves defeated Arsenal 3-1 at Molineux late in April, hammering home their claim to seventh place and a Europa League spot, it was genuinely difficult to tell which side ought to be stronger man for man. Would Rui Patricio, Ruben Neves, Matt Doherty, Joao Moutinho, Conor Coady or Diogo Jota not have a stab at establishing themselves in Unai Emery's side. The same could be said for many of the Leicester team that eviscerated them the following weekend and the impression, given the late-season surge in form of those behind the traditional boys, is that the gap is no longer very big at all. Expect that to become even clearer: Wolves, with big financial backing along with the background assistance of Jorge Mendes and the outstanding team management of Nuno Espirito Santo, are unlikely to go away, while Leicester brim with forward momentum under Brendan Rodgers. Everton and Marco Silva have picked up markedly, too. In the final five matches of the season Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United -- in fourth, fifth and sixth respectively -- picked up 10 points between them. Wolves, Everton and Leicester netted 23, and it may not have been a fluke. - Ames: Man City showed their character in title win - Ogden: Title race decided by millimetres and seconds Another season of transition for Man United The murmurs are growing already: should Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's job title be changed, at best, to "interim" once again? The bottom fell comprehensively out of their season after their victory over Paris Saint-Germain, and while senior figures at the club continue to talk unhelpfully about a title push, the reality is that they need time to unravel the mess created in the six years since Sir Alex Ferguson's departure. Ander Herrera, who will depart this summer, had it right when he said that the club "need time" to reclaim their place at the top. He used Liverpool as an example of a club whose fans had been patient and given their club time to revive. Whether or not Solskjaer really has the gravitas to complete the job, United's supporters should prepare for a season in which young players like Mason Greenwood and, perhaps, players from abroad with something to prove are phased in. Then there is the Paul Pogba issue: is his undoubted talent worth persevering with despite the obvious downsides? A clean break might be in everyone's interests if United can find a buyer -- and if everyone connected with them can tolerate a spring cleaning from top to bottom, which would probably delay Champions League qualification for another year. - Things Man United fans can do to avoid their rivals' cup finals - Premier League's final day: What you may have missed Norwich to be the season's surprise package Nobody expected Norwich City to storm through the second tier on the way to being crowned champions. Even fewer would predict them to enjoy a comfortable time of things back in the big time, but Daniel Farke's side are equipped to make the inevitable purveyors of doom and gloom eat their words. Norwich were surprise winners of the Championship and are built to surprise once again in their return to England's top table. Chris Radburn/PA Images via Getty Images The Canaries have a clear identity throughout the club, instilled by their excellent sporting director, Stuart Webber, and a wealth of exciting youngsters who play slick passing football from front to back. Their full-backs, Max Aarons and Jamal Lewis, have turned plenty of heads higher up, and the Argentinian schemer, Emi Buendia, is destined for huge things. Finnish striker Teemu Pukki finishes the chances off, and Norwich do not intend to tweak much, if anything, for the new campaign.<doc-sep>
When does Premier League 2019-20 kick off & when are the fixtures announced? The new campaign isn't set to start until August, but excitement will start to build as early as June when the full fixtures are released The 2018-19 Premier League season was one of the most thrilling in history, with Manchester City and Liverpool fighting it out neck and neck until the final day of the campaign. It was a title race for the ages as the battle for glory went down to the wire, with Jurgen Klopp's side finishing an excruciating point behind City, who were crowned champions after amassing a monstrous 98 points. Liverpool's 97-point haul wasn't enough to name them champions, though Klopp's side will be expected to put forth another title-challenging season next term. Article continues below The likes of Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal and Tottenham are also expected to go through squad rebuilds in the summer while, Cardiff, Fulham and Huddersfield were relegated to the Championship. Goal rounds up everything you need to know ahead of the upcoming 2019-20 Premier League season including its start date, when fixtures are released and more. When does the new Premier League season start? The new Premier League season will commence over the weekend of August 10, featuring three new promoted sides from the Championship. It will conclude on May 17, 2020. The new English top-flight campaign will also be the first to introduce a mid-season break for all clubs, following in the footsteps of other major European leagues who observe a winter pause. This year, a two-week winter break will be implemented in February 2020 to ensure players get a rest period following the busy and congested festive fixture schedule. Before the 2019-20 campaign, the Premier League was the only top division that did not observe a winter break. It is also the view of the FA that this rest will allow England players competing in the top-flight to succeed at future World Cups and European Championships. Ten teams will play the first weekend and the other 10 teams will play the following weekend, allowing all clubs to have a two-week break from football. It will also help teams prepare for the Qatar World Cup in 2020, which will force the Premier League to take a winter break into account as the competition will be held from December to January. When will new Premier League fixtures be announced? Fixtures for the 2019-20 season will be released at 9am GMT / 4am ET on June 13 on the official Premier League website. The whole fixture schedule for all 380 Premier League matches for all 20 sides will be published at the same time, allowing supporters to start making their plans for the new season. The match schedule is always, of course, subject to change for broadcasting rights. Match schedules are compiled taking into account various factors such as alternating between home and away games for each club every week, making sure cities like Manchester and Liverpool do not host two home games during the same weekend and incorporating the international football schedule.