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Man City begin their 2024/25 Premier League title defence live on Sky Sports as travel to Chelsea on Sunday August 18; first meeting with runners-up Arsenal is at home on September 21; first Manchester derby is on December 14 at the Etihad Stadium
Tuesday 18 June 2024 09:32, UK
Champions Manchester City will start their 2024/25 Premier League title defence with a trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea, live on Sky Sports on Sunday August 18.
City host newly-promoted Ipswich Town in their first home game on August 24 before travelling to the London Stadium to face West Ham for their third fixture of the campaign on August 31.
Their first meeting with last season’s runners-up Arsenal is at the Etihad Stadium on September 21, with the return fixture scheduled for February 1, part of a tricky run which features home games against Chelsea (January 25), Newcastle (February 15) and Liverpool (February 22), and an away trip to Tottenham (February 25).
The first Manchester derby against Manchester United is on December 14 at the Etihad Stadium, with the return game taking place at Old Trafford on April 5.
Pep Guardiola’s side are at home to Everton on Boxing Day and round off the campaign with an away game against Fulham on May 25, following a home clash against Bournemouth on May 18.
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All fixtures subject to change.
All the 2024/25 Premier League fixtures
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August
18: Chelsea (a) – Live on Sky Sports, kick-off 4.30pm
24: Ipswich Town (h)
31: West Ham (a)
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September
14: Brentford (h)
21: Arsenal (h)
28: Newcastle (a)
October
5: Fulham (h)
19: Wolves (a)
26: Southampton (h)
November
2: Bournemouth (a)
9: Brighton (a)
23: Tottenham (h)
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30: Liverpool (a)
December
4: Nottingham Forest (h)
7: Crystal Palace (a)
14: Man Utd (h)
21: Aston Villa (a)
26: Everton (h)
29: Leicester (a)
January
4: West Ham (h)
14: Brentford (a)
18: Ipswich Town (a)
25: Chelsea (h)
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February
1: Arsenal (a)
15: Newcastle (h)
22: Liverpool (h)
25: Tottenham (a)
March
8: Nottingham Forest (a)
15: Brighton (h)
April
2: Leicester (h)
5: Man Utd (a)
12: Crystal Palace (h)
19: Everton (a)
26: Aston Villa (h)
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May
3: Wolves (h)
10: Southampton (a)
18: Bournemouth (h)
25: Fulham (a)
Group stage 1: 17/18/19 September
Group stage 2: 1/2 October
Group stage 3: 22/23 October
Group stage 4: 5/6 November
Group stage 5: 26/27 November
Group stage 6: 10/11 December
Group stage 7: 21/22 January
Group stage 8: 29 January
Play-off first leg: 11/12 February
Play-off second leg: 18/19 February
Last 16 first leg 1: 4/5 March
Last 16 second leg: 11/12 March
Quarter-finals first leg: 8/9 April
Quarter-finals second leg: 15/16 April
Semi-final first leg: 29/30 April
Semi-final second leg: 6/7 May
Champions League final: 31 May
The 2024/25 Premier League season will start on Friday August 16 and conclude on Sunday May 25 2025.
The campaign will run over 33 weekends, four midweek rounds and one Bank Holiday matchweek.
The Community Shield will take place on Saturday 10 August and for the first time, the FA Cup final will take place on Saturday May 17, the weekend before the Premier League’s final day.
The Champions League final will be held on Saturday May 31. The Europa League final will be played on Wednesday May 21 in Bilbao, with the UEFA Conference League final a week later on Wednesday May 28.
Sky Sports will show 128 games exclusively live in the 2024/25 season – and a brand new agreement between Sky Sports and the Premier League means even more live matches from 2025/26.
From 2025, Sky Sports will broadcast a record minimum of 215 Premier League matches a season after finalising a new four-year agreement.
Throughout the 2024/25 season, you can watch Premier League match highlights for free – without being a Sky Sports subscriber.
You’ll find highlights from every Premier League game in the Score Centre, as well as on the Sky Sports website and Sky Sports app shortly after full-time, or from 5.15pm for midday Saturday kick-offs. You can also watch them on the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel.
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Launching this August, Sky Sports+ will be transformational in the amount of choice sports fans will have access to via live streams on Sky TV, streaming service NOW and the improved Sky Sports App on mobile.
With more coverage than ever before from the EFL, both tennis Tours and men’s Super League, Sky Sports customers can enjoy more than 50% more live sport this year.
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