Premier League fixtures 2020/21 season: Key Dates, Opening weekend, Boxing & Derbies day, stats.

Champions Liverpool will face Championship winners Leeds United in the standout opening weekend game of the 2020-21 Premier League season.

The opening round of fixtures will take place on the weekend of 12 September. However, Manchester City v Aston Villa and Burnley v Manchester United will be rearranged.

READ__> Premier League 2020-21: Full fixtures list: schedule dates for EVERY club.

Interesting Stats about the Upcoming 2020-21 Premier League season.

11 - This will be the 11th time Spurs and Everton have met on MD1 of a top-flight season – three times more than any other fixture in top-flight history.

6 - Liverpool have won six of their last seven games on the Premier League's opening day (D1), scoring 15 goals in their four under Jurgen Klopp (W3 D1).

5 - Fulham have lost each of their last five Premier League matches against Arsenal, conceding nine goals in their two defeats against the Gunners the last time they were in the top-flight in 2018/19 (1-5 home, 1-4 away).

2 - Chelsea have lost two of their last three season openers in the Premier League (W1), this after going 18 consecutive campaigns without defeat on the opening matchday between 1999-00 and 2016-17.

11 - Newcastle United have lost 11 Premier League games on matchday one, only opponents West Ham United have lost more such matches in the competition’s history (13).

When will the 2020-21 Premier league Starts, Key dates of the Season?

The Premier League season will start on the weekend of Saturday September 12. This means the new season will commence just six weeks after the 2019/20 campaign finished.

The final league seasonal fixtures will finish on Sunday May 23, 2021 which is 19 days before the rescheduled Euro 2020 gets underway & also - eight days after the FA Cup final.

The Champions League final is on 29 May, with the delayed Euro 2020 starting on 11 June.

Who are the newly Promoted Clubs in Premier League 2020-21 season.

Leeds, West Brom and Fulham take the places of Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich in the 2020/21 season.

Premier League 2020-21 opening weekend Fixtures, date.

September 12

Crystal Palace v Southampton

Fulham v Arsenal

Liverpool v Leeds United

Manchester City v Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur v Everton

West Bromwich Albion v Leicester City

West Ham United v Newcastle United

September 14

Brighton v Chelsea

Sheffield Utd v Wolves

Burnley v Manchester United (later date)

Manchester City v Aston Villa (later date)

Premier League 2020-21: Derby Day fixtures

The first big derby of the season will be on Merseyside when Everton v Liverpool takes place on 17 October.

Manchester derby

Manchester United v Manchester City - Dec 12

Manchester City v Manchester United - Mar 6

Merseyside derby

Everton v Liverpool - Oct 17

Liverpool v Everton - Feb 20

North West derby

Liverpool v Manchester United - Jan 16

Manchester United v Liverpool - May 5

North London derby

Tottenham v Arsenal - Dec 5

Arsenal v Tottenham - Mar 13

West London derby

Fulham v Chelsea - Jan 16

Chelsea v Fulham - May 1

Black Country derby

Wolves v West Brom - Jan 16

West Brom v Wolves - May 1

West Midlands derby

West Brom v Aston Villa - Dec 19

Aston Villa v West Brom - Apr 24

Pennines derby

Manchester United v Leeds United - Dec 19

Leeds United v Manchester United - Apr 24