Guardian sport @guardian_sport Premier League fixtures: Man Utd away and Man City at home on weekends after five out of six CL matches
Toughest stretch for Arsenal, Dec 29- Newcastle Jan 12- Man City Jan 19- Chelsea Jan 29- Liverpool with a match against Southampton and FA Cup mixed in
Liverpool open up with an away match for the 7th times in 9 years. First three home matches are Manchester City, Arsenal, and Manchester United with Sunderland away between Arsenal and united. Then in January we get United, Arsenal and City away with Norwich home sprinkled between united and Arsenal. ouch
Ahh yes, United has a CL match day October 23 or 24th, then Chelsea on the 27th and Arsenal on November 3rd. Sounds like fun.... I guess the EPL was obsessed with United playing Chelsea and Arsenal back to back because the 2nd legs occur on April 27th and May 4th as well.
We have ManCity/Chelsea back-to-back twice... other than that, no consecutive matches against Top 6 clubs from last year. How did Stoke garner favored child status?