They have been handed a tricky first match back in the Premier League, but Aston Villa travel to Tottenham Hotspur with a recent opening-weekend record that will fill them with optimism.
Villa have won each of their last three Premier League season openers, one of which was in north London, and will aim to extend that run in the first-ever Matchweek 1 fixture at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
For more on this and all the must-know stats for Matchweek 1, read on.
To check out the head-to-head records, click on the fixtures.
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This will be the first time that these teams have met since Jurgen Klopp’s side beat Norwich City 5-4 at Carrow Road in January 2016, when Adam Lallana netted an added-time winner.
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West Ham have won three of their last five home matches against reigning Premier League champions, losing two, although they did suffer a 4-0 home defeat in this fixture last season.
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Sheffield United have lost four of their last five opening league fixtures but are unbeaten in all three of their Premier League openers, winning twice.
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Southampton are aiming to win their opening match of a Premier League season for the first time since 2013/14, when they emerged 1-0 winners at West Bromwich Albion, while Burnley have only triumphed in one of their five MW1 matches in the Premier League, losing three.
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Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson has been directly involved in seven Premier League goals against Crystal Palace, with three goals and four assists. Only against Manchester United, with nine, has he had a hand in more.
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Watford have not lost their opening league match of a season since 2006/07. They have won six and drawn six of their last 12 opening league matches.
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Villa have won their last three opening Premier League fixtures, with all three of these coming away from home (Arsenal in 2013/14, Stoke City in 2014/15 and AFC Bournemouth in 2015/16).
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Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has scored four goals in his last four Premier League opening-weekend matches. Vardy has also scored 53 per cent of Leicester's PL goals under Brendan Rodgers (9/17).
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Arsenal have won 12 of their last 13 competitive fixtures against Newcastle but have suffered defeat in four of their last six opening-weekend matches. They lost 3-1 to Aston Villa in 2013/14, 2-0 to West Ham in 2015/16, 4-3 to Liverpool in 2016/17 and 2-0 to Manchester City last season; all of them home reverses.
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With Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Frank Lampard in the dugout, this will be the first-ever competitive meeting between Man Utd and Chelsea where both managers also previously played for their respective clubs.
