Opening games will be played on 17th August 2013, as below:
Arsenal v Aston Villa
Chelsea v Hull
Crystal Palace v Tottenham
Liverpool v Stoke
Man City v Newcastle
Norwich v Everton
Sunderland v Fulham
Swansea v Man Utd
West Brom v Southampton
West Ham v Cardiff
David Moyes begins his reign as Manchester United manager at Swansea, Jose Mourinho's second spell at Chelsea will be a home fixture against newly promoted.
Manuel
Pellegrini's first game in charge of Manchester City is against Newcastle at
the Etihad Stadium.
Prior to the EPL kick off, Manchester play Wigan on 11th August in the Community Shield.
After the game at Swansea, Moyes'
United host Chelsea at Old Trafford before the former Everton manager returns
to Merseyside to face Liverpool the following weekend.
City
host United in the first Manchester derby of the season on the weekend of 22
September and they travel to Old Trafford for the return game on the weekend of
21 March.
On Boxing Day, Manchester United head
to Hull, Chelsea host Swansea, and Manchester City face Liverpool at the Etihad
Stadium.
On
New Year's Day, Manchester United host Tottenham at Old Trafford, Arsenal
entertains Cardiff while Pellegrini's City travel to Swansea and Chelsea visit
Southampton.
The
season ends on 11 May, with Southampton playing host to Manchester United,
Chelsea at Cardiff and Arsenal at Norwich and Manchester City host West Ham.
In
Scotland, Victor Mugubi Wanyama’s Celtic begin their defense of the SPL title
with a home game against Ross County.
Wanyama
is on various clubs watch-list as the most sought-after defensive midfielder in
Europe. Arsenal, Manchester’s City and United, Aston Villa and Juventus have
all been linked with a move for the Kenyan international.