Chelsea's 2024/25 Premier League fixtures announced as new era under manager Enzo Maresca begins with tough clash against Man City
Enzo Maresca's first game at the helm of Chelsea will allow him to meet Pep Guardiola again.
The Blues will face Premier League champions Man City at Stamford Bridge on the opening weekend of the 2024/25 season, Sunday at 4.30pm, in a difficult start for their new manager.
For the third consecutive season, the Blues They begin their Premier League campaign with a new coach on the bench.
After finishing sixth in the table, Chelsea parted ways with Mauricio Pochettino and Maresca was subsequently recruited.
The Italian, who was Pep Guardiola's assistant coach at Manchester City, guided Leicester to the Championship title and allowed them to return to the top flight at the first moment of their request.
And he will face the Foxes on November 23 and it remains to be seen what reception he will receive from his former admirers.
However, Maresca will first turn his full attention to Chelsea's first Premier League game, as the west Londoners have a brilliant record in their opening games of a season.
Only Manchester United have achieved more than 20 wins in 32 games in the top flight since the inception of the Premier League in 1992.
In the last 32 years, they have lost only five times: the last at Old Trafford in 2019.
Chelsea's first five Premier League games of the 2024/25 season:
08/18/2024: Chelsea – Manchester City (4:30 p.m.)
08/24/2024: Wolverhampton v Chelsea
08/31/2024: Chelsea against the Crystal Palace
09/14/2024: AFC Bournemouth v Chelsea
09/21/2024: West Ham United v Chelsea
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Chelsea's complete Premier League schedule for the 2024/25 season
- Sun August 18 Manchester City (home)
- Saturday August 24 Wolverhampton Wanderers (away)
- Saturday August 31 Crystal Palace (Home)
- Saturday 14 September Bournemouth (away)
- Saturday, September 21 West Ham United (away)
- Saturday 28 September Brighton & Hove Albion (Home)
- Saturday 5th October Nottingham Forest (Home)
- Saturday October 19 Liverpool (away)
- Saturday October 26 Newcastle United (home)
- Saturday November 2 Manchester United (away)
- Saturday 9 November Arsenal (Home)
- Saturday, November 23: Leicester City (away)
- Saturday November 30 Aston Villa (Home)
- Wednesday December 4 Southampton (away)
- Saturday December 7 Tottenham Hotspur (away)
- Saturday 14th December Brentford (Home)
- Saturday December 21 Everton (away)
- Thursday December 26 Fulham (Home)
- Sun Dec 29 Ipswich Town (away)
- Saturday, January 4: Crystal Palace (away)
- Wednesday 15 January Bournemouth (Home)
- Saturday January 18 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Home)
- Saturday, January 25 Manchester City (away)
- Saturday February 1 West Ham United (home)
- Saturday 15 February Brighton & Hove Albion (away)
- Saturday, February 22: Aston Villa (away)
- Wednesday 26 February Southampton (Home)
- Saturday March 8 Leicester City (Home)
- Saturday March 15 Arsenal (away)
- Wednesday April 2 Tottenham Hotspur (Home)
- Saturday April 5 Brentford (away)
- Saturday April 12 Ipswich Town (Home)
- Saturday, April 19: Fulham (away)
- Saturday April 26 Everton (Home)
- Saturday 3rd May Liverpool (Home)
- Saturday May 10 Newcastle United (away)
- Sunday May 18 Manchester United (home)
- Sunday 25 May Nottingham Forest (away)