Manchester United make Premier League history with another home start as 2024/25 fixtures announced

Manchester United will kick off the new Premier League season on Friday night.

Erik ten HagThe team will face Fulham in the opening match, but will have a difficult start.

It is the eighth consecutive season that they have been awarded a home game to start the campaign, the most in Premier League history.

They face Liverpool and Tottenham in their first six games of the campaign, when it will be vital for Ten Hag to get off to a quick start.

An FA Cup win may seem good to most, but Man United fans, accustomed to greater success, had to watch their team finish eighth last season, their worst finish in Premier League history.

Coach Erik ten Hag has a second chance and will be willing to repay the trust placed in him.

United's first game of the new season comes against their rivals city ​​of manchester in the Community Shield at Wembley on August 10.

And then they face Fulham in their first top-flight game, where they will be desperate to get off to a quick start.

The Old Trafford team has the best winning record of any Premier League team in their first games of a season.

In their 32 matches, they have won a staggering 21 times and lost just seven times.

Ten Hag may still have nightmares about his first game for United, with Brighton winning 2-1 at the Theater of Dreams in August 2022.

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manchester unitedThe first five Premier League games:

08/16/2024: manchester united – Fulham (8:00 p.m.)
08/24/2024: Brighton v manchester united
08/31/2024: manchester united against Liverpool
09/14/2024: Southampton v manchester united
09/21/2024: Crystal Palace v manchester united

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