Saints 2021/21 Fixtures Are out Now
It's the day all football fans look forward to from the moment the previous season ends, that moment when you find out just who when and where your team will be playing the following season and for Southampton and all fans of Premier league clubs, that day is today.
This is the 10th opening day in the Premier League since our return to the top flight in 2012, of the previous 9 we have won just once and that was 8 years ago when we beat West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns with a last minute Rickie Lambert penalty, can we get three points this season in the first fixture, the last 9 years and indeed the last 30 if we go back further suggest not.
Saints fixtures for the 2021/22 season are as follows:
Aug 14 Everton (a)
Aug 21 Manchester United (h)
Aug 28 Newcastle United (a)
Sep 11 West Ham United (h)
Sep 18 Manchester City (a)
Sep 25 Wolverhampton Wanderers (h)
Oct 2 Chelsea (a)
Oct 16 Leeds United (h)
Oct 23 Burnley (h)
Oct 30 Watford (a)
Nov 6 Aston Villa (h)
Nov 20 Norwich City (a)
Nov 27 Liverpool (a)
Dec 1 Leicester City (h)
Dec 4 Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
Dec 11 Arsenal (a)
Dec 14 Crystal Palace (a)
Dec 18 Brentford (h)
Dec 26 West Ham United (a)
Dec 28 Tottenham Hotspur (h)
Jan 1 Newcastle United (h)
Jan 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers (a)
Jan 22 Manchester City (h)
Feb 9 Tottenham Hotspur (a)
Feb 12 Manchester United (a)
Feb 19 Everton (h)
Feb 26 Norwich City (h)
Mar 5 Aston Villa (a)
Mar 12 Watford (h)
Mar 19 Burnley (a)
Apr 2 Leeds United (a)
Apr 9 Chelsea (h)
Apr 16 Arsenal (h)
Apr 23 Brighton & Hove Albion (a)
Apr 30 Crystal Palace (h)
May 7 Brentford (a)
May 15 Liverpool (h)
May 22 Leicester City (a)
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