The Premier League Schedule Trap: Can Fixtures Damage a Season Before It Starts?
Every Premier League club plays everyone twice, but does fixture order really make the competition fair? Inside how difficult starts can shape confidence, managers and entire seasons.
Every Premier League club plays the same 19 opponents twice. On paper, that sounds perfectly fair. In reality, when you play them can change everything.
Coventry City have waited 25 years to return to the Premier League.
Their reward?
A Friday-night trip to defending champions Arsenal.
Two matches later, they travel to Manchester City.
Bournemouth begin at the Etihad too, before facing Everton, Newcastle away, Brentford and Liverpool in their opening five matches.
Meanwhile, other clubs will look at their August schedules and quietl…
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