Southampton will begin the 2021/22 season with a trip to Everton on the opening weekend, as the Premier League fixtures are revealed.
Saints will travel to Goodison Park on Saturday 14th August, before a first home clash of the season the following weekend as Manchester United visit St Mary’s.
The opening month is rounded off with another trip north, this time to take on Steve Bruce’s Newcastle United, before September begins against West Ham United on the south coast.
Watford are the first newly promoted team in Ralph Hasenhüttl’s sights at the end of October, with Saints then returning from the November international break by meeting another new addition to the 2021/22 Premier League in Norwich, on Saturday 20th November.
The festivities start at home as Brentford – promoted to the Premier League for the first time – visit on Saturday 18th December, prior to a Boxing Day trip to London to line up against The Hammers.
A St Mary’s double-header follows as 2021 is closed out against Tottenham before the New Year commences against Newcastle.
There are further back-to-back fixtures in SO14 in February, taking on Everton and Norwich, and April, as Chelsea and Arsenal arrive to take on Hasenhüttl’s side.
With eight games in the final two months of the campaign, May begins with a first-ever visit to Brentford Community Stadium, before a home clash with Liverpool and a final day trip to Leicester on Saturday 22nd May.
The full 2021/22 fixture list 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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