Premier League fixtures ‘leaked’ day before release

We'll find out if they're genuine soon enough

The leak - posted to Twitter - appears to show the opening weekend of the Premier League season, which gets underway on Saturday August 12.

Three new sides will be competing in the top flight after Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton Town all secured promotion, replacing Leeds United, Leicester City and Southampton.

In the leak, defending champions Manchester City are in line to have a fairytale reunion with legendary captain Vincent Kompany as they travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley.

Luton meanwhile will be given no time to accustom to an 'easier' (yes, we know there are no easy games) and will apparently take on Liverpool, who will want to get back into the top four.

Manchester United will face a repeat of last year's opening day game, welcoming Brighton & Hove Albion to Old Trafford. They'll just be hoping that they don't lose this time around.

The standout game of the opening weekend would probably be Tottenham vs Newcastle United, both of which had contrasting seasons last year.

Here is the full list of the 'leaked' opening day of the season:

• Bournemouth vs West Ham
• Burnley vs Man City
• Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
• Everton vs Brentford
• Fulham vs Arsenal 
• Luton vs Liverpool
• Man United vs Brighton
• Sheffield United vs Aston Villa
• Tottenham vs Newcastle
• Wolves vs Nottingham Forest

It's worth telling you all that you shouldn't take this as gospel. Every year, the fixtures are supposedly 'leaked', they are usually 99 per cent wrong. But, time will tell.

Whether there is any truth to these leaks or not will be confirmed soon, as the full Premier League fixture list is set to be announced at 9am on Thursday, June 15.

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