Leeds United’s Premier League fixtures revealed ahead of top flight return

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Daniel Wales discusses how Leeds United will view their upcoming Premier League fixtures.

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00:00Now for Leeds United and the Premier League fixture announcements,

00:04there's plenty to go on now.

00:07Kicking off with the first Monday Night Football of the season

00:11means all eyes are on them.

00:13That's one thing it certainly means.

00:15Hosting Everton at home, Everton, an incredible away record

00:18under David Moyes at the back end of the season as well.

00:22So that's an ideal chance to secure an early win for both sides, really.

00:26So I think it could be a really, really good test.

00:30So let's go through each of the bigger fixtures, you know,

00:34the run-ins, the sort of opener, the maybe key matches as well.

00:40Obviously Leeds back in the Premier League.

00:42Dan, our Leeds correspondent.

00:44Dan, just a short thoughts on some of these fixtures now.

00:47Obviously the first Monday Night Football of the season,

00:50Leeds are on there at home.

00:52A massive chance for Daniel Farker's side to show what they're all about.

00:56They have some tough runs.

00:57Obviously then, following that, they go to the Emirates.

01:01Very, very tough place to go.

01:02And then they host Newcastle.

01:04Then things get a little bit easier with Fulham Wolves.

01:06Bournemouth maybe need to pick up some points there.

01:09But certainly no easy games at all in this league season for Leeds United.

01:15You know, how will Farker's pre-season set them up for these games?

01:19What are your reactions?

01:20What are Leeds fans' reactions to these fixtures?

01:23Because, you know, it sort of becomes a little equation where the more you look at the fixtures,

01:28the harder they get and the harder it is to find those wins.

01:31So how can you see it going?

01:34And what are your thoughts ahead of this new season for Leeds United?

01:36Well, Charles, Leeds United, they begin their Premier League campaign at home to Everton

01:42before a trip to face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium

01:45before they then welcome Newcastle United to Elland Road.

01:49And of course, Leeds United supporters will have been looking for those fixtures against Manchester United

01:53while they take place in January and April.

01:56And then Leeds finish the season away to West Ham at the London Stadium.

02:00Obviously, the old cliche is that, well, you play everyone twice in the season

02:05and so the order shouldn't really matter because everyone plays everyone twice.

02:09However, you can look at it the other way in the sense that, well, starts matter and finishes matter

02:14because, of course, that's what your momentum can be built on.

02:17And, of course, the result of the season, how the season ends, of course, comes down to how the teams play.

02:21But, of course, that's looking at it just on paper.

02:25You've got no idea how those teams might be playing at those times of the season,

02:28whether it be the start, whether it be the end.

02:30There's a lot to think about, a lot to contend with.

02:33So, whilst the fixtures can provide some sort of analysis on paper

02:37in terms of what looks easier and what looks harder,

02:40at the end of the day, it just comes down to how things go

02:43when it's actually played at the stadium itself.

02:46So, it's hard to sort of sum up exactly how Newcastle United supporters will be feeling

02:51at this stage with the fixtures now being released.

02:54Certainly at home to Everton, they'd like to think that that is a winnable fixture.

02:58At Elland Road on the opening day of the season.

03:00Of course, Everton, certainly last season didn't start very well,

03:04but they got better as things went on under David Moyes

03:06when he came back in to the club.

03:09So, it will be a tricky game, but certainly it's not a game

03:12in which they should be fearing.

03:13I think that's the main thing.

03:15Of course, Arsenal second, though, that's a tough fixture,

03:17no matter which way you look at it.

03:19Arsenal, of course, doing really well in the Champions League last year

03:22and in the Premier League too.

03:24Of course, not quite challenging Liverpool,

03:25but certainly doing well to finish in second place.

03:28And then, welcoming Newcastle United to Elland Road.

03:30Something of a northern rivalry there you could see.

03:35It will be a fiery and feisty atmosphere at Elland Road.

03:39Newcastle, of course, Cup winners, Champions League qualifiers,

03:43so they will provide a really stern test to Leeds United.

03:46Probably their biggest test, or their first biggest test of the season at home.

03:50Obviously, Arsenal will be the biggest one away from home to start with,

03:53but Newcastle is certainly a tough one

03:55in terms of their second home fixture of the campaign.

03:58And, obviously, finishing away at West Ham United.

04:01West Ham weren't great for large parts last season,

04:03so Leeds will probably look at that game and think,

04:05well, if we're needing something,

04:07it's a game where we perhaps could go and get something.

04:10But, of course, that's looking at things from last season.

04:12You don't know exactly how things will be this season

04:15because, of course, things can change,

04:16not only in the space of a couple of weeks of up,

04:18but in the space of about half an hour.

04:20So, it's perhaps a little bit futile

04:23trying to predict exactly what people think about these fixtures

04:26and whether they're hard, whether they're easy.

04:29It's hard to really say.

04:31Of course, in terms of what Leeds will look out for,

04:33the two games against Manchester United

04:35will be high on their agenda in January and April

04:38because, of course, the rivalry exists between those clubs.

04:41So, a lot to look forward to for Leeds,

04:42but perhaps a bit futile trying to predict.

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