The English Premier League fixture list is out, and UEFA President, Aleksandr Ceferin, calls the clubs who make up the DNA of that thing, ‘mad’ during a talk delivered to Oxford University.

The machine that innumerable bastions of English Premier League (EPL) sides have blamed for the failure to win the thing has spat out the fixtures for the 2019/2020 season.

The sequel to the most exciting EPL season ever starts with the Champions League winners, Liverpool, hosting Championship winners, Norwich. The pair have met 16 times in the EPL, with Norwich failing to win any of the last twelve, losing ten. Those watching the action on Sky Sports (Fri 9 Aug) can expect a canary clipping.

The EPL Champions, Manchester City, are next up, visiting the London Stadium to face West Ham during the Saturday morning (10 Aug) kickoff, and you can watch the game live on BTSports. West Ham had a great first season under Manuel Pellegrini, finishing tenth, but City has battered them in their previous seven meetings.