Southampton will start their 2015/16 Premier League campaign at Newcastle, their longest away trip of the season.
However the match on Saturday 8th August could be re-scheduled, due to the Saints involvement in the 3rd Europa League qualifying round the same week.
Their first home game of the new season is against Everton, before successive matches against promoted clubs, Watford and Norwich.
They face local rivals Bournemouth at home on Halloween, which will be the first ever top flight meeting between the sides.
On Boxing Day, Saints play host to Arsenal who they beat 2-0 in last season’s clash at St. Mary’s.
With no New Year’s Day fixtures, Southampton’s first game of 2015 is away to Norwich.
They then finish the season with a home encounter against Crystal Palace.
Ronald Koeman will be looking to match or even better last season’s record high 7th placed finish, in his second season on the South Coast.
Here are the fixtures in full:
(Home games in bold)
AUGUST
8th: Newcastle (A)
15th: Everton (H)
22nd: Watford (A)
29th: Norwich (H)
SEPTEMBER
12th: West Brom (A)
19th: Manchester United (H)
26th: Swansea (H)
OCTOBER
3rd: Chelsea (A)
17th: Leicester (H)
24th: Liverpool (A)
31st: Bournemouth (H)
NOVEMBER
7th: Sunderland (A)
21st: Stoke (H)
28th: Manchester City (A)
DECEMBER
5th: Aston Villa (H)
12th: Crystal Palace (A)
19th: Tottenham (H)
26th: Arsenal (H)
28th: West Ham (A)
JANUARY
2nd: Norwich (A)
13th: Watford (H)
16th: West Brom (H)
23rd: Manchester United (A)
FEBRUARY
2nd: Arsenal (A)
6th: West Ham (H)
13th: Swansea (A)
27th: Chelsea (H)
MARCH
1st: Bournemouth (A)
5th: Sunderland (H)
12th: Stoke (A)
19th: Liverpool (H)
APRIL
2nd: Leicester (A)
9th: Newcastle (H)
16th: Everton (A)
23rd: Aston Villa (A)
30th: Manchester City (H)
MAY
7th: Tottenham (A)
15th: Crystal Palace (H)
(All fixtures and dates are subject to change due to TV schedules)
By Joseph Richardson
