Premier League fixtures: 15 key dates for your diary

With the start of the new Premier League season less than two months away, the fixture list for the 2015/16 campaign has been released – and champions Chelsea will be entertaining Swansea on the opening day, while Slaven Bilic takes his West Ham side to Arsenal.

Manchester United kick off their season with a visit from Spurs, while Liverpool will get the chance to avenge their 6-1 humiliation at the hands of Stoke on the final day of last season with a visit to the Britannia Stadium.

Man City will begin their campaign at West Brom, and new boys Bournemouth welcome Aston Villa to the south coast.

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The final day of the season does not throw up any clashes between the big guns, but title hopefuls Arsenal, Chelsea and Man United are all at home, against Aston Villa, Leicester and Bournemouth respectively. Man City are away at Swansea, while Liverpool travel to West Brom.

Here are some other key dates for your diary:

Manchester City v Chelsea: 15 August. The reigning Premier League champions visit the team who won the title before them on the second weekend of the season.

Arsenal v Liverpool: 22 August. A fixture neither side can afford to lose in the early stages of the campaign and the first high-profile clash for two teams hoping to improve on last season.

Manchester United v Liverpool: 12 September. Possibly the biggest fixture of the season takes place at Old Trafford.

Aston Villa v West Brom; Chelsea v Arsenal: 19 September. The first major derbies of the season take place in the West Midlands and London, with two title contenders clashing in the capital.

Arsenal v Manchester United; Everton v Liverpool: 3 October. The Gunners welcome Man United to the Emirates, and the first Merseyside derby of the season takes place at Goodison Park.

Manchester United v Manchester City; Sunderland v Newcastle: 24 October. Two more massive derbies in Manchester and the North East.

Chelsea v Liverpool; Southampton v Bournemouth: 31 October. The Blues will hope to continue their dominance of Liverpool, while Bournemouth take part in their first top flight derby match at St Mary's.

Arsenal v Spurs: 7 November. The first north London derby of the season.

Bournemouth v Man Utd: 12 December. Bournemouth host one of the big five for the first time.

Man Utd v Chelsea; 28 December. The biggest fixture of the Christmas period sees Jose Mourinho take on Louis van Gaal.

Liverpool v Man Utd; 16 January. New year, old rivalry at Anfield.

Liverpool v Everton; Manchester United v Arsenal; 27 February. Another big weekend that could affect the title race as the 3 October fixtures are reversed.

Manchester United v Everton; 2 April. United will hope to be in contention for the title as they welcome their bogey-team to Old Trafford.

Chelsea v Tottenham; 30 April. Likely to be the Blues' last big test of the season.

Manchester City v Arsenal; 7 May. Could this clash on the penultimate weekend of the season have an impact on the title race?