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Arsenal will face former midfielder Patrick Vieira's Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on the opening weekend of the new Premier League season.

The Gunners will take on the Eagles on Friday August 5 at 8pm before then welcoming Leicester City to the Emirates Stadium the following weekend.

It is then a favourable run of fixtures as they face newly-promoted sides Fulham at home and Bournemouth away in the following week.

The north London derbies against Tottenham are pencilled in for Saturday October 1 at the Emirates and January, 14 away.

The first four fixtures on Arsenal's schedule are seen as favourable, which means they'll be hoping to get off to a strong start to the campaign.

The next block of games includes facing Aston Villa, a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United, a home game against Everton before a trip to Brentford where they started the campaign last time round on Saturday September 17.

After the first international break in September, it's a big one as they face Spurs at home, host Liverpool and then travel away to Leeds United.

The tricky run continues as they take on Premier League champions Manchester City after that on October 18. 

Not forgetting, Arsenal will face a busier fixture list this season being back in Europe, and it could mean they have to find a way to rotate the squad more frequently.