With covid-19 bringing the majority of sports to a dramatic halt we can now start to see the world adjust to a new way of living and the English Premier League and EFL have provided us with a behind closed doors start date to the 2020/21 season of Sept 12th 2020.
At the time of writing, we are only 3 days away from kick off and have some exciting games to look forward to.
The most notable of the games includes reigning champions Liverpool face Marcelo Bielsa’s newly promoted Leeds United, an all London derby with Arsenal playing Fulham and Frank Lampard’s new signings for Chelsea taking on Brighton.
Top Four Tiers – Match Day One Runs
- Liverpool & Wolves have not lost an opening league game for the last 7 seasons
- Everton have not lost an opening league game for the last 8 seasons
- Manchester City & Derby have not lost an opening league game for the last 11 seasons
- Port Vale have not lost an opening league game for the last 15 seasons.
Take from that what you will however the teams above seem to have a very strong record on the first league game of the season so may be a strong addition to your parlay.
You can see the EPL match schedule below.
| Matchweek | Date |
|---|---|
| Matchweek 1 | Saturday September 12 |
| Matchweek 2 | Saturday September 19 |
| Matchweek 3 | Saturday September 26 |
| Matchweek 4 | Saturday October 3 |
| Matchweek 5 | Saturday October 17 |
| Matchweek 6 | Saturday October 24 |
| Matchweek 7 | Saturday October 31 |
| Matchweek 8 | Saturday November 7 |
| Matchweek 9 | Saturday November 21 |
| Matchweek 10 | Saturday November 28 |
| Matchweek 11 | Saturday December 5 |
| Matchweek 12 | Saturday December 12 |
| Matchweek 13 | Wednesday December 16 |
| Matchweek 14 | Saturday December 19 |
| Matchweek 15 | Saturday December 26 |
| Matchweek 16 | Monday December 28 |
| Matchweek 17 | Saturday January 2 |
| Matchweek 18a | Wednesday January 13 |
| Matchweek 19 | Saturday January 16 |
| Matchweek 18b | Wednesday January 20 |
| Matchweek 20 | Saturday January 23 |
| Matchweek 21 | Saturday January 30 |
| Matchweek 22 | Wednesday February 3 |
| Matchweek 23 | Saturday February 6 |
| Matchweek 24 | Saturday February 13 |
| Matchweek 25 | Saturday February 20 |
| Matchweek 26 | Saturday February 27 |
| Matchweek 27 | Saturday March 6 |
| Matchweek 28 | Saturday March 13 |
| Matchweek 29 | Saturday March 20 |
| Matchweek 30 | Saturday April 3 |
| Matchweek 31 | Saturday April 10 |
| Matchweek 32 | Saturday April 17 |
| Matchweek 33 | Saturday April 24 |
| Matchweek 34 | Saturday May 1 |
| Matchweek 35 | Saturday May 8 |
| Matchweek 36 | Wednesday May 12 |
| Matchweek 37 | Saturday May 15 |
| Matchweek 38 | Sunday May 23 |
Moving on to the EFL Championship (Premier League B, as I like to call it) you can see the opening day fixtures below with Watford hosting Middlesbrough on the Friday night, newly promoted Wycombe Wanderers taking on last seasons high flyers Rotherham United and Gary Rowett’s Millwall welcoming a Stoke City side that flirted with relegation last season.
Friday, September 11
- Watford vs Middlesbrough
Saturday, September 12
- Birmingham City vs Brentford
- Wycombe Wanderers vs Rotherham United
- Barnsley vs Luton Town
- AFC Bournemouth vs Blackburn Rovers
- Bristol City vs Coventry City
- Cardiff City vs Sheffield Wednesday
- Derby County vs Reading
- Huddersfield Town vs Norwich City
- Millwall vs Stoke City
- Preston North End vs Swansea City
- Queens Park Rangers vs Nottingham Forest
There is 24 games throughout EFL division one and two to look at to boost your parlay however before doing so you may want to see the matchday one stat we have on the top four English Leagues:
