Chelsea are set to kick off their 2020-21 Premier League season with an away trip to Brighton & Hove Albion on 14 September 2020.

Five days later, Frank Lampard’s side’s first home fixture of the season has them welcoming reigning champions Liverpool to Stamford Bridge.

Other standout fixtures include a Boxing Day trip to Arsenal, with a home fixture against Manchester City following shortly afterwards on 2 January.

The Liverpool fixture aside, Chelsea may be expecting a relatively gentle start to the season with games against West Brom, Crystal Palace and Southampton completing their first five fixtures, though a trip to Manchester United on 24 October follows immediately after.

The Blues brought in more firepower in the form of Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner over the summer as they seek to mount a challenge for the title in 2020-21, though it will still be a mammoth task.

Should Chelsea have something on the line at the end of the season, their final fixtures should prove a test. In their last five games they take on Fulham, Man City, Arsenal and Leicester before a trip to Aston Villa on the final day.

Lampard will lock horns with Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds for the first time in the Premier League in a home fixture on 5 December.

The action is set to start on Saturday, 12 September with plenty of curveballs bound to go Lampard’s way before matters conclude next May.

Chelsea Premier League 2020-21 fixtures:

September

14: Brighton (a)

19: Liverpool (h)

26: West Brom (a)

October

3: Crystal Palace (h)

17: Southampton (h)

24: Manchester United (a)

31: Burnley (a)

November

7: Sheffield United (h)

21: Newcastle (a)

28: Tottenham (h)

December

5: Leeds (h)

12: Everton (a)

15: Wolves (a)

19: West Ham (h)

26: Arsenal (a)

28: Aston Villa (h)

January

2: Manchester City (h)

12: Leicester (a)

16: Fulham (a)

27: Wolves (h)

30: Burnley (h)

February

3: Tottenham (a)

6: Sheffield United (a)

13: Newcastle (h)

20: Southampton (a)

27: Manchester United (h)

March

6: Everton (h)

13: Leeds (a)

20: Liverpool (a)

April

3: West Brom (h)

10: Crystal Palace (a)

17: Brighton (h)

24: West Ham (a)

May

1: Fulham (h)

8: Manchester City (a)

12: Arsenal (h)

15: Leicester (h)

23: Aston Villa (a)