Premier League fixtures 2022/23: What chance your team is at home on the opening day?

This factor can, to some extent, explain the data in the table below which shows how often clubs have played their first match of a Premier League season at home.

While the data involving Brentford and Bournemouth clearly isn't a great sample size, it's notable that long-term members Arsenal, Everton, Chelsea and Manchester United have all played their first match on home turf at least 60% of the time.

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That helps explain why Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester City have all played considerably more away games on matchday one than they have home matches.

Aston Villa provide the contrast - they've played seven of their last eight away.

In terms of geography, you could forgive Spurs fans for already buying a train ticket to Newcastle - they've played at St James' Park in three of their last 10 opening games, while they've travelled to the north-east on matchday one in five of the last 15 years.