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Premier League: Who has your team played most often on the opening day?

The game which has been played most often on the opening day in Premier League history has been between Tottenham and Newcastle.

They've met on four occasions on matchday one, with the last three meetings all coming in the last 10 years.

Spurs have actually had to travel to the north east for their opening match in five of the last 15 seasons.

Tottenham vs Manchester City is another common day-one encounter - that's occurred three times in City's 25 Premier League seasons or, to put it another way, 12% of them.

Newcastle have actually played another London club on the opening day in each of the last two seasons, namely West Ham.

The original 'Big Five' - Manchester United, Liverpool, Everton, Arsenal and Tottenham - were the clubs largely responsible for the formation of the Premier League and they, along with Chelsea, have all now completed 30 seasons in it.

Arsenal vs Everton, Manchester United vs Everton and Tottenham vs Everton have all been played (at one of the two venues) three times on day one.

Tottenham vs Manchester City was a pretty big game on matchday one last season but not as key as one which occurred in 2004/05.

Jose Mourinho's very first Premier League game was at home to Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United - the Blues won 1-0 thanks to Eidur Gudjohnsen's goal to set the tone for a dominant campaign.

Will we see Liverpool vs Manchester City first up? Clearly that's unlikely given the 19/1 chance of them being pitted together but neither is it a fixture the Premier League really want on matchday one.

David Beckham's goal from the halfway line against Wimbledon came on the opening day of the 1996/97 season. Manchester United won 3-0.

The previous season, United were dismantled 3-1 at Aston Villa - a game

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