Matter of stats | Our opening day record in the Premier League | OneFootball

We defend a record of one defeat in our last eight matches on opening weekend in the Premier League as we prepare to kick-off our 2024/25 campaign against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium this evening (8pm UK).

Tonight will be our 33rd opening day fixture of the Premier League era, which began in 1992/93 - our first match in the new competition was a goalless draw at Southampton on 15 August, 1992.

We were unbeaten in the first five opening days of the Premier League - 1992/93 to 1996/97. Our first opening day loss was against Manchester United at the Lane on 10 August, 1997.

Interestingly, we've played 22 of our 32 opening-day fixtures in the Premier League away from home - tonight will be 23 of 33

Here's our opening day record...

1992/93 - 15 Aug - Southampton A 0-01993/94 - 14 Aug - Newcastle A 1-0 (Sheringham)1994/95 - 20 Aug - Sheffield Wed A 4-3 (Sheringham, Anderton, Barmby, Klinsmann)1995/96 - 19 Aug - City A 1-1 (Sheringham)1996/97 - 17 Aug - Blackburn A 2-0 (Armstrong 2)1997/98 - 10 Aug - United A 0-21998/99 - 15 Aug - Wimbledon A 1-3 (Fox)1999/00 - 7 Aug - West Ham A 0-12000/01 - 19 Aug - Ipswich H 3-1 (Anderton, Carr, Ferdinand)2001/02 - 18 Aug - Villa H 0-02002/03 - 17 Aug - Everton A 2-2 (Etherington, Ferdinand)2003/04 - 16 Aug - Birmingham A 0-12004/05 - 14 Aug - Liverpool H 1-1 (Defoe)2005/06 - 13 Aug - Pompey A 2-1 (Griffin OG, Defoe)2006/07 - 19 Aug - Bolton A 0-22007/08 - 11 Aug - Sunderland A 0-12008/09 - 16 Aug - Middlesbrough A 1-2 (Huth OG)2009/10 - 16 Aug - Liverpool 2-1 H (Assou-Ekotto, Bassong)2010/11 - 14 Aug - City H 0-02011/12 - 22 Aug - United A 0-32012/13 - 18 Aug - Newcastle A 1-2 (Defoe)2013/14 - 18 Aug - Palace A 1-0 (Soldado)2014/15 - 16 Aug - West Ham A 1-0 (Dier)2015/16 - 8 Aug - United A 0-12016/17 - 13 Aug - Everton A 1-1 (Lamela)2017/18 - 12 Aug - Newcastle A 2-0 (Dele, Davies)2018/19 - 11 Aug - Newcastle A 2-1 (Vertonghen, Dele)2019/20 - 10 Aug - Villa H 3-1 (Kane 2, Ndombele)2020/21 - 13 Sep - Everton H 0-12021/22 - 15 Aug - City H 1-0 (Son)2022/23 - 6 Aug - Southampton H 4-1 (Sessegnon, Dier, OG, Kulusevski)2023/24 - 13 Aug - Brentford A 2-2 (Romero, Royal)

First up last time around...