Chelsea fixtures: the big games from Blues' calendar this season
It's a confusing moment today for Chelsea fans, who have turned their attention to the Club World Cup, only to this morning get the Premier League fixtures for next season announced.
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As always, the most fun games to look at are the opening game, the closing game, and the Christmas games.
The opener
Chelsea group shot after Cole Palmer's opening goal. (Photo by Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC)
Usually the opening game is a big deal because you get to see all your shiny new transfer toys in action for the first time. The magic has been spoiled a little by the setup of this summer – we've already seen Liam Delap and Dario Essugo in the CWC. But there will be more exciting additions to look out for by the time we face Crystal Palace on Sunday 17th August. That won't be easy, but at least it's not Liverpool or Man City as we've had the last two years.
Festive fun
Last year we had a tough Christmas run, where things really started to fall apart for a while, and we're hoping that this time things will be a little kinder. If you want to buy tickets, now is the time to do it.
The closer
Last season was a perfect example of a season ending game which wouldn't have attracted any attention whatsoever at the time it was announced, which ended up being the biggest game of all.
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Nobody would have predicted that we would have been playing off with Nottingham Forest for Champions League football on the final day, but there we were. Seasons very rarely have so much on the line down to the final game, but if the league is as competitive as it was last season, maybe it will happen more regularly.
This time we've got Sunderland away – it's very hard to know how they'll be getting on, but the bookies would say they're odds on to already be relegated by then.
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