Aston Villa will play their first game against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium on August 16th. On first glance? We don't have the most difficult first 3 games and our last 3 games aren't that bad either. It's the bit in the middle that could be tricky. The fixture computer has again grouped all our hardest games into daunting clusters.

Here is the full list of fixtures for the coming season:

Stoke (a) - Saturday 16 August 2014 - 15:00 Newcastle (h) - Saturday 23 August 2014 - 15:00 Hull (h) - Saturday 30 August 2014 - 15:00 Liverpool (a) - Saturday 13 September 2014 - 15:00 Arsenal (h) - Saturday 20 September 2014 - 15:00 Chelsea (a) - Saturday 27 September 2014 - 15:00 Man City (h) - Saturday 4 October 2014 - 15:00 Everton (a) - Saturday 18 October 2014 - 15:00 QPR (a) - Saturday 25 October 2014 - 15:00 Tottehnam (h) - Saturday 1 November 2014 - 15:00 West Ham (a) - Saturday 8 November 2014 - 15:00 Southampton (h) - Saturday 22 November 2014 - 15:00 Burnley (a) - Saturday 29 November 2014 - 15:00 Crystal Palace (a) - Tuesday 2 December 2014 - 20:00 Leicester (h) - Saturday 6 December 2014 - 15:00 West Brom (a) - Saturday 13 December 2014 - 15:00 Man United (h) - Saturday 20 December 2014 - 15:00 Swansea (a) - Friday 26 December 2014 - 15:00 Sunderland (h) - Sunday 28 December 2014 - 15:00 Crystal Palace (h) - Thursday 1 January 2015 - 15:00 Leicester (a) - Saturday 10 January 2015 - 15:00 Liverpool (h) - Saturday 17 January 2015 - 15:00 Arsenal (a) - Saturday 31 January 2015 - 15:00 Chelsea (h) - Saturday 7 February 2015 - 15:00 Hull (a) - Tuesday 10 February 2015 - 19:45 Stoke (h) - Saturday 21 February 2015 - 15:00 Newcastle (a) - Saturday 28 February 2015 - 15:00 West Brom (h) - Tuesday 3 March 2015 - 19:45 Sunderland (a) - Saturday 14 March 2015 - 15:00 Swansea (h) - Saturday 21 March 2015 - 15:00 Man Utd (a) - Saturday 4 April 2015 - 15:00 Spurs (a) - Saturday 11 April 2015 - 15:00 QPR (h) - Saturday 18 April 2015 - 15:00 Man City (a) - Saturday 25 April 2015 - 15:00 Everton (h) - Saturday 2 May 2015 - 15:00 West Ham (h) - Saturday 9 May 2015 - 15:00 Southampton (a) - Saturday 16 May 2015 - 15:00 Burnley (h) - Sunday 24 May 2015 - 15:00









Potential nightmares

We play 6 of last season's top 7 in the space of 7 games between 13th September and 1st November, with only a trip to QPR to numb the pain. Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City and Everton all in a row. Awesome. Likely without Benteke. That could get ugly.

January 17th to February 7th we play Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea in a row. AGAIN!

From 4th April to 2nd May we play 4 out of 5 games against last season's top 7, again QPR the only respite from Man United, Spurs, Man City and Everton (3 of them away from home).





When can we pick up points?

We must get off to a good start to avoid a very sticky situation by November.

From the start of November to the middle of January we have an opportunity to climb the table with a relatively comfortable festive fixture list.

A 6 game run from February to April against lower and mid table teams could give us a bit of momentum.

If we're in serious trouble towards the end of the season, our final two home games against West Ham and Burnley could provide a path to safety.



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