West Brom:

Nott Forest 1-2 West Brom
West Brom 1-1 Millwall
Luton 1-2 West Brom
West Brom 1-1 Reading
Derby 1-1 West Brom
West Brom 3-2 Blackburn

It was a somewhat patchy start – despite no defeats – but in the end Slaven Bilic’s side finished 2nd, securing automatic promotion to the top flight.

Leeds:

Bristol City 1-3 Leeds
Leeds 1-1 Nott Forest
Wigan 0-2 Leeds
Leeds 1-0 Brentford

Leeds 0-1 Swansea

Marcelo Bielsa’s team ultimately finished as champions.

The fixture lists for promoted Fulham, Leeds and West Brom will look very different to last season’s from the Championship.

Here’s how each started the previous campaign…

There were just two more draws, however: at Newcastle and home to Palace.

Like City’s only other draw of the season, those games ended 2-2.

There were eight more defeats for Pep Guardiola’s side before the Premier League had run its course.

Wolves (x2), Liverpool, Man United (x2), Tottenham, Chelsea and Southampton all beat City as they failed to retain their crown.

At the other end of the table were Norwich, who finished rock bottom.

Here’s how their season began:
Liverpool 4-1 Norwich

Burnley 2-0 Norwich

After that upset win over Man City, the Canaries won just three more times: away against Everton, then at home to Bournemouth and Leicester.

They lost every single game after the restart.

Liverpool in fact made it all the way to 29 February without losing a game.

In that entire run, they only drew once – 1-1 at rivals Manchester United in October – before being upset by (eventually relegated) Watford 3-0 on that day in February.

Thereafter, they lost twice more – at Man City and Arsenal – and drew twice more – at Everton and home to Burnley. All four results came after the Premier League’s restart in the spring.

Jurgen Klopp’s side were undefeated at Anfield in the league.

While the bigger clubs should, theoretically, not have to worry about the calibre of their opponents in the opening weeks as much as those teams mentally preparing for a relegation battle, it will still be interesting to see what sort of run Liverpool have in the opening weeks as they attempt to retain their Premier League title.

Here’s how the Reds started last season:
Liverpool 4-1 Norwich
Southampton 1-2 Liverpool
Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal
Burnley 0-3 Liverpool
Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle
Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool