Wolves' 2024/25 Premier League fixtures released

Birmingham World reporter Charlie Haffenden reacts to Wolves’ official fixture list for the 2024/25 season.

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00:00Wolverhampton Wanderers' highly anticipated fixtures for the 2024-25 season have now been

00:07announced by the Premier League. It's a very tough start, I've got to say, away at Arsenal

00:12on the opening weekend on August 17th, a 3pm kick-off. They're not the typical Friday night,

00:18they're on a Saturday at 3pm, away from the TV limelight but definitely in the limelight

00:23in terms of the Premier League title challenge as Arsenal, of course, wanting to beat Manchester

00:27City this year, end the Citizens' streak, they don't want them making it five years in a row.

00:31Mikel Arteta's team, of course, immense disappointment last year of missing out

00:35with just a few games left to go and then the final day it went down to,

00:39missing out against Man City. They'll want to kick things off as best as possible so a very

00:43tough game for Wolves, arguably one of the toughest, if not the toughest game, to start the

00:48season, especially as it's away from home. The first home match isn't too easy either, Enzo

00:53Maresco's Chelsea will head to Molineux, the new manager will want to kick off the new era at

00:58Stamford Bridge very well on the opening weekend and then, of course, his first away game will be

01:02against Wolves, not going to be an easy one either. Boxing Day, another tough game actually, quite a

01:08theme going on here. Manchester United at home, I think Wolves will fancy this one a little bit more

01:13than the other two I've mentioned. Man Utd, of course, not being the best over the last few years,

01:17finishing eighth last season. They will want to bounce back though, we'll see a bit closer to the

01:22time how they're faring and how tough that game might well be on Boxing Day. The final game of the

01:27season, a lot more of an easier prospect. Brentford at home, a team last season that kind of fell apart

01:33under Thomas Frank, expected to lose Ivan Toni in the summer, potentially a few other key players as

01:38well. I think they might be in relegation reckoning, probably just above that, but it's a game that

01:43Wolves will fancy winning on the final day and around that period they also have to play Crystal

01:48Palace and Brighton and Hove Albion, so not too bad actually of a run-in. You do have to play Man City

01:53and Man United in the final six games, but the final three being Brighton, Palace and Brentford

01:58isn't too bad at all.