Summary

  • Diomande with acrobatic finish

  • Mahrez pen after foul by Huddlestone

  • Pen awarded 14 seconds after restart

  • Snodgrass strikes winner from 16 yards

  1. BREAKING TEAM NEWSpublished at 11:33 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Hull v Leicester (12:30 BST)

    The Foxes give a debut to striker Ahmed Musa, alongside Jamie Vardy.

    Full team news to come.

  2. Don't call him Alli, call him Delepublished at 11:24 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Everton v Tottenham (15:00 BST)

    Tottenham Hotspur

    Dele AlliImage source, Getty Images

    Take a look at the shirt, because you won't be seeing it anymore.

    Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has decided to change the name on the back of his shirt from Alli to Dele.

    Explaining the decision, he said:, external "I wanted a name on my shirt that represented who I am and I feel I have no connection with the Alli surname."

    Any Spurs fans buy 'Alli 20' for this season? Don't worry, the England international has offered to compensate those who have.

    Nice lad.

  3. Get Involvedpublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    #bbcfootball or 81111 (UK only)

    Send in your suggestions for the following: 

    1. Champions 

     2. Player of the season

     3. Team to watch 

     4. First sacking 

    Neil Jones: Spurs, Lingard, Everton. Ranieri

    Ethan Rogers: Man United,  Kane, Middlesborough,  Mike Phelan

    Ben Roberts: Chelsea, Riyad Mahrez, Middlesbrough, Tony Pulis

    You can send them in on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.  

  4. Does size matter?published at 11:14 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    BBC iWonder

    Try convincing Diego Maradona (5ft 5in).

    Clearly it’s not always true that bigger is better. In football particularly, it really does take all sorts. 

    Think Marouane Fellaini and Mathieu Valbuena in midfield. Remember that photo from a while back? Disclaimer: Valbuena is leaning back...

    Fellaini and ValbuenaImage source, Reuters

    Our colleagues at BBC iWonder have put together this brilliant interactive guide where you can compare your own body type against the top flight's finest. 

    Were you born to be a Premier League striker?

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    #bbcfootball or 81111 (UK only)

    Send in your suggestions for the following: 

    1. Champions 

    2. Player of the season 

    3. Team to watch

    4. First sacking 

    Ethan Croft: 1. Man city 2. Sergio aguero (finally) 3. Liverpool (good playing style) 4. Pochettino ( expectations will be too high)

    Christopher Watitwa: Man Utd Anthony Martial Everton Karanka(Middlesbrough)

    Dolbz: Champions: Man City Player of the Season: Pogba Team to Watch: Middlesbrough First Sacking: Guidolin

    You can send them in on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.

  6. New season, new facespublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Marten de Roon, Atalanta to Middlesbrough

    De RoonImage source, Getty Images

    Age: 25 Cost: £12m (reported) Position: Midfielder

    Career so far: Has spent most of his career in the Netherlands, with Sparta Rotterdam and Heerenveen. Joined Atalanta for a reported £1m last summer and leaves after one goal in 36 Serie A appearances.

    What type of player is he? A defensive midfielder who loves a tackle - illustrated by nine bookings last season. He was top of Serie A's rankings for tackles - and second for interceptions - last season. Don't expect many goals, he's only ever notched 11.

    Will he cut it in the Premier League? This type of disciplined, defensive midfielder often shines in the Premier League, so he could be key for Boro - but there is a long list of Serie A players who never adapted to English football.

    In his own words: "On the pitch, something clicks and I become a different person. I enjoy standing on someone's toes every now and then or whispering in someone's ear if they do something wrong or miss a chance," he said in a Youtube video, external this year.

  7. Get Involvedpublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    #bbcfootball or 81111 (UK only)

    Send in your suggestions for the following: 

    1. Champions 

    2. Player of the season 

    3. Team to watch

    4. First sacking 

    Tom Holmes: Man City, Aguero, Liverpool, Moyes

    Jacob Taylor: Chelsea, Leroy Sane, Crystal Palace, Walter Mazzarri

    Gavin Lloyd Branch: 1. Man City 2. De Bruyne 3. West Ham 4. David Moyes 

    You can send them in on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.  

  8. Opening fixturespublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Premier League

    Here is the opening round fixture list in full (all times BST):

    Saturday:

    Hull v Leicester (12:30)

    Burnley v Swansea (15:00)

    Crystal Palace v West Brom (15:00)

    Everton v Tottenham (15:00)

    Middlesbrough v Stoke (15:00)

    Southampton v Watford (15:00)

    Manchester City v Sunderland (17:30)

    Sunday:

    Bournemouth v Manchester United (13:30)

    Arsenal v Liverpool (16:00)

    Monday:

    Chelsea v West Ham (20:00)

  9. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    #bbcfootball or 81111 (UK only)

    Send in your suggestions for the following:

    1. Champions

    2. Player of the season

    3. Team to watch

    4. First sacking

     ☠ MÛFÇ  ☠: Champions: Man Utd Player of season: De Bruyne Team to watch: West Ham First Sacking: Walter Mazzari (Watford)

    Vegim Vula: Champions: Man City Player of season: Coutinho Team to watch: Arsenal First sacking: Swansea

    Len: Champions: Man City; Player of the season: Aguero; Team to watch: Chelsea; First sacking: Claude Puel

    You can send them in on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.  

  10. New season, new facespublished at 10:57 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Eric Bailly, Villarreal to Manchester United

    Eric BaillyImage source, Getty Images

    Age: 22 Cost: £30m Position: Defender

    Career so far: Began his professional career with Spanish club Espanyol before moving to Villarreal for a reported £4.8m in January 2015 as a replacement for Gabriel Paulista, who had joined Arsenal. Won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015 with Ivory Coast.

    What type of player is he? Aggressive, quick, strong, good in the air and with his feet, Bailly was sorely missed as Villarreal were beaten 3-0 away by Liverpool in last season's Europa League semi-final second leg.

    Will he cut it in the Premier League? All the signs suggest he will. Bailly caught the eye with some really strong displays against Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar and Karim Benzema as Villarreal finished fourth in La Liga last year.

    What has been said about him? United manager Jose Mourinho: "Eric is a young central defender with great natural talent. He has progressed well to date and has the potential to become one of the best around."

  11. Get Involvedpublished at 10:54 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    #bbcfootball or 81111 (UK only)

    Send in your suggestions for the following:

    1. Champions

    2. Player of the season

    3. Team to watch

    4. First sacking

    Scott Forrest: 1.Man Utd 2.Schweinsteiger 3.Leicester 4.Guardiola

    Nikhil Vaswani: 1. Man Utd 2. Ozil 3. Mane 4. Aitor Karanka

    Shuvam Sinha: 1 Man City 2. Luke Shaw 3. Boro 4. Mazzarri

    You can send them in on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.  

  12. 'I wish we could go back!'published at 10:52 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    BBC World Service

    Anyone been watching the Olympics....let's wind back time a little.

    It began with one of the top, top national anthems - and an Argentina goal.

    But it was Nigeria who would go on to claim a dramatic victory - and the gold medal - at the Olympic Games of 1996 in Atlanta, United States. 

    This clip of Taribo West and Claudio Lopez swapping memories of the match is well worth a listen.

    Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Hernan Crespo...

    And for the latest on the football at Rio, head over here.

    Nigeria celebrate 1996 Olympic goldImage source, Getty Images
  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    #bbcfootball or 81111 (UK only)

    Send in your suggestions for the following:

    1. Champions

    2. Player of the season

    3. Team to watch

    4. First sacking

    cain seery: 1.Arsenal 2.Ozil 3.Middlesbrough 4.David Moyes

    Robert Hobbs: 1 Man City 2 Hazard 3 Crystal Palace 4 Guidolin - Swansea

    Jonny Wright: 1. Manchester United. 2. De Bruyne. 3. Everton. 4. Mike Phelan

    You can send them in on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.  

  14. New season: Everything you need to knowpublished at 10:46 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Premier League

    Southampton managerImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Hey, nice jumper. Which new Premier League manager is this?

    New managers, the return of some old faces, Friday night lights and what £15m gets you nowadays.

    Head here to read everything you need to know about the new Premier League season.

  15. Vote: Where will Leicester finish?published at 10:40 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Leicester supportersImage source, Getty Images

    Leicester are the Premier League champions. They won the title by 10 points last season and lost only three matches, half as many as the next hardest-to-beat team, Tottenham.

    But they are around seventh favourites with the bookies, while our pundits have them down to finish seventh as well.

    So how will they do this time around? Vote now at the top of this page. The vote will close at 12:30 BST and terms and conditions can be found here.

  16. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    #bbcfootball or 81111 (UK only)

    Alvaro NegredoImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    With 'The Beast' Alvaro Negredo up front, Middlesbrough are my team to watch this season

    Nothing can be decided on the first day of the season, but it can go a long way to defining how the other 37 games may go.

    So, send in your suggestions for the following:

    1. Champions

    2. Player of the season

    3. Team to watch

    4. First sacking

    You can send them in on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.

  17. Make your predictionspublished at 10:32 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Predictor

    How did you get on last season? Got a reputation to protect? Or maybe you're new to the game and keen to impress?  

    The Premier League predictor is back and it's bigger and better than ever.  

    Now you can create personalised leagues to play against friends, family and colleagues. It's free, easy and a whole lot of fun.

    Head over here to get yourself set up.

  18. Get Involvedpublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    #bbcfootball

    Tell us about your worst starts to a new season - and we don't mean the scoreline. Car break down on the way? Argument with the other half? Or a fridge disaster.....  

    And live as we speak......worry for players and fans of Lowestoft Town en route to their first game of the season at Bognor Regis Town in the Ryman League Premier Division

  19. How much?!published at 10:25 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Would you rather have... 

    A mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens...

    Keninsgton Palace Gardens houseImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Essentially just a lot of hoovering

    ...Five Textron Scorpion jet fighters...

    Textron Scorpion jet fightersImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Missiles sold separately

    Or 15 Grant Hanleys?

    Grant HanleyImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Have it

    There's always secret option number four.

    Paul Pogba's transfer to Manchester United from Juventus was for a world record £89,000,000.

    Head over here for a game of higher or lower to see what else compares to the gigantic fee...

    Paul PogbaImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    How much for the bag Paul?