Wednesday 15 June 2016 11:25, UK
Manchester City are the shortest-priced favourites on the Premier League's opening-day coupon following the release of the 2016/17 fixtures.
Pep Guardiola's new side open at home to Sunderland and the title favourites are just 30/100 with Sky Bet to get their campaign off to a winning start.
Sunderland are the biggest price on the coupon - they are 8/1 to win at the Etihad on August 13.
City, who go on to face Stoke (a) and West Ham (h) before the end of August, are 15/8 to win their first three games. They won their first five last season.
Manchester United, Chelsea, Southampton and champions Leicester are also odds-on to start the season with a three-point haul.
United, under new boss Jose Mourinho, are 4/6 to win at Bournemouth, while Chelsea, who now have Antonio Conte at the helm, are 7/10 to win at home to West Ham.
Southampton, currently without a manager following Ronald Koeman's defection to Everton, host Watford and are 3/4 for victory, while Leicester start at newly-promoted Hull and can be backed at 4/5 to win the game.
Arguably the pick of the opening round of games is Arsenal v Liverpool, both of whom will start the season confident of producing a title challenge. The Gunners have been chalked up as even-money shots with Liverpool 12/5 and the draw 9/4.
Everton v Tottenham is another attractive fixture. Spurs, who finished the 2015/16 season poorly, are 6/5 and Everton, expected to spend big this summer, 21/10.
Guardiola's City are clear favourites for the title at 7/4 with United, whose odds have tumbled since Louis van Gaal was replaced by Mourinho, next at 4/1.
Chelsea are 5/1 shots with last season's runners-up Arsenal at 6/1. It's then Tottenham (7/1) and Liverpool (15/2) in what is the tightest ante-post outright market in Premier League history.
Leicester, famously sent off at 5,000/1 last August, are 33/1 to retain their crown.
In the top-four betting, City (2/9), City (4/7), Arsenal (8/13) and Chelsea (4/6) are all odds-on with Tottenham regarded as most likely to upset the odds. They are 11/10 with Liverpool at 6/4 and Leicester 11/2.
The relegation market makes the promoted trio of Hull, Burnley and Middlesbrough the favourites to go straight back down.
Both Hull and Burnley are odds-on at 10/11 but Boro are odds-against at 5/4.
Watford come next at 9/4 with West Brom at 5/2. Champions Leicester are 22/1 - a shorter price than they are to retain their title - with Southampton three points bigger at 25s.
