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Aston Villa fixtures: Sky Bet Championship 2016/17

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Image: Aston Villa face Sheffield Wednesday on the opening day

Aston Villa will kick off their 2016/17 Sky Bet Championship season with a trip to Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday, August 7, live on Sky Sports.

Roberto Di Matteo's side will then host Newcastle, also relegated from the Premier League, on September 24, before a trip to rivals Birmingham on October 29.

Villa finish 2016 with a home match against Leeds on December 31 and then travel to Cardiff on January 2.

They are at Newcastle on February 18 before hosting Birmingham in their third-to-last match of the season on April 22.

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New signing Tommy Elphick tells us what he thinks of Aston Villa's fixtures for the start of the season

Aston Villa Sky Bet Championship fixtures 2016/17:

August

7: Sheffield Wednesday (a)

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13: Rotherham United (h)

16: Huddersfield Town (h)

20: Derby County (a)

27: Bristol City (a)

September

10: Nottingham Forest (h)

13: Brentford (h)

17: Ipswich Town (a)

24: Newcastle United (h)

27: Barnsley (a)

October

1: Preston North End (a)

15: Wolverhampton (h)

18: Reading (a)

22: Fulham (h)

29: Birmingham City (a)

November

5: Blackburn Rovers (h)

19: Brighton (a)

26: Cardiff City (h)

December

03: Leeds United (a)

10: Wigan Athletic (h)

13: Norwich City (a)

17: Queens Park Rangers (a)

26: Burton Albion (h)

31: Leeds United (h)

January

2: Cardiff City (a)

14: Wolverhampton (a)

21: Preston North End (h)

28: Bristol City (h)

31: Brentford (a)

February

4: Nottingham Forest (a)

11: Ipswich Town (h)

14: Barnsley (h)

18: Newcastle United (a)

25: Derby County (h)

March

4: Rotherham United (a)

7: Huddersfield Town (a)

11: Sheffield Wednesday (h)

18: Wigan Athletic (a)

April

1: Norwich City (h)

4: Queens Park Rangers (h)

8: Burton Albion (a)

15: Reading (h)

17: Fulham (a)

22: Birmingham City (h)

29: Blackburn Rovers (a)

May

7: Brighton (h)

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