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Premier League opening day fixtures reversed: What's changed at your club?

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This season's opening day Premier League fixtures are reversed this weekend - but what's changed at your club since August?

We've looked at every starting line-up from the opening day and compared it to each club's predicted selection for this coming weekend.

Flip the cards below to see how things have changed...

MAN UTD

Wayne Rooney in action during the FA Cup Third Round match between Manchester United and Reading
Image: Wayne Rooney has only made eight league starts this season

United captain Wayne Rooney started the season in the centre of an attacking three behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic but has only made seven league starts since, while Marcos Rojo has become a regular this season at the expense of Luke Shaw.

BOURNEMOUTH

Josh King has emerged as Bournemouth's target man after Callum Wilson suffered another cruciate knee ligament injury, while Jordan Ibe has been stuck on the bench in recent weeks. Winger Ryan Fraser has become a regular starter since scoring against Swansea on New Year's Eve and Arsenal loanee Jack Wilshere is gaining valuable playing time at the Vitality Stadium since his loan switch.

SWANSEA

Swansea City's Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson applauds supporters after the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Swanse
Image: Swansea City's Gylfi Sigurdsson has been in form this season

Swansea talisman Gylfi Sigurdsson started the season on the bench under former boss Francesco Guidolin but has scored eight goals and assisted another nine since the opening day.

The Swans' league form has surged under new boss Paul Clement, with new signings Alfie Mawson and Tom Carroll making an impact in defence and midfield, respectively.

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BURNLEY

Burnley remain unchanged up front, in defence and in goal, but new signings Robbie Brady, Joey Barton and Jeff Hendrick appear to have displaced Scott Arfield, David Jones and Dean Marney in midfield.

LEICESTER

Claudio Ranieri was sacked by Leicester on Thursday
Image: Claudio Ranieri was sacked by Leicester last month

Interim Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare appears to have reinstated the old guard of Marc Albrighton and Shinji Okazaki, while January signing Wilfred Ndidi is favoured to fill the N'Golo Kante void over Andy King.

HULL CITY

Hull have experienced a renaissance since replacing manager Mike Phelan with Marco Silva - despite losing key players Robert Snodgrass and Jake Livermore.

January reinforcements Andrea Ranocchia, Lazar Markovic and Kamil Grosicki have hit the ground running at the KCOM, while Harry Maguire has established a regular stating place in central defence.

ARSENAL

Mustafi graphic
Image: Shkodran Mustafi has become Laurent Koscielny's regular centre-back partner

Arsenal kicked off the season with a defensive injury crisis, starting an emergency pairing of Rob Holding and Callum Chambers - who has since been loaned to Middlesbrough. But summer signing Shkodran Mustafi has since become Laurent Koscielny's regular centre-back partner.

LIVERPOOL

Liverpool's starting XI remains largely unchanged this season - unlike their scintillating form which came to an abrupt end in January. James Milner has established himself as a left-back, while Joel Matip has also impressed since his summer move.

CRYSTAL PALACE

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 04: Patrick van Aanholt of Crystal Palace in action during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Sunderland at Sel
Image: Patrick van Aanholt signed for Crystal Palace in January

Crystal Palace sacked Alan Pardew in December and former England boss Sam Allardyce took the helm at Selhurst Park, drafting defensive recruitments Luka Milivojevic, Mamadou Sakho and Patrick van Aanholt.

WEST BROM

The Saido Berahino transfer saga finally concluded in January with the 23-year-old making a £12m switch to Stoke. Tony Pulis has also added to his ranks, signing Matt Phillips, Allan Nyom, Jake Livermore and Nacer Chadli among others.

SOUTHAMPTON

Manolo Gabbiadini takes on Eric Bailly during the first-half of the EFL Cup Final at Wembley
Image: Manolo Gabbiadini has scored an incredible five goals from only three games

The Saints have successfully introduced a 4-2-3-1 formation with Oriol Romeu and Steven Davis protecting the back four. January signing Manolo Gabbiadini has scored a staggering five goals from three games since his move to St Mary's.

MIDDLESBROUGH

Middlesbrough have scored the fewest goals in the league this season with 19 and are expected to field a 4-3-3 formation against Stoke at the weekend to accommodate January signing Rudy Gestede, flanked by pacy Adama Traore and Gaston Ramirez.

STOKE CITY

Wilfried Bony made his Stoke debut against Tottenham
Image: Wilfried Bony has struggled to make an impact at Stoke

Lee Grant has made his loan move from Derby permanent after successfully filling in for injured 'keeper Jack Butland and Porto loanee Bruno Martins Indi has become a regular partner for Ryan Shawcross at centre-back.

Wilfried Bony's loan move from Manchester City has not been successful to date, having only played six minutes for the Potters since November - in contrast to summer signing Joe Allen, who has found unfamiliar goalscoring form this term.

EVERTON

Everton started the season with a 3-4-3 system, which became the catalyst formation for Chelsea's title charge this season.

Ronald Koeman has made several successful signings during his first season at Goodison Park, including Morgan Schneiderlin, Ashley Williams, Ademola Lookman, Idrissa Gueye and Yannick Bolasie. However, Bolasie has been sidelined with injury since December after initially forging a promising partnership with top scorer Romelu Lukaku.

TOTTENHAM

Victor Wanyama
Image: Victor Wanyama has formed a partnership with Mousa Dembele

Tottenham have also been experimenting with the 3-4-3 system and remain largely unchanged this season, with summer signing Victor Wanyama forming a resolute defensive midfield partnership with Mousa Dembele.

MAN CITY

Pep Guardiola's defensive signings have been under scrutiny this season, with 'keeper Claudio Bravo and defender John Stones criticised for costly errors.

However, Guardiola's attacking recruits - Leroy Sane, Nolito, Gabriel Jesus and Ilkay Gundogan - have all made impressive starts at the Etihad, despite the latter two suffering long-term injuries.

SUNDERLAND

Jordan Pickford of Sunderland
Image: The emergence of Jordan Pickford has been a positive for Sunderland this season

Sunderland are once again fighting for survival this season under new boss David Moyes and lost key player Patrick van Aanholt to Crystal Palace in January.

However, the emergence of 22-year-old 'keeper Jordan Pickford has produced at least one positive for the Black Cats.

CHELSEA

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte switched to a 3-4-3 formation against Hull in October and has only lost one league game since. Three of Conte's four major summer signings - N'Golo Kante, David Luiz and Marcos Alonso - have been integral to the Blues' title charge this season.

However, striker Michy Batshuayi has failed to start one league game since his £33m move to Stamford Bridge.

WEST HAM

STRATFORD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 01: Michail Antonio of West Ham United scores a goal which is later dissalowed for offside during the Premier League match be
Image: Michail Antonio is West Ham's top goalscorer so far this season with eight league goals

Michail Antonio started the season at right-back for West Ham and, 26 games later, the 26-year-old is the Hammers' top scorer with eight league goals.

Slaven Bilic has selected Darren Randolph over long-serving goalkeeper Adrian since November and has reinforced his squad with attacking options Robert Snodgrass and Andre Ayew, in addition to signing Manuel Lanzini on a permanent basis.

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