Wednesday 22 June 2016 11:56, UK
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.
Aston Villa Sky Bet Championship fixtures 2016/17:
August
7: Sheffield Wednesday (a)
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)
Sky Sports has exclusively live coverage of the Sky Bet EFL in 2016/17 including all the drama of the Sky Bet Play-Offs.
