Led by winger Sadio Mane, Southampton will make an appearance in European football this season and looks to make a move into the top-four in 2015-2016. (Getty)
Southampton has become a force to be reckoned with in the past two seasons, finishing eighth in 2013-2014 and seventh in 2014-2015, and will be a part of European football for the first time since 2003-2004. The Saints had an amazing start to the season, as high as fourth in the table at the beginning of 2015, but a weak second half led to a drop in the table to seventh. Southampton will also have a tougher time in 2015-2016, as defender Nathaniel Clyne left for Liverpool and midfielder Morgan Scherdlin may be headed to Manchester United. Those that look to dismiss Southampton are foolish, as they have made wise transfers like those of Dusan Tadic, Sadio Mane, and Graziano Pelle, have one of the best youth academies in Europe, and added young talents Juanmi and Cedric Soares this offseason.
Southampton has a relatively easy start to the season, playing Manchester United in the sixth weekend and traveling to Chelsea in the eighth weekend, but also have back-to-back matchups with Premier League newcomers Watford and Norwich and bottom of the table from 2014-2015 Newcastle United and Leicester City. Southampton does have a rough ending to the season, as they finish with three top ten teams from 2014-2015, although their games against Manchester City and Crystal Palace are at home.
Read below for the EPL schedule for Southampton (subject to change with Europa League or English Cup fixtures):
August 9, 2015: at Newcastle United
August 15, 2015: Everton
August 23, 2015: at Watford
August 30, 2015: Norwich
September 12, 2015: at West Bromwich Albion
September 20, 2015: Manchester United
September 26, 2015: Swansea City
October 3, 2015: at Chelsea
October 17, 2015: Leicester City
October 24, 2015: at Liverpool
October 31, 2015: Bournemouth
November 7, 2015: at Sunderland
November 21, 2015: Stoke City
November 28, 2015: at Manchester City
December 5, 2015: Aston Villa
December 12, 2015: at Crystal Palace
December 19, 2015: Tottenham Hotspur
December 26, 2015: Arsenal
December 28, 2015: at West Ham United
January 2, 2016: at Norwich City
January 13, 2016: Watford
January 16, 2016: West Bromwich Albion
January 23, 2016: at Manchester United
February 2, 2016: at Arsenal
February 6, 2016 : West Ham United
February 13, 2016: at Swansea
February 27, 2016: Chelsea
March 1, 2016: at Bournemouth
March 5, 2016: Sunderland
March 12, 2016: at Stoke
March 19, 2016 : Liverpool
April 2, 2016: at Leicester City
April 9, 2016 : Newcastle United
April 16, 2016: at Everton
April 23, 2016: at Aston Villa
April 30, 2016: Manchester City
May 7, 2016 : at Tottenham
May 15, 2016: Crystal Palace
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