Liverpool's opening Premier League fixture of the 2015-16 season sees them return to the Britannia Stadium 77 days after Stoke City inflicted a humiliating 6-1 defeat on the final day of last season.
Despite the manner of that defeat, arriving at the end of a pretty turgid season, Brendan Rodgers has survived the summer with his job. The Liverpool boss has signed seven new players and enters his fourth campaign in charge of the Reds knowing anything less than a top-four finish won't see him in charge for a fifth year.
Meanwhile, Stoke City have made some big signings of their own following a respectable ninth-place finish last season.