Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur kick off the season in just one hour from now. The suspense is killing me.
But who will get out of the blocks quicker? Redknapp's more established and British-based team or Mancini's super-rich superstars?
Carlos Tevez (pictured) had an excellent campaign in 2009-10 and he will need to be at the top of his game to get anything out of Tottenham's defensive trio of Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson and Ledley King.
Elsewhere, there are plenty of intriguing opening ties.
Managerless Aston Villa's home match against a West Ham side under the direction of Avram Grant; Blackburn will look to continue their strong form form the end of last season when they host Everton; West Brom have a baptism of fire in the form of an away day at Chelsea.
On Sunday, Arsenal clash with Liverpool in the best game of the weekend.
Monday night sees flocks of die hard fans of newly-promoted champions Newcastle United travel to Manchester to face the Red Devils.
My Predictions:
TOTTENHAM 2-1 Man City
Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham
Blackburn 2-1 Everton
Bolton 1-1 Fulham
Sunderland 2-0 Birmingham
Wigan 1-2 Blackpool
Wolves 0-1 Stoke
Chelsea 3-1 West Brom
Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal
Man Utd 3-0 Newcastle
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