Stoke City face Leeds United on the opening weekend of the season at Elland Road.
After being relegated back to the Championship, Stoke City have a tricky away fixture to start next season.
The fixtures were announced yesterday and Stoke travel to Leeds United in their first game.
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It pits summer appointment Gary Rowett up against a total Championship newcomer, Marcelo Bielsa.
Bielsa is hugely experienced abroad and his Leeds side are a total wildcard heading into next season.
Stoke could either catch them cold, or run into a finely tuned team playing a system the opposition simply do not know how to deal with.
It is a new challenge for Stoke after years of Premier League mediocrity, and the game against Leeds in front of what will be a raucous crowd will be a real ‘welcome back’ to life in England’s second tier.
The game has already been shifted to a Sunday kick-off at 4.30pm to be televised.
Here is a look at how Stoke fans reacted on Twitter to the fixture…
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