Villa open with rare trip to Bournemouth
Villa will visit Bournemouth for the first time in 27 years to kick-off the new Premier League season.
Tim Sherwood's side travel to face the newly-promoted Cherries when the campaign gets underway on August 8.
It is the first time the club's will have met in a league fixture since March 5 1988.
AUGUST
08-08-2015: A.F.C. Bournemouth (A)
15-08-2015: Manchester United (H)
22-08-2015: Crystal Palace (A)
29-08-15: Sunderland (H)
SEPTEMBER
12-09-2015: Leicester City (A)
19-09-2015: West Bromwich Albion (H)
26-09-2015: Liverpool (A)
OCTOBER
03-10-2015: Stoke City (H)
17-10-2015: Chelsea (A)
24-10-2015: Swansea City (H)
31-10-2015: Tottenham Hotspur (A)
NOVEMBER
07-11-2015: Manchester City (H)
21-11-2015: Everton (A)
28-11-2015: Watford (H)
DECEMBER
05-12-2015: Southampton (A)
12-12-2015: Arsenal (H)
19-12-2015: Newcastle United (A)
26-12-2015: West Ham United (H)
28-12-2015: Norwich City (A)
JANUARY
02-01-2016: Sunderland (A)
12-01-2016: Crystal Palace (H)
16-01-2016: Leicester City (H)
23-01-2016: West Bromwich Albion (A)
FEBRUARY
02-02-2016: West Ham United (A)
06-02-2016: Norwich City (H)
13-02-2016: Liverpool (H)
27-02-2016: Stoke City (A)
MARCH
01-03-2016: Everton (H)
05-03-2016: Manchester City (A)
12-03-2016: Tottenham Hotspur (H)
19-03-2016: Swansea City (A)
APRIL
02-04-2016: Chelsea (H)
09-04-2016: A.F.C. Bournemouth (H)
16-04-2016: Manchester United (A)
23-04-2016: Southampton (H)
20-04-2016: Watford (A)
MAY
07-05-2016: Newcastle United (H)
Goals from David Platt and Tony Daley earned a 2-1 win in Division Two. The game will be just the sixth competitive meeting between the two clubs and the first in the top flight.
Villa host Manchester United in their opening home fixture a week later, before travelling to Crystal Palace on August 22. A home game with Sunderland then rounds off the month.
The first derby with Albion takes place on September 19 at Villa Park, with the return game at the Hawthorns on January 23.
Sherwood's side are at home on Boxing Day against West Ham and then face Norwich two days later on December 28.
There is no New Year's Day game, though the claret and blue faithful are faced with a trip to Sunderland on January 2.
Villa's final home game of the campaign is on May 7 and they then round off the season with a trip to Arsenal, a repeat of last season's FA Cup final.
