The 2017/18 fixtures were released on Wednesday morning and Rafa Benítez's side will entertain Tottenham on Saturday, 12th August (subject to change).

United haven't won on the opening day of a season since 2012/13 - when Spurs were also the visitors to St. James' Park.

That day, Demba Ba opened the scoring but Jermain Defoe equalised for the North London side - only for Hatem Ben Arfa to score from the spot with ten minutes left to give the Magpies all three points.

In the following two seasons, Manchester City recorded two victories over United in successive curtain-raisers, triumphing 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium in August 2013 before running out 2-0 winners at St. James' Park a year later.

Steve McClaren's first game in charge of Newcastle, on the opening day of the 2015/16 campaign, was a 2-2 home draw against Southampton while last season's Sky Bet Championship title-winning campaign kicked off with a 1-0 defeat at Fulham.

Newcastle's last game in the Premier League also came against Tottenham, on the final day of the 2015/16 campaign when Rafa Benítez's men shocked Spurs by winning 5-1.

And United also faced Spurs in their very first Premier League fixture in August 1993, but lost 1-0 on that occasion.

You can see Newcastle's full 2017/18 Premier League fixture list here.