After three months of the 2019/20 season being on hold and unfinished, the Premier League is back - starting with Aston Villa vs Sheffield United on Wednesday evening.
From new rules, key fixtures to look out for, who is allowed in stadiums and even Black Lives Matter solidarity and NHS tributes, there's an awful lot of things to be aware of before the action get underway.
Here's your 90min sized breakdown of everything that's important...
What New Rules Are There?
The Premier League will be subject to a number of new rules and regulations in order to limit contact as much as possible, therefore minimising the risk of spreading and infection.
Players and staff should observe social distancing during celebrations, restrict interaction with opponents, avoid shaking hands, avoid mass confrontations, not spit or clear their nose, use only their own water bottle and use hand sanitiser before and after every game.
At stadiums with more than one tunnel, teams will enter the pitch at separate locations in order to distance from each other. Where this isn’t possible because there is only one tunnel, the away team will go first, followed by the home side and then the officials.
Players must stand in a staggered formation when the pre-game Premier League anthem is played, rather than side by side as before. There will also be no handshakes between sides.
Where coaches and team officials are concerned, benches will be expanded to allow social distancing. Social distancing must also be observed in technical areas.
There will be no ball-boys or ball-girls at games in the closed stadiums. Therefore if the ball goes into the stands it will be decided by the referee if it can be retrieved without undue delay. Otherwise, a number of spare balls will have already been placed around the pitch for use.
Club medics giving on-field treatment must wear appropriate PPE.
In light of games taking place at the height of summer, drink breaks will be signalled by referees midway through each half. The breaks will last no longer than a minute and players should only drink from their own bottles.
The Premier League has ratified the temporary use of five substitutes per team per game, while managers can name up to nine players on the bench, compared to the previous seven. But no more than three substitutes can warm up at any one time.
