Leicester kick-off against Coventry

Leicester City's 2011/12 Football League Championship campaign will begin at Coventry City's Ricoh Arena.

The Foxes will play their local rivals in an early lunchtime kick-off on Saturday, 6th August, making that fixture the curtain-raiser to the new football season.

In an early test for Sven Goran Eriksson's men, the first home fixture of the new term will be against Reading the following week. It will be a busy opening month to the new season, with a trip to East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest and home ties against Bristol City and a returning Southampton.

The festive relationship with the Foxes and Ipswich Town continues with the Tractor Boys chugging to the Walkers Stadium on Boxing Day, with Portsmouth making a long journey north on New Year's Eve. The season will end with a tricky double-header, with the relegated West Ham United visiting the East Midlands on 21st April before the Foxes' season closes a week later, with a trip to Leeds United's Elland Road.

2011/12 Fixtures in Full

August 2011
Sat 6 - Coventry City (a)
Sat 13 - Reading (h)
Tue 16 - Bristol City (h)
Sat 20 - Nottm Forest (a)
Sat 27 - Southampton (h)

September
Sat 10 - Barnsley (a)
Sat 17 - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
Sat 24 - Cardiff City (a)
Tue 27 - Middlesbrough (a)

October
Sat 1 - Derby County (h)
Sat 15 - Birmingham City (a)
Tue 18 - Watford (h)
Sat 22 - Millwall (h)
Sat 29 - West Ham United (a)

November
Tue 1 - Burnley (a)
Sat 5 - Leeds United (h)
Sat 19 - Crystal Palace (h)
Sat 26 - Portsmouth (a)
Tue 29 - Blackpool (h)

December
Sat 3 - Hull City (a)
Sat 10 - Peterborough United (h)
Sat 17 - Doncaster Rovers (a)
Mon 26 - Ipswich Town (h)
Sat 31 - Portsmouth (h)

January 2012
Mon 2 - Crystal Palace (a)
Sat 14 - Barnsley (h)
Sat 21 - Southampton (a)
Tue 31 - Middlesbrough (h)

February
Sat 4 - Brighton & Hove Albion (a)
Sat 11 - Cardiff City (h)
Tue 14 - Watford (a)
Sat 18 - Birmingham City (h)
Sat 25 - Derby County (a)

March
Sat 3 - Coventry City (h)
Tue 6 - Bristol City (a)
Sat 10 - Reading (a)
Sat 17 - Nottm Forest (h)
Tue 20 - Blackpool (a)
Sat 24 - Hull City (h)
Sat 31 - Peterborough United (a)

April
Sat 7 - Doncaster Rovers (h)
Mon 9 - Ipswich Town (a)
Sat 14 - Millwall (a)
Tue 17 - Burnley (h)
Sat 21 - West Ham United (h)
Sat 28 - Leeds United (a)

All fixtures are subject to change, with television fixtures yet to be announced.