Emery's PSG can make early statement
Paris Saint-Germain has an ideal chance to make an early statement as they bid to wrestle the Ligue 1 title back from Monaco in 2017-2018.
The French top flight's fixtures were announced on Friday (AEST), a month after Monaco ended a 17-year wait for league glory and deny PSG a fifth straight crown.
Emery is under pressure to deliver the title this season and has a great opportunity to make a fast start and ensure it is his side, not Leonardo Jardim's, that builds the early momentum.
With a home opener against promoted side Amiens, PSG does not face a team that finished inside the top seven in its first five games.
Its first big test comes at home to Lyon on 17 September, while it faces back-to-back games against Marseille and last season's third-place finisher, Nice, in October.
The opening league meeting against Monaco is away on November 26, with the return match coming on a potentially decisive matchday 33 on April 15.
If PSG is in with a title chance going into the final weeks of the season, a run-in that reads Guingamp (home), Amiens (away), Rennes (home) and Caen (away) looks positive.