The has introduced its fixture schedule for the festive interval, with only one recreation scheduled for the standard slot on account of issues with a congested calendar.
will host at 8pm on Friday 26 December, with an extra 9 fixtures to be performed throughout Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December. Nonetheless, this contains 5 matches scheduled at 3pm on Saturday 27 December, which is not going to be televised within the UK as a result of 3pm TV blackout.
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There have been eight Premier League video games performed on Boxing Day final season, with a full spherical of 10 top-flight fixtures performed on Boxing Day the final time it fell on a Friday in 2014. The Premier League has assured followers that there shall be extra fixtures on Boxing Day subsequent 12 months, because it falls on a Saturday in 2026.
Manchester United v Newcastle would be the solely Premier League match to be performed on Boxing Day this 12 months (Getty Photos)
There’ll then be six matches on Tuesday 30 December, and an extra 4 on Thursday 1 January – all to be proven on both Sky Sports activities or TNT Sports activities – with no Premier League matches scheduled on New 12 months’s Eve.
The Premier League as a part of its preparations with broadcasting companions and following an settlement with the FA over the exclusivity of sure FA Cup weekends.
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The Premier League scheduled this season’s midweek rounds for the beginning of December, January and March, one other in mid-February and the fifth from Tuesday December 30.
With, the FA Cup has been granted unique weekends for the fourth, fifth and quarter-finals rounds, whereas the expanded Champions League league part now concludes throughout two midweeks in late January.
A press release from the Premier League mentioned: “The Premier League wish to acknowledge the circumstances which have led to a lowered variety of matches on Boxing Day this season – impacting an vital custom in English soccer.
The Premier League acknowledged the influence on an ‘vital’ English soccer custom (Getty Photos)
“There are actually a number of challenges to Premier League fixture scheduling rooted within the enlargement of European membership competitions – which led to a revision of our home calendar forward of final season, together with adjustments to the FA Cup. This in the end left the Premier League as a 33-weekend competitors – fewer than earlier seasons, regardless of being a 380-match competitors since 1995.
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“With fewer weekends to work with, the league is certain by how the calendar falls. The league may give an assurance that subsequent season there shall be extra Premier League matches on Boxing Day – because the date falls on a Saturday.”
There shall be a full programme of EFL and non-league fixtures on Boxing Day, nevertheless, with an extra spherical of video games within the decrease divisions anticipated on Monday 29 December.
The Premier League added: “As with earlier years, and in line with our dedication to golf equipment, particular preparations have been made to permit extra time between video games performed throughout the festive interval. This may enable better time for gamers to get well with the remainder intervals between rounds 18, 19 and 20 being elevated to make sure that no membership performs inside 60 hours of one other match.”
Premier League festive schedule
Friday 26 December
Manchester United v Newcastle United – 8pm
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Saturday 27 December
Nottingham Forest v Manchester Metropolis – 12:30pm
Arsenal v Brighton – 3pm
Brentford v Bournemouth – 3pm
Burnley v Everton – 3pm
Liverpool v Wolves – 3pm
West Ham v Fulham – 3pm
Chelsea v Aston Villa – 5:30pm
Sunday 28 December
Sunderland v Leeds – 2pm
Crystal Palace v Tottenham – 4:30pm
Tuesday 30 December
Burnley v Newcastle United – 7:30pm
Chelsea v Bournemouth – 7:30pm
Nottingham Forest v Everton – 7:30pm
West Ham v Brighton – 7:30pm
Arsenal v Aston Villa – 8:15pm
Manchester United v Wolves – 8:15pm
Thursday 1 January
Crystal Palace v Fulham – 5:30pm
Liverpool v Leeds – 5:30pm
Brentford v Tottenham – 8pm
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Sunderland v Man Metropolis – 8pm
Saturday 3 January
Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest – 12:30pm
Brighton v Burnley – 3pm
Wolves v West Ham – 3pm
Bournemouth v Arsenal – 5:30pm
Sunday 4 January
Leeds v Manchester United – 12:30pm
Everton v Brentford – 3pm
Fulham v Liverpool – 3pm
Newcastle v Crystal Palace – 3pm
Tottenham v Sunderland – 3pm
Manchester Metropolis v Chelsea – 5:30pm