Organisers of the Premier League have released its full fixture schedule list for the festive period, and for the first time since 1995, a match will be played on Christmas Eve.
Wolverhampton Wanderers will take on Chelsea at the Molineux Stadium on Sunday, December 24, with the game kicking off at 2 pm WAT. The match will be the first one played on that day for 28 years and it signals just the second time that a Premier League match has ever been played on that day.
A day before that, a blockbuster clash will unfold at Anfield when Liverpool face Arsenal on December 23. On the same day, Manchester United will visit the London Stadium to take on West Ham United in the early kick-off, while Tottenham will take on Everton in one of the other four games on that day.
Five matches will take place on Boxing Day, with Liverpool, Manchester United, and Newcastle all in action. More matches will be played on December 27 and December 28, with London derbies between the Blues and Crystal Palace and Arsenal and West Ham.
All teams will have a chance to rest and recover from the back-to-back matches on December 29 before more games get under way the following day.
On New Year’s Eve, two matches will take place as Fulham and Arsenal face off in a London Derby at the Craven Cottage, while Tottenham will clash with Bournemouth at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
On Monday, January 1st, Newcastle will make a new year trip to Merseyside to face Liverpool at Anfield in a late fixture. West Ham and Brighton will go head-to-head on January 2, before the Premier League takes a break until January 13.
Festive fixtures in full (**All times are local time and an hour should be added for WAT**)
Thursday, December 21
- Crystal Palace vs Brighton – 8pm
Friday, December 22
- Aston Villa vs Sheffield United – 8pm
Saturday, December 23
- West Ham vs Man United – 12:30pm
- Fulham vs Burnley – 3pm
- Luton Town vs Newcastle – 3pm
- Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth – 3pm
- Tottenham vs Everton – 3pm
- Liverpool vs Arsenal – 5:30pm
Sunday, December 24
- Wolves vs Chelsea – 1pm
Tuesday, December 26
- Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest – 12:30pm
- Bournemouth vs Fulham – 3pm
- Sheffield United vs Luton – 3pm
- Burnley vs Liverpool – 5:30pm
- Man United vs Aston Villa – 8pm
Wednesday, December 27
- Brentford vs Wolves – 7:30pm
- Chelsea vs Crystal Palace – 7:30pm
- Everton vs Man City – 8:15pm
Thursday, December 28
- Brighton vs Tottenham – 7:30pm
- Arsenal vs West Ham – 8:15pm
Saturday, December 30
- Luton vs Chelsea – 12:30pm
- Aston Villa vs Burnley – 3pm
- Crystal Palace vs Brentford – 3pm
- Man City vs Sheff Utd – 3pm
- Wolves vs Everton – 3pm
- Nottingham Forest vs Man United – 5:30pm
Sunday, December 31
- Fulham vs Arsenal – 2pm
- Tottenham vs Bournemouth – 2pm
Monday, January 1
- Liverpool vs Newcastle – 8pm
