Premier League fixtures today – your guide to Boxing Day games

Boxing Day soccer will take over family dwelling rooms up and down the United Kingdom as wrapping paper is cleared up, mulled wine is drunk and leftover roasts are devoured.

It’s a feast for the eyes within the Premier League, with 5 games going down on Tuesday with ramifications at each ends of England’s high flight. Newcastle are in determined want of a end result after they host Nottingham Forest within the day’s early kick-off, whereas Liverpool and Manchester United will even grace our TV screens within the night.

Here’s how one can comply with Boxing Day’s slate of fixtures within the Premier League.

Newcastle can sick-afford one other poor end result after they host Nottingham Forest at St, James’ Park within the early kick-off.

The Magpies have misplaced 5 of their final six matches in all competitions, seeing them exit the Champions League and Carabao Cup in latest weeks. Their newest defeat got here on Saturday at Luton Town, leaving them seven factors off the highest 4.

Forest felt aggrieved of their 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth following Willy Boly’s questionable pink card, with Nuno Espirito’s aspect now simply two factors above the relegation zone.

Andoni Iraola’s future at Bournemouth was in critical doubt after a troublesome begin, however the Cherries are actually the Premier League’s kind crew with 5 wins from six games.

They have been indebted to Dominic Solanke’s hat-trick to give all of them three factors at Forest, shifting Bournemouth ten factors away from the relegation zone. They face Fulham on the Vitality Stadium at an opportune time.

The Cottagers have been dealt again-to-again actuality checks in defeats to Newcastle and Burnley, having gained their earlier two league matches by 5-0 scorelines.

This assembly at Bramall Lane sees two sides written off as sure relegation candidates at first of the season meet when Sheffield United host Luton Town.

The Blades have taken 4 factors from their three games beneath returning boss Chris Wilder however a 5-level chasm stays between them and seventeenth-positioned Forest.

Luton are three factors higher off than their fellow strugglers and their win over Newcastle confirmed there may be loads of battle on this Hatters aspect.

Liverpool performed their half in an entertaining 1-1 draw with Arsenal, with a winner avoiding the 2 title contenders because the Gunners took high spot at Christmas.

The Reds can return above Mikel Arteta’s aspect with a optimistic end result at Burnley, who managed their third league win this season with an away triumph at Fulham.

The Clarets are nonetheless down in nineteenth, nonetheless, and have gained simply considered one of their final six conferences with Liverpool.

The setbacks simply carry on arriving for Manchester United, the most recent coming at West Ham as they spurned good probabilities within the first half and let in two objectives in fast succession afterward.

This conflict in opposition to a buoyant Aston Villa seems to be to have come at a foul time for the Red Devils, with the Villans wanting to preserve their cost for a high-4 spot.

Unai Emery’s aspect have managed away wins at Chelsea, Tottenham and Brentford in latest months however aren’t as sturdy on their travels as they’ve been at Villa Park over the past yr or so.

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