Premier League fixtures today – your guide to Tuesday’s games

It wasn’t till 1974, 86 years after the muse of the Football League, that the primary prime-flight soccer match in England was performed on a Sunday.

Now no day of the week is protected from Premier League soccer. As December dawns, the midweek fixtures are piling up, with a full spherical of prime-tier motion on the horizon. Stretching all the best way to Thursday, the games get underway with a double-header on Tuesday night time.

Here’s every thing you want to know the beginning of a busy festive interval.

The moods within the camps of Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley couldn’t be extra contrasting. While Gary O’Neil’s aspect suffered a 3rd consecutive away defeat in opposition to Arsenal on Saturday, Burnley ended a document-equalling run of seven straight residence losses, not solely beating Sheffield United however thrashing the Blades 5-0.

However, Wolves have been stern foes for guests to Molineux this season. Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur suffered shock losses within the Black Country whereas Aston Villa and Newcastle United each dropped factors on the residence of the previous gold outfit.

O’Neil and Vincent Kompany are the 2 youngest managers within the division, arising in opposition to each other seven occasions on the pitch. In the one victory that O’Neil ever loved over Kompany, he discovered the again of the web for Middlesbrough in 2008. Can the Wolves boss pop Kompany’s bubble once more from the dugout?

This could also be Arsenal’s first journey to Luton Town’s residence floor in 31 years however you have got to rewind to 1984 for the membership’s final victory at Kenilworth Road. Mikel Arteta and Rob Edwards had each solely celebrated one birthday when Don Howe’s Arsenal earned a 2-1 win.

Luton had a ban on away followers for a few of this unbeaten sequence however supporters of each golf equipment packed into Wembley Stadium to see the pair face off within the 1988 League Cup last. The Hatters triumphed courtesy of two objectives within the last eight minutes and Gus Caesar’s immortal miss-kick.

Arsenal have scarcely put a foot mistaken within the Premier League this season, topping the desk with the controversial defeat away to Newcastle the one blemish on their document. Luton, in contrast, are solely outdoors the relegation zone thanks to Everton’s factors deduction.

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