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How important is it to be top of the League at Christmas?

Their 2-1 defeat away to Arsenal was their fifth league loss of the season. In 1999 the Villans ended up falling to sixth by the final game of the season.

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Chelsea’s first match under Guus Hiddink will be at home on Boxing Day against one of the surprise packages of the season. NBCSN has Stoke City vs Manchester United at 7:45am and Manchester City vs Sunderland at 10am.


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Any suggestion that players are always nursing Christmas hangovers and the quality of defending drops on Boxing Day are of course merely mythical. Arsenal are the overwhelming favorites to take three points on Saturday against Southampton.


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The biggest story in the Premier League remains Chelsea, and they’re on Monday’s soccer TV schedule away to Manchester United. That means teams capable of winning or losing six points only to have to regroup for New Year’s. Can they stop the high-flying Leicester City? However, this season Jose Mourinho’s side will not be repeating that feat.

The league then takes a break for a week to allow FA Cup fixtures to be played – which will also involve all the Premier League teams – before resuming for a round of mid-week fixtures on Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 January.

But a lot could change by the time the two clubs meet, as speculation is rife that Louis van Gaal’s time at Old Trafford may be up.

The stats above should also give hope to Liverpool, who host Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City tomorrow.

Whatever happens in this match, expect plenty of goals, with both sides loving to attack, and Leicester the league’s current overall top scorers with 37. On all three occasions that the Reds have topped the table in 1996, 2008 and 2013, they have failed to go on and claim the title.

It doesn’t look good for bottom placed Aston Villa. Mark Young has his say as he makes his predictions for the top matches during a festive feast of Premier League action.

La Liga is having a slightly shorter break this year, but players will still get 10 days to put their feet up between 20 and 30 of December.

Photos have surfaced of the players in their dressing before one of their games.

“Recently, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp told the “[The Premier League] has too many games… When asked in October about the possibility of a winter break, Wenger said: “Maybe it’s because I’ve been in England for such a long time”.

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Arsenal have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League games against Southampton (W6 D4 L1).

Premier League Boxing Day fixtures investigated some Christmas cheer for Manchester United