Premier League reveal their festive fixture calendar with Wolves vs Chelsea first Christmas Eve game in 28 years, just two football-free days in a fortnight and a 10-hour Boxing Day feast

• Wolves and Chelsea will stage the first Christmas Eve football match in 28 years 
• Liverpool’s titanic clash against Arsenal will be on December 23 at 5.30pm
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Wolves will host Chelsea at 1pm on Sky Sports in just the second Christmas Eve fixture in Premier League history, with the festive football calendar now confirmed. 

Boxing Day sees a veritable football feast, with Liverpool travelling to Burnley at 5.30pm and Manchester United welcoming Aston Villa at 8pm.

Newcastle host Nottingham Forest at 12.30pm and two other games will be shown at 3pm in a 10-hour Premier League bonanza on Amazon Prime Video.  

New Year’s Eve will see Fulham welcome Arsenal and Spurs host Bournemouth at 2pm, while the solitary fixture on New Year’s Day will be Liverpool vs Newcastle at 8pm.   

The Premier League’s revised fixture schedule sees a game played on every day from December 21 to January 2 besides Christmas Day and December 29. 

Wolves host Chelsea in the first match on Christmas Eve in 28 years at 1pm on Sky Sports

Premier League festive calendar 

*All other Premier League fixtures are 3pm kick-offs unless otherwise stated

Tuesday December 5

7.30pm Wolves vs Burnley (Amazon Prime)

8.15pm Luton vs Arsenal (Amazon Prime)

Wednesday December 6

7.30pm Brighton vs Brentford (Amazon Prime)

7.30pm Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth (Amazon Prime) 

7.30pm Fulham vs Nottingham Forest (Amazon Prime)

7.30pm Sheffield United vs Liverpool (Amazon Prime)

8.15pm Aston Villa vs Manchester City (Amazon Prime)

Thursday December 7

7.30pm Everton vs Newcastle (Amazon Prime)

8.15pm Tottenham vs West Ham (Amazon Prime)

Saturday December 9 

12.30pm Crystal Palace vs Liverpool (TNT Sports)

5.30pm Aston Villa vs Arsenal (TNT Sports) 

Sunday December 10

2pm Everton vs Chelsea 

2pm Fulham vs West Ham

2pm Luton vs Manchester City (Sky Sports)

4.30pm Tottenham vs Newcastle United (Sky Sports)

Friday December 15

8pm Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham (Sky Sports)

Saturday December 16 

5.30pm Burnley vs Everton (Sky Sports) 

Sunday December 17

2pm Arsenal vs Brighton 

2pm Brentford vs Aston Villa

2pm West Ham vs Wolves (Sky Sports)

4.30pm Liverpool vs Manchester United (Sky Sports) 

Thursday December 21

8pm Crystal Palace vs Brighton (Sky Sports)

Friday December 22

8pm Aston Villa vs Sheffield United (Sky Sports)

Saturday December 23

12.30pm West Ham vs Manchester United (TNT Sports)

5.30pm Liverpool vs Arsenal (Sky Sports) 

Sunday December 24

1pm Wolves vs Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Tuesday December 26

12.30pm Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest (Amazon Prime)

Bournemouth vs Fulham (Amazon Prime)

Sheffield United vs Luton (Amazon Prime)

5.30pm Burnley vs Liverpool (Amazon Prime)

8pm Manchester United vs Aston Villa (Amazon Prime)

Wednesday December 27

7.30pm Brentford vs Wolves (Amazon Prime)

7.30pm Chelsea vs Crystal Palace (Amazon Prime)

8.15pm Everton vs Manchester City (Amazon Prime) 

Thursday December 28

7.30pm Brighton vs Tottenham (Amazon Prime) 

8.15pm Arsenal vs West Ham (Amazon Prime)

Saturday December 30

12.30pm Luton Town vs Chelsea (TNT Sports)

5.30pm Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United (Sky Sports)

Sunday December 31

2pm Fulham vs Arsenal (Sky Sports) 

2pm Tottenham vs Bournemouth 

Monday January 1

8pm Liverpool vs Newcastle (Sky Sports)

Tuesday January 2

7.30pm West Ham vs Brighton (Sky Sports)

Saturday January 13

12.30 Chelsea vs Fulham (TNT Sports)

5.30pm Newcastle vs Manchester City (TNT Sports)

Sunday January 14

2pm Everton vs Aston Villa (Sky Sports)

4.30pm Manchester Utd vs Tottenham (Sky Sports)

Monday January 15

7.45pm Burnley vs Luton Town (TNT Sports)

Saturday January 20

12.30pm Arsenal vs Crystal Palace (TNT Sports)

5.30pm Brentford vs Nottingham Forest (Sky Sports)

Sunday January 21

2pm Sheffield United vs West Ham (TNT Sports)

4.30pm Bournemouth vs Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Monday January 22

7.45pm Brighton vs Wolves (TNT Sports)

Liverpool’s showdown against Arsenal is arguably the blockbuster game and will take place at 5.30pm on December 23, live on Sky Sports. 

Manchester United negotiate a tricky yuletide spell with a trip to fellow European hopefuls West Ham on December 23, the Villa game on Boxing Day, and a visit to Nottingham Forest on December 30.  

Meanwhile, Manchester City play Everton on December 27 but nobody else due to their prior participation in the Club World Cup, which finishes on December 22.

Early frontrunners Tottenham play Brighton and Bournemouth in a mixed bag of games on the 28th and 31st.

Their rivals, Arsenal, complement their Liverpool clash with assignments against West Ham and Fulham either side of the New Year. 

Mauricio Pochettino has a huge chance to gain momentum as Chelsea face Wolves, Crystal Palace and Luton Town in a seven-day spell. 

In a critical match near the bottom, Luton also take on Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Boxing Day.  

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Liverpool lock horns with Arsenal in the showpiece fixture on December 23 at 5.30pm on Sky

Manchester United face Aston Villa at Old Trafford at 8pm on Boxing Day on Amazon Prime

Crystal Palace host rivals Brighton on December 23 in another edition of the M23 derby 

Luton face fellow promotes Sheffield United in a critical clash in their relegation dogfight

The M23 derby will kick off the flurry of late December fixtures as Crystal Palace play Brighton – a fixture which has seen four consecutive 1-1 draws at Selhurst Park.

Alongside the Christmas schedule, the Premier League’s announcement has confirmed fixtures and timings from December 5 all the way to January 22, with quite a lot of changes. 

Tottenham host Newcastle on December 10 in what should be a strong advert for entertaining football. 

Meanwhile, Chelsea’s rivalry with noise neighbours Fulham will live its latest chapter on January 13. 

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