The Premier League has confirmed its fixture schedule for Boxing Day and the days around New Year, with the matches in rounds 17, 18 and 19 remaining as published in September.
A minimum 60-hour gap between games has been built into the Christmas and New Year programme. The Premier League says the arrangement meets its commitments to clubs and reflects the need to manage the fixture schedule alongside the expanded European and international calendars.
The timetable is less demanding than in previous years, when teams sometimes played on 26 and 28 December with fewer than 48 hours between matches.
All times are Moscow time.
Round 17
26 December, Saturday – Boxing Day
15:30 Aston Villa v Leeds
18:00 Everton v Sunderland
18:00 Fulham v Brighton
18:00 Ipswich v Brentford
18:00 Tottenham v Bournemouth
20:30 Hull City v Liverpool
23:00 Newcastle v Manchester City
27 December, Sunday
17:00 Coventry v Chelsea
19:30 Manchester United v Nottingham Forest
22:00 Crystal Palace v Arsenal
Round 18
29 December, Tuesday
22:30 Hull City v Leeds
22:30 Tottenham v Brighton
23:15 Everton v Manchester City
30 December, Wednesday
22:30 Coventry v Brentford
22:30 Crystal Palace v Bournemouth
22:30 Fulham v Arsenal
22:30 Manchester United v Sunderland
22:30 Newcastle v Nottingham Forest
23:15 Aston Villa v Liverpool
23:15 Ipswich v Chelsea
Round 19
1 January, Friday
23:00 Leeds v Everton
2 January, Saturday
15:30 Brighton v Manchester United
18:00 Arsenal v Ipswich
18:00 Brentford v Crystal Palace
18:00 Liverpool v Coventry
18:00 Nottingham Forest v Fulham
18:00 Sunderland v Hull City
20:30 Bournemouth v Aston Villa
3 January, Sunday
17:00 Chelsea v Newcastle
19:30 Manchester City v Tottenham
Round 20
The following round begins on 5 January.
5 January, Tuesday
22:30 Arsenal v Brentford
22:30 Brighton v Bournemouth
22:30 Everton v Aston Villa
22:30 Nottingham Forest v Hull City
23:15 Sunderland v Liverpool
6 January, Wednesday
22:30 Crystal Palace v Chelsea
22:30 Fulham v Tottenham
22:30 Ipswich v Coventry
23:15 Leeds v Manchester City
7 January, Thursday
23:00 Manchester United v Newcastle
