Boxing Day football fixtures and postponements

FOOTBALL rarely stops even when we do with an impressive programme of Premier League and EFL fixtures.

18 out of 20 clubs are set to be in action on Boxing Day, with Man Utd visiting Newcastle on December 27.

Premier League fixtures

Boxing Day

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Liverpool P-P Leeds (12.30pm – BT Sport)
Wolves P-P Watford (12.30pm)
Burnley vs Everton
Man City vs Leicester
Norwich vs Arsenal
Tottenham vs Crystal Palace
West Ham vs Southampton
Aston Villa vs Chelsea (5.30pm – Sky Sports)
Brighton vs Brentford (8pm – Sky Sports)

Monday, December 27

Newcastle vs Man Utd (8pm – Sky Sports)

*All matches 3pm kick-off unless stated

Championship fixtures

Boxing Day

Barnsley P-P Stoke (Sky Sports)
Cardiff P-P Coventry (Sky Sports Red Button)
Fulham vs Birmingham
Huddersfield vs Blackpool (Sky Sports Red Button)
Hull vs Blackburn (Sky Sports Red Button)
Luton vs Bristol City (Sky Sports Red Button)
Middlesbrough vs Nottingham Forest
Millwall vs Swansea
Peterborough vs Reading (Sky Sports Red Button)
Preston P-P Sheffield United

Monday, December 27

Derby vs West Brom (Sky Sports)
QPR vs Bournemouth (5.30pm – Sky Sports)

League One fixtures

Boxing Day

Accrington vs Rotherham
AFC Wimbledon vs Charlton
Bolton P-P Morecambe
Cheltenham vs Plymouth
Crewe vs Wigan
Fleetwood vs Shrewsbury
Gillingham vs Ipswich
Lincoln vs MK Dons
Portsmouth P-P Oxford
Sheffield Wednesday P-P Burton
Wycombe P-P Cambridge

Monday, December 27

Doncaster vs Sunderland (12.30pm – Sky Sports)

League Two fixtures

Boxing Day

Carlisle vs Rochdale (1pm)
Bradford P-P Harrogate
Bristol Rovers P-P Sutton
Colchester vs Leyton Orient
Exeter P-P Swindon
Mansfield vs Hartlepool
Newport P-P Forest Green
Northampton P-P Walsall
Oldham vs Scunthorpe
Port Vale vs Salford
Stevenage P-P Crawley
Tranmere vs Barrow

Six Championship games on 26 December and 15 more across the EFL have been called off because of Covid-19 cases.

Cardiff v Coventry, Millwall v Swansea, Fulham v Birmingham, Stoke v Barnsley, Peterborough v Reading and Preston v Sheffield United are postponed.

Seven games in League One and eight in League Two have also been called off.

The English Football League has confirmed that league, Carabao Cup and Papa John’s Trophy games can continue “where safe to do so”.

Only four of the scheduled 10 Championship matches on Boxing Day remain on.

Several EFL fixtures on 29 and 30 December have also been postponed.

League Two leaders Forest Green head the list of six games called off in the fourth tier on 26 December with their trip to Newport off. Their home game against Exeter on 29 December is also postponed.

Bristol Rovers v Sutton United, Northampton Town v Walsall, Bradford City v Harrogate, Stevenage v Crawley Town, Exeter City v Swindon Town, Leyton Orient v Colchester and Port Vale v Salford are all postponed on Boxing Day.

Bradford’s match against Walsall on 29 December is one of two in the division off on that day.

The League One match between Bolton and Morecambe became the first Boxing Day fixture in the division to be called off on Tuesday – with the Trotters since suspending training until 27 December as 14 players, and manager Ian Evatt, have tested positive for coronavirus – while Portsmouth against Oxford United is also off.

Sheffield Wednesday against Burton Albion, Wycombe versus Cambridge United, Gillingham against Ipswich, AFC Wimbledon against Charlton Athletic and Crewe versus Wigan are all postponed.

Cambridge’s home game against Doncaster on 30 December is also off.

Following the introduction at clubs of daily lateral flow tests for all first-team players and staff, more fixtures are likely to be postponed as national figures rise following the effect of the Omicron variant.

All sporting events in Wales to be held behind closed doors from Boxing Day

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