Premier League Festive Period: Your Christmas, Boxing Day & New Years Day Betting Guide

We’re at that time of year now when games come thick and fast in the Premier League and we’re going to see plenty of movement in the table over the busy festive period. It’s always the perfect time for punters. Almost a game a day and your team playing three times in just a matter of days. As Christmas draws ever closer we take a look at the festive fixtures and the key games...

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Christmas Period Fixtures  

For many the Christmas break begins on Saturday 21st and we’re straight into the football with Aston Villa vs Manchester City on lunch-time. Later on we have four more matches, ended by a London derby between Crystal Palace and Arsenal.
Newcastle have winnable fixture at Ipswich while high-flying Nottingham Forest travel to Brentford.

The Sunday provides a mouth-watering clash Liverpool vs Arsenal - and some interesting games at the foot of the table, with the Premier League relegation odds likely to change a number of times over the period.

Leicester take on Wolves which will be a real six pointer for both teams, while Everton and Chelsea, two of the most surprising teams in the top flight, lock horns on Sunday 2PM as well as Man UTD vs Bournemouth at the Old Trafford. That’ll be a big one and our tipsters are seeing the Red Devils still struggling over the Christmas period.

Fixtures

Below you’ll find the full Premier League fixtures for December 21 and December 22:

Saturday, December 22

• Aston Villa vs Manchester City, 12:30 - TNT Sports
• Brentford vs Nottingham Forest, 15:00
• Ipswich vs Newcastle, 15:00
• West Ham vs Brighton, 15:00
• Crystal Palace vs Arsenal, 17:30 - Sky Sports

Sunday, December 22

• Fulham vs Southampton, 14:00 - Sky Sports
• Everton vs Chelsea, 14:00
• Manchester United vs Bournemouth, 14:00
• Leicester vs Wolves, 14:00
• Tottenham vs Liverpool, 16:30 - Sky Sports

Premier League Boxing Day Betting  

Attention then turns to Boxing Day, the best footballing day of the year. The turkey and awkward socialising is done, it’s time to settle down for three brilliant TV games or to hit the terraces yourself.

There’s some fantastic fixtures on Boxing Day, well worth building an accumulator out of.

Again, it’s Man City to open the matchday at Etihad Stadium against Everton, with the Cityzens already out of the title race according to the best betting sites.

Newcastle are at home to Top 4 candidates Aston Villa who have the hardest draw while the with the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool it should be business as usual at home against Fulham and Leicester respectively.

Fixtures

The Boxing Day fixtures lineup as follows with two fixtures being played the following day. All the 10 games of Gameweek 18 will be shown live by Amazon Prime Video.

Thursday, December 26

• Manchester City vs Everton, 12:30 - Amazon Prime
• Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace, 15:00 - Amazon Prime
• Chelsea vs Fulham, 15:00 - Amazon Prime
• Newcastle vs Aston Villa, 15:00 - Amazon Prime
• Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham, 15:00 - Amazon Prime
• Southampton vs West Ham, 15:00 - Amazon Prime
• Wolves vs Manchester United, 17:30 - Amazon Prime
• Liverpool vs Leicester, 20:00 - Amazon Prime

Friday, December 27

• Brighton vs Brentford, 19:30 - Amazon Prime
• Arsenal vs Ipswich, 20:15 - Amazon Prime

December 29-30 Premier League Fixtures  

Between Christmas and New Year is when the Premier League really hots up with a huge fixture between West Ham and Liverpool on 30th.

The Reds have been in incredible form so far this season and are red hot favorite to win the title this season

That’ll be the game of the gameweek to bet on, while there’s also plenty going on elsewhere too.

Saturday's schedule is opened by a tricky Leicester vs Manchester City match on lunch-time. At 3pm, Crystal Palace v Southampton is another relegation battle while Bournemouth have the chance to continue their impressive run in their away game against Fulham.

Elsewhere Everton v Nottingham Forest should be a fantastic game in their last game of the year, with both teams looking to return to winning ways.

Aside from that Tottenham have a routine day at home against Wolves.

Ange Postecoglu needs some good wins if he’s to prevent the good work he did last term completely unravelling with pressure surely starting to grow on the former Celtic manager.
It’s split the office here at Bet and Skill with the majority just about pipping the Lilywhites purely on the basis that they are still struggling with injuries.

It’s a fixture list that could bring plenty of movement in the table, with it ultimately coming down to who’s freshest following a jam-packed few weeks.

There’s plenty to enjoy an acca on, with a fantastic Monday Night (a hard-fought battle between Manchester UTD and Newcastle offered on Sky Sports, and two intriguing clashes such as Ipswich vs Chelsea and Aston Villa v Brighton).

Fixtures:

The fixtures across December 29 - December 30 are as follows:

Sunday, December 29

• Leicester vs Manchester City , 14:30 - Sky Sports
• Crystal Palace vs Southampton, 15:00
• Everton vs Nottingham Forest, 15:00
• Fulham vs Bournemouth , 15:00
• Tottenham vs Wolves, 15:00
• West Ham vs Liverpool, 17:15 - Sky Sports

Sunday, December 31

• Aston Villa vs Brighton, 19:45
• Ipswich vs Chelsea, 19:45
• Manchester United vs Newcastle, 20:00 - Sky Sports

Premier League New Year's Day Betting  

There's only a single New Year fixture this season as Arsenal travel to Brentford in a super interesting match.

Wednesday, January 1 2025

• Brentford vs Arsenal – 5:30pm - Sky Sports

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