by One of the most anticipated dates in the entire European football scene, although especially in England, is the boxing day. This season, the day after Christmas brings five high-caliber matches in the Premier League.
he Newcastle – Nottingham Forest will premiere on Boxing Day 2023 at 1:30 p.m. (CET), and will then be followed by Bournemouth – Fulham, Sheffield – Luton, Burnley – Liverpool and finally, the Manchester United-Aston Villa in the legendary Old Trafford stadium the football day will close the day after Christmas.
What is Boxing Day?
Boxing Day is December 26, the day after Christmas, and is a public holiday throughout the United Kingdom.. During this day, donations and gifts to the poor are promoted. Even so, in football, it is a Premier League matchday that is highly anticipated by all English football fans.
Boxing Day in the Premier League
With the leadership at stake and the return to normality of the Premier League of the current champion, Manchester City, with success in the Club World Cup under its arm, a new edition of what is known as ‘boxing day’ is staged in the UK football.
While the rest of the domestic competitions stop in the Old Continent, in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland The party takes place in the stadiums the day after Christmas.
According to EFE, history indicates that December 26 is classified as ‘boxing day’ because in feudal times the nobles delivered boxes of food to their workers. In any case, it is a gift for the fan even though the full day is no longer being played that day. The games are distributed as they happen throughout the season on weekends.
The last date of the first round is put on stage. Boxing Day will determine the honorary winter champion. And anything can happen. Recent matches have established enormous equality in the standings. None of the top three in the table managed to win, so the top three is only one point away. Leader, Arsenalwas unable to expand his income while the Liverpool YE Aston Villasecond and third respectively, take advantage of the opportunity to take first place.
Beneficiaries of the date were Tottenham, fourth, which won and narrowed the gap to three and four points, and Manchester City, fifth, which has pending that day’s match due to its participation in the Club World Cup. Spanish Pep Guardiola’s team can once again fully compete in the fight as soon as they adjust their schedule with the postponed match.
The clash at St. James Park between the Newcastle and Nottingham ForestIt inaugurates the boxing day that could end with Liverpool or Aston Villa at the top of the table. Both are one point behind Arsenal who will close the session on Thursday.
Visit Jurgen Klopp’s painting on the pitch Burnley, penultimate, which was reunited with the victory in London, against Fulham (0-2) and has three points of salvation. Liverpool, for their part, have drawn two in a row, both at Anfield: first against Manchester United and then against Arsenal.
The best goal difference keeps them in second place despite being tied with Aston Villa, the revelation of the campaign. Unai Emery’s team felt excess pressure in the clash against bottom team Sheffield, against whom they did not go beyond a draw. The Birmingham team that closes on Tuesday with the visit to Old Trafford, against Manchester United, was left without leadership. Two defeats and a draw summarize the reds’ slump, outside of Europe and with Erik Ten Hag, their coach, in question. Manchester United has no margin for error as it awaits the ‘villains’ in the most striking duel of this nineteenth day.
Plagued by poor results is also the Newcastle that receives Nottingham Forest in a key face to face for both. The Magpies have lost three in their last four games and are outside the European zone, they are seventh. The visiting team marks the salvation. A mistake and the victory of Luton or Burnley, second from last and second from last, can take them to the last positions.
The growth of Bournemouth It also comes into play on Tuesday. Three games won in a row reflect the improvement of Andoni Iraola’s team that awaits in their field at Fulhamin an opposite situation, with defeats in their two recent games.
Two of the bottom three in the standings, two recently promoted, meet at Bramall Lane: Sheffield, bottom, and Luton, third from bottom, separated by just three points in a dramatic duel.
The champion goes into action on Wednesday. he city of manchester, successful in Saudi Arabia, where he brilliantly won the Club World Cup, visits Goodison Park to face Everton. Spanish Pep Guardiola’s team, which has only won one of its last five Premier League games, is six away from first place but with one game less.
With the possible return to the activity of Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne, now out of the infirmary, goes to Liverpool to face the Toffeess. Everton have improved. They had four wins in a row before losing last Saturday against Tottenham but they are believing.
It is not the case of Chelsea, blushed on Sunday by Wolverhampton and with Mauricio Pochettino questioned. He stars at Stamford Bridge in a London derby against the crystal Palace. The Wolves, enlarged by their reunion with victory, visit Brentford, in crisis, with three defeats in a row and increasingly closer to the bottom of the standings.
The last day of the first round will close on Thursday. Tottenham, clearly improved, winner of its three recent games, visits the irregular Brighton, far from last year’s version and from the European zone. Italian Roberto De Zerbi’s team is halfway through the table, seven points behind Europe. Seventeen distance them from the Spurs, fourth in the champion zone.
Arsenal complete the session, at the Emirates, with the visit of West Ham in another London derby. Arteta’s team, leader, contemplates entering the European zone. Sixth, they have two wins in a row, the last against Manchester United. The gunners, threatened in the standings, have only won one of their last three games.
Boxing Day 2023 matches and schedules
Tuesday, December 26:
13:30 Newcastle – Nottingham Forest
16:00 Bournemouth-Fulham
16:00 Sheffield-Luton
18:30 Burnley-Liverpool
21:00 Manchester United – Aston Villa
Wednesday December 27
20:30 Brentford-Wolverhampton
20:30 Chelsea-Crystal Palace
21.15 Everton – Manchester City
Thursday December 28
20:30 Brighton-Tottenham
21:15 Arsenal – West Ham
Where to watch Boxing Day 2023?
Boxing Day can be seen in Spain through DAZN. The online platform will broadcast all the matches of matchday 19 of the Premier League.
