Boxing Day viewer’s guide: All 10 English Premier League games

The premier league is not out of sight for Liverpool, they can win it if they do what most premier league club have failed to do apart form Arsenal and that is beat Leicester City with a strategy that will work well for others to follow.

The wheels are certainly coming off Manchester United’s season as their winless run now extends to seven games with their last three Premier League games ending in defeats. Jose Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea; Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool suffered a crushing loss against Watford while Manchester United yet again slumped, this time it was against lowly Norwich City. Guus Hiddink’s first game back as Chelsea manager is at Stamford Bridge against Watford.

The congested part of the winter English Premier League schedule kicks off Saturday, with 10 Boxing Day fixtures beginning a stretch of four games in 18 days for all 20 of the league’s teams.

At 16.45, it’s time to switch over to BT Sport 1 for Newcastle United vs Everton, with a 17.30 start.

Arsenal are the first club to have made a move in the race for Leicester City hotshot Riyad Mahrez, according to the Daily Star. Off the field events have taken precedence at the Etihad in the last week. Leicester at Anfield Leicester travel to Anfield to take on Liverpool, where a win would keep them first in the league table.

Aston Villa have yet another tough assignment as they host Slaven Bilic’s West Ham United. For Hiddink, it’s showing that he can stabilize the defending Premier League champions, closer to relegation than the top half of the table.

“Yes, I am fully aware that Leicester continue to confound the critics and backing against them this season has been akin to throwing your money on the fire”. Steve McLaren’s side suddenly have spunk and a sense of togetherness about them.

But if the symbolic 19th game out of 38 isn’t a meter of how things will align in May, the jam-packed holiday schedule (a run of four matches between last weekend and January 3) most certainly is. They will look to add at least another year to his current deal to make sure that he commits his playing future to Leicester. It would be a huge boost for Leicester’s title charge to tie down their main asset and goalscoring threat. Having excelled in the two impressive victories against Chelsea ad Man City, Coutinho has faded off a bit, failing to win games for Liverpool, a player of his skill and caliber is expected to.