He arrives Boxing Daythe most special moment of each year in the Premier League. With football stopped in the rest of Europa during the winter holiday period, in the British Isles the opposite happens and is celebrated after Christmas a new day to fulfill tradition.
Between Tuesday and Thursday, from December 26 to 28, the Premier League will celebrate its 19th matchday of the 2023/2024 championship. The English championship will close its first round of the season, with up to five teams at the top of the standings. He Arsenal He is the current leader, but the Gunners have in their wake Liverpool, Aston Villa, Tottenham and the current champion, the Manchester Citywith one more day to play.
For English football fans, Boxing Day is a day in which everyone takes the opportunity to bring color to the stands. Costumes, hats and other decorations will illuminate the Premier stadiums with Christmas motifs and will leave their typical image of each year in a few days of pure spectacle.
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What is Boxing Day?
While the rest of the domestic competitions stop in the Old Continent, in England, Scotland, Gales e North Ireland The party takes place in the stadiums the day after Christmas.
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.
Everything you need to know about Boxing Day 2023
With the leadership at stake and the return to normality of the Premier League of the current champion, Manchester City, with the success in the Club World Cup under the arm, a new edition of what is known as Boxing Day is staged in football in the Kingdom Unido.
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. The leader, Arsenal, was unable to extend its lead while Liverpool and Aston Villa, second and third respectively, took advantage of the opportunity to attack first place.
Chelsea fans during a Premier League Boxing Day Chelsea FC
Beneficiaries of the date were Tottenham, fourth, who won and closed the gap to three and four points, and Manchester City, fifth, who have the match pending that day due to their participation in the Club World Cup. Spanish Pep Guardiola’s team can get fully into the fight again as soon as they adjust their schedule with the postponed match.
The crash in St. James Park between Newcastle and the Nottingham Forest inaugurates Boxing Day that could end with Liverpool or Aston Villa at the top of the table. Both are one point behind Arsenal, which will close the session on Thursday.
What matches are being played on Boxing Day 2023?
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.
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