BREAKING: Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs' Premier League fixture changes for Christmas and New Year revealed

The Premier League has confirmed its festive fixture schedule for Christmas and New Year's Day.

This year, fixtures on Boxing Day have been reduced to just one game - with Manchester United hosting Newcastle United at Old Trafford. This is due to calendar congestion, driven by UEFA's expanded competitions and the revamped FA Cup schedule.

The Premier League is obliged to deliver 33 weekends of action to broadcasters. As a result, the remaining festive fixtures will be played on Saturday, December 27 and Sunday, December 28 to meet that requirement.

Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion, Brentford vs AFC Bournemouth, Burnley vs Everton, Liverpool vs Wolves and West Ham vs Fulham will all be played at 3pm on Saturday. Chelsea vs Aston Villa will kick off at 5:30pm and will be broadcast on Sky Sports.

On Sunday, Sky Sports will televise Sunderland vs Leeds United at 2pm, followed by Crystal Palace's clash with Tottenham at 4:30pm. Changes have also been made for the first week of January.

On New Year's Day, four matches will be shown on Sky Sports: Liverpool vs Leeds United (5:30pm), Crystal Palace vs Fulham (5:30pm), Brentford vs Spurs (8pm) and Sunderland vs Manchester City (8pm).

On January 3, Aston Villa will host Nottingham Forest in the lunchtime kick-off on Sky Sports, while Brighton vs Burnley and Wolves vs West Ham will take place at 3pm. Arsenal's clash with Bournemouth rounds off the day at 5:30pm, also live on Sky Sports.

The following day, TNT Sports will show Leeds vs Manchester United at 12:30pm, while Sky Sports will broadcast Everton vs Brentford at 3pm. Other 3pm kick-offs include Fulham vs Liverpool, Newcastle vs Crystal Palace, and Tottenham vs Sunderland. Manchester City will then host Chelsea at 5:30pm.

An official Premier League statement regarding the fixture changes reads: "The Premier League would like to acknowledge the circumstances that have led to a reduced number of matches on Boxing Day this season – impacting an important tradition in English football.

"There are now several challenges to Premier League fixture scheduling rooted in the expansion of European club competitions – which led to a revision of our domestic calendar ahead of last season, including changes to the FA Cup. This ultimately left the Premier League as a 33-weekend competition – fewer than previous seasons, despite being a 380-match competition since 1995.

"With fewer weekends to work with, the League is bound by how the calendar falls. The League can give an assurance that next season there will be more Premier League matches on Boxing Day – as the date falls on a Saturday. As with previous years, and in keeping with our commitment to clubs, special arrangements have been made to allow more time between games played across the festive period.

"This will allow greater time for players to recover with the rest periods between rounds 18, 19 and 20 being increased to ensure that no club plays within 60 hours of another match."

Full list of fixtures:

Friday 26 December 2025
20:00 Manchester United v Newcastle United (Sky Sports)

Saturday 27 December
12:30 Nottingham Forest v Manchester City (TNT Sports)
Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion
Brentford v AFC Bournemouth
Burnley v Everton
Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United v Fulham
17:30 Chelsea v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)

Sunday 28 December
14:00 Sunderland v Leeds United (Sky Sports)
16:30 Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur (Sky Sports)

Tuesday 30 December
19:30 Burnley v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
19:30 Chelsea v Bournemouth (Sky Sports)
19:30 Nott'm Forest v Everton (Sky Sports)
19:30 West Ham v Brighton (Sky Sports)
20:15 Arsenal v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
20:15 Man Utd v Wolves (Sky Sports)

Thursday 1 January 2026
17:30 Crystal Palace v Fulham (Sky Sports)
17:30 Liverpool v Leeds (Sky Sports)
20:00 Brentford v Spurs (Sky Sports)*
20:00 Sunderland v Man City (Sky Sports)*
*Due to the movement of Spurs and Sunderland's last matches to 28 December

Tuesday 6 January
20:00 West Ham v Nott'm Forest (Sky Sports)

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