FOOTBALL is ringing in the festive cheer with what we hope will be a sizeable programme of Premier League and EFL fixtures – but matches are being postponed after positive Covid-19 tests.
18 out of 20 clubs were set to be in action on Boxing Day before postponements, with Man Utd visiting Newcastle on December 27.
Three Premier League games have been called off, with Liverpool’s game against Leeds, Watford’s trip to Wolves and Burnley vs Everton being put back.
Fans will be hoping more top flight games aren’t postponed due to rising rates of the highly contagious Omricon variant of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, in an update from the Premier League, they announced BT Sport will broadcast the Tottenham vs Crystal Palace match.
Premier League fixtures
Boxing Day
- Liverpool vs Leeds – 12.30pm – postponed
- Wolves vs Watford – 12.30pm – postponed
- Burnley vs Everton – 3pm – postponed
- Man City vs Leicester – 3pm
- Norwich vs Arsenal – 3pm
- Tottenham vs Crystal Palace – 3pm – BT Sport
- West Ham vs Southampton – 3pm
- Aston Villa vs Chelsea – 5.30pm – Sky Sports
- Brighton vs Brentford – 8pm – Sky Sports
Monday, December 27
- Newcastle vs Man Utd – 8pm – Sky Sports
*All matches 3pm kick-off unless stated
Championship fixtures
Boxing Day
- Barnsley vs Stoke – postponed
- Cardiff vs Coventry – postponed
- Fulham vs Birmingham – postponed
- Huddersfield vs Blackpool -3pm – Sky Sports Red Button
- Hull vs Blackburn 3pm – Sky Sports Red Button
- Luton vs Bristol City – 3pm – Sky Sports Red Button
- Middlesbrough vs Nottingham Forest – 3pm
- Millwall vs Swansea – postponed
- Peterborough vs Reading – postponed
- Preston vs Sheffield United – postponed
Monday, December 27
- Derby vs West Brom – 3pm – Sky Sports
- QPR vs Bournemouth – 5.30pm – Sky Sports
League One fixtures
Boxing Day
- Accrington vs Rotherham – 3pm
- AFC Wimbledon vs Charlton – postponed
- Bolton vs Morecambe – postponed
- Cheltenham vs Plymouth – 3pm
- Crewe vs Wigan – postponed
- Fleetwood vs Shrewsbury – 3pm
- Lincoln vs MK Dons – 3pm
- Portsmouth vs Oxford – postponed
- Sheffield Wednesday vs Burton – postponed
- Wycombe vs Cambridge – postponed
Monday, December 27
- Doncaster vs Sunderland – 12.30pm – Sky Sports
League Two fixtures
Boxing Day
- Carlisle vs Rochdale – 1pm
- Bradford vs Harrogate – postponed
- Bristol Rovers vs Sutton – postponed
- Colchester vs Leyton Orient – postponed
- Exeter vs Swindon – postponed
- Mansfield vs Hartlepool – 3pm
- Newport vs Forest Green – postponed
- Northampton vs Walsall – postponed
- Oldham vs Scunthorpe – 3pm
- Port Vale vs Salford – postponed
- Stevenage vs Crawley – postponed
- Tranmere vs Barrow – 3pm
