On Boxing Day there will be plenty of football for fans in England.
You can follow six Premier League games here in the “Boxing Day” ticker.
Football
is
traditionally played again
in
England
on December 26th
.
On “Boxing Day” in the Premier League *,
Leicester City
and
Manchester United will
start at 1.30pm.
At 6.30 p.m. Arsenal and Chelsea
face each other
in the important
London derby
.
Kick-off at 1.30 p.m. |
Leicester City - Manchester United -: - (- :-) |
Kick-off at 4 p.m. |
Fulham FC - Southampton FC -: - (- :-) |
Aston Villa - Crystal Palace -: - (- :-) |
|
Kick-off at 6.30 p.m. |
Arsenal - Chelsea -: - (- :-) |
Kick-off at 9 p.m. |
Manchester City - Newcastle -: - (- :-) |
Sheffield United - Everton -: - (- :-) |
Update from December 26th, 1:01 p.m
.: Welcome to the live ticker for Boxing Day in the Premier League.
While the ball rests over Christmas in the Bundesliga, the island traditionally kicks it on Christmas Day.
The top match between Leicester City and Manchester United will kick off today in just under half an hour.
We will keep you up to date here in the ticker.
Premier League in live ticker: top game in Leicester - Arteta final at the London derby?
London - The term
"Boxing Day"
has a long tradition in England, it originated in the 19th century at the time of Queen Victoria.
Back then, the richer population put together Christmas packages for the poorer people or their employees.
Since the officers got off on
December 26th,
they took the package home with them.
Since the victory at the home World Cup in England in
1966
, it has also been customary for fans to be given a little football.
Premier League in the ticker: Top game between Leicester and Manchester - final for Arteta?
It all started with
Leicester City
second in the
table
and
Manchester United
third
, the surprise champions from 2016 got off to a strong start this year and will now face the Premier League record winner *, who won his last game 6-2 against Leeds.
At 16 o'clock, there are two parallel games with prominent guests:
Aston
Villa
competes against
Crystal Palace
, while the
Fulham FC
and
Southampton FC
with the ex-Bundesliga * -Coach
Ralph Hasenhüttl
face.
The
London Derby will
kick off at
6.30
p.m. and fans all over the world are eagerly awaiting it.
Things are not
going well
at
Arsenal
,
Mikel Arteta's
team is currently in
15th place and could
slip further
with a defeat against
Chelsea
.
In the event of a bankruptcy for the North Londoners, the Spaniard would probably lose his job and a recently sacked star coach could soon inherit him.
All attention on Arsenal 💪 pic.twitter.com/qooORmvGtB
- Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) December 23, 2020
Premier League in the ticker: German players at the London derby in focus - Corona failures at Manchester City
Some
Germans
are also likely to be in action on Saturday evening:
Bernd Leno is
between the posts
at Arsenal
, and there are currently wild rumors about the sorted out Mesut Özil.
Timo Werner
and
Kai Havertz
will play
on the Chelsea side
, but DFB * defender Antonio Rüdiger is unlikely to play.
At 9 p.m. it continues with the promoted
Sheffield United
against the strong
Everton
.
In the parallel game,
Manchester City
and
Newcastle United
face each other.
In the team of ex-Bayern coach * Pep Guardiola, however, two games tested positive for the corona virus *, and two supervisors were infected.
The professionals are the Brazilian Gabriel Jesus and the British Kyle Walker.
The Citizens could have a hard time with this handicap against the twelfth of the table, just 48 hours after the game it is already on against Everton.
(ajr) * tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.
