Manchester City - Leicester 0: 1 (Half 1)

Boxing Day Cycle: Kevin de Bruyne put the champion ahead in the fifth minute.

More now: Norwich - Arsenal 1: 0, Tottenham - Crystal Palace 0: 0.

Below: Aston Villa - Chelsea

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26/12/2021

Sunday, December 26, 2021, 5:00 p.m.

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The corona virus is spreading fast again and hitting the kingdom, but in the Premier League they are trying to broadcast business as usual and trying as little as possible to hurt the Christmas celebration.

Three games have been postponed in the 19th round, but if there are no more surprising developments at the last minute, six games will be played today (Sunday) in the "Boxing Day" round, with the focus on the meetings between Manchester City and Leicester and between Aston Villa and Chelsea.

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De Brauna (Photo: Reuters)

Manchester City - Leicester 0: 1 (Half 1)

The match between Liverpool and Leeds is one of the three that were postponed and therefore the champions have a chance to increase the gap at the top to six points. Pep Guardiola's team is at its peak and has seen nine wins in the last ten rounds of the Premier League, eight of them in a row. In the last two games she has crushed Leeds 0: 7 and Newcastle 0: 4 away and it is very doubtful if the Foxes can stop them at home. Leicester, on the other hand, suffered from a Corona outburst on the team and were also in a very bad period, in fact winning only one game out of five in all competitions in December - it was 0: 4 over Newcastle on December 12, since their league games were postponed. She did play in the middle of the week in the League Cup, but dropped a 1: 3 advantage at Anfield against the Liverpool substitutes and lost in a penalty shootout. Kevin de Bruyne was placed as an imaginary 9th in City's offense, alongside Rahim Sterling and Riyad Rhyme who meets the ex.

Arranged an early advantage for Arsenal.

Sake (Photo: Reuters)

Norwich - Arsenal 1: 0 (Half 1)

Another team that is in tremendous momentum is Arsenal.

Mikel Arteta's team has won all three of the last league games, in the middle of the week it did not have a hard time with 1: 5 over Sunderland on the way to the League Cup semi-finals and it is already ranked fourth in the Premier League.

Against the table lock she is not supposed to have a hard time, although her strength is in the home games while away she has lost in three of the last four games.

Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Edgor, Buccayo Saka and Alexander Lacassette are set to continue their attack together, while Pierre-Emerick Obmiang is not expected to play a male for the disciplinary offenses he committed that also led to his dismissal as captain.

The Canaries, on the other hand, lost in the three league games they played in December and at this point Dean Smith is having a hard time stabilizing the ranks and getting the team out of last place.

A long drought fracture in the league in the last round.

Kane (Photo: Reuters)

Tottenham - Crystal Palace 0: 0 (Half 1)

Antonio Conte's roosters were part of one of last season's games last week when they split 2-2 against Liverpool, a game that almost completely forgot that the club was shut down for several days following Corona's outburst in the team in which Harry Kane also scored his second goal of the league this season. , Who stopped a streak of three losses with a win over Everton and a draw against Southampton in the last two games.

Vieira claimed over the weekend that a number of his players had been verified for Corona, with Tottenham on the other hand in an almost full squad and appearing to be ready to take the leap and compete again on one of Europe's top floors next season.

Is expected to rise sharply in the absence of Antonio.

Bowen (Photo: Reuters)

West Ham - Southampton

West Ham were one of the most refreshing and surprising teams at the start of the season, but in recent weeks the Hammers have experienced a significant drop in ability and of course in the results - they have not won in the last seven games in all competitions, and against the Saints will also miss one of their stars About ten days.

Jarrod Bowen Jost from the wing separately and will try to get the team back on the winning track.

The visitors have been unbeaten in the last six Premier League rounds, but have got back on the injured strikers Che Adams and Adam Armstrong.

Was missing for Chelsea and will now return to the squad.

Kovacic (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Regan)

Aston Villa - Chelsea (19:30, Sport1)

Earlier this month Chelsea still led the table, but two consecutive draws and a lone win in the last four rounds dropped it to third place.

Now the Blues will try to come back with three points from Birmingham, where they will meet Aston Villa who have been improving since the arrival of Steven Gerrard last month.

Romulo Lukaku returned to training after recovering from Corona, but the great news for Thomas Tuchel is the return to the squad of Mateo Kovacic, who has recovered from an injury and Corona will be collaborating with Giorgini at the link.

Aston Villa in the Stevie G era have just succumbed to Manchester City and Liverpool and although they too are lacking and with deficiencies due to injuries and Corona, the team are aware that this is a good opportunity to take points from one of the greats in their attempt to climb to the top.

• English League 2021/22

  Group	Games	Victories	draw	Losses	Gates	Points
  1	Manchester city	18	14	2	2	9-44	44
  2	Liverpool	17	11	5	1	14-47	38
  3	Chelsea	18	11	5	2	12-39	38
  4	Arsenal	18	10	2	6	23-27	32
  5	West Ham United	17	8	4	5	21-28	28
  6	Manchester United	16	8	3	5	24-26	27
  7	Tottenham	15	8	2	5	19-18	26
  8	Wolves	18	7	4	7	14-13	25
  9	Leicester City	16	6	4	6	27-27	22
  10	Aston Villa	17	7	1	9	25-23	22
  11	Crystal Palace	17	4	8	5	24-24	20
  12	Brentford	16	5	5	6	22-21	20
  13	Brighton	16	4	8	4	17-14	20
  14	Everton	17	5	4	8	29-21	19
  15	Southampton	17	3	8	6	26-16	17
  16	Leeds	18	3	7	8	36-18	16
  17	Watford	16	4	1	11	31-21	13
  18	Burnley	15	1	8	6	21-14	11
  19	Newcastle	17	1	7	9	38-17	10
  20	Norwich	17	2	4	11	34-8	10

Brighton - Brentford (22:00, Sport1)

The game that will lock in the Boxing Day celebration.

The Graham Potter Seagulls have not won a single league game since mid-September, already 11 consecutive rounds, but in this run they have lost only three times and finished with no less than eight draws.

They will host the new and surprising newcomer who leads them by just a goal difference and in the middle of the week in the League Cup they lost 2: 0 to Chelsea, in their first game after they were also suspended for several days following Corona in the team (and also by their then rival in the rejected game, Manchester United).

In the league Brentford has lost just once in its last five games and its star squad will be back Ivan Tony who has recovered from Corona.

And was not a partner in the win over Watford in the last league game it held about two weeks ago.

round

Newcastle - Manchester United (Monday, 22:00, Sport1)

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