Festive football on Sky

From the Merseyside derby to an Old Firm clash, more than 40 games are live on Sky Sports during five weeks of festive football.

The televised matches will see football fans right through into the New Year, with 22 live Premier League matches being shown in just 35 days through to January 5, 2017.

Count down the weeks to Christmas starting with four top-flight fixtures in the first weekend of December, including a mouth-watering title clash between Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Antonio Conte’s Chelsea. 

Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool will travel to face Bournemouth as they look to keep chase in the hunt for the Premier League, and Wayne Rooney’s Manchester United will head back to Goodison Park to play Everton.

WEEK ONE: Friday December 2-Monday December 5

Premier League: Man City v Chelsea (December 3), Bournemouth v Liverpool (December 4), Everton v Manchester United (December 4), Middlesbrough v Hull (December 5)

EFL:  Nottingham Forest v Newcastle (December 2), Leeds v Aston Villa (December 3)

SPFL: Motherwell v Celtic (December 3)

Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur are already out of the Champions League and will be looking to make amends in league action in week two of the festive period when they head to Old Trafford live on Sky Sports Super Sunday on December 11, while West Ham make the journey to Anfield. 

December 9 also sees the return of the successful ’10 in 10′ which sees back-to-back Sky Bet EFL matches screened exclusively live, with Brighton kicking things off when they welcome Leeds United to the seaside, with the Seagulls flying high among the top …

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