Premier League Christmas & New Year fixtures: Full festive schedule and kick-off times

Pochettino 'not happy' with Christmas Eve fixture

This year's festive football schedule will see the first Premier League match played on Christmas Eve for 28 years when Wolves host Chelsea (13:00 GMT).

Each club will play three games between 21 December and 2 January, except for champions Manchester City and Brentford.

City are in Club World Cup action in Saudi Arabia, with the final taking place on 22 December. Their match with Brentford, originally scheduled for 23 December, has been postponed.

Crystal Palace host Brighton in the first Christmas fixture on Thursday, 21 December (20:00), while Aston Villa face Sheffield United on Friday, 22 December (20:00)

Six matches remain on Saturday, 23 December including Fulham's game against Burnley, which will see Rebecca Welch become the first female referee for a Premier League fixture.

The scheduling of Chelsea's visit to Wolves on Christmas Eve has drawn criticism with the Football Supporters' Association, who said it was "an unwanted present which no-one asked for", while the Chelsea Supporters' Trust described the decision as "totally unacceptable".

Chelsea will have the shortest recovery time, with 139.5 hours between their first kick-off and third kick-off, while Brighton have the most with 283.5 hours - double that of Chelsea.

Sky Sports, TNT Sports and Prime Video will share live broadcast rights throughout the festive season with the BBC showing highlights.

Premier League festive fixtures & schedule in full

Kick-offs 15:00 unless stated. All times GMT.

Thursday, 21 December

Crystal Palace v Brighton (20:00)

Friday, 22 December

Aston Villa v Sheffield United (20:00)

Saturday, 23 December

West Ham v Manchester United (12:30)

Fulham v Burnley

Luton Town v Newcastle United

Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth

Tottenham v Everton

Liverpool v Arsenal (17:30)

Sunday, 24 December

Wolves v Chelsea (13:00)

Tuesday, 26 December - Boxing Day fixtures

Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest (12:30)

Bournemouth v Fulham

Sheffield United v Luton Town

Burnley v Liverpool (17:30)

Manchester United v Aston Villa (20:00)

Wednesday, 27 December

Brentford v Wolves (19:30)

Chelsea v Crystal Palace (19:30)

Everton v Manchester City (20:15)

Thursday, 28 December

Brighton v Tottenham (19:30)

Arsenal v West Ham (20:15)

Saturday, 30 December

Luton Town v Chelsea (12:30)

Aston Villa v Burnley

Crystal Palace v Brentford

Manchester City v Sheffield United

Wolves v Everton

Nottingham Forest v Manchester United (17:30)

Sunday, 31 December

Fulham v Arsenal (14:00)

Tottenham v Bournemouth (14:00)

Monday, 1 January

Liverpool v Newcastle United (20:00)

Tuesday, 2 January

West Ham v Brighton (19:30)

Great for Brighton, tough for Chelsea - who has the most recovery time?*

Total recovery time

Matchday 1 fixture

Matchday 2 fixture [recovery]

Matchday 3 [recovery]

1 - Brighton

283.5 hrs

Crystal Palace (a) 21 Dec (20:00)

Tottenham (h) 28 Dec (19:30)

[165 hrs 30 mins]

West Ham (a) 2 Jan (19:30)

[118 hrs]

2 - West Ham

243 hrs

Man Utd (h) 23 Dec (12:30)

Arsenal (a) 28 Dec (20:15)

[125 hrs 45 mins]

Brighton (h) 2 Jan (19:30)

[117 hrs 15 mins]

3 - Newcastle United

217 hrs

Luton (a) 23 Dec (15:00)

Nott'm Forest (h) 26 Dec (12:30)

[67 hrs 30 mins]

Liverpool (a) 1 Jan (20:00)

[149 hrs 30 mins]

4 - Liverpool

214.5 hrs

Arsenal (h) 23 Dec (17:30)

Burnley (a) 26 Dec (17:30)

[70 hrs]

Newcastle (h) 1 Jan (20:00)

[144 hrs 30 mins]

5 - Crystal Palace

207 hrs

Brighton (h) 21 Dec (20:00)

Chelsea (a) 27 Dec (19:30)

[141 hrs 30 mins]

Brentford (h) 30 Dec (15:00)

[65 hrs 30 mins]

6= - Bournemouth

187 hrs

Nott'm Forest (a) 23 Dec (15:00)

Fulham (h) 26 Dec (15:00)

[70 hrs]

Tottenham (a) 31 Dec (14:00)

[117 hrs]

6= - Fulham

187 hrs

Burnley (h) 23 Dec (15:00)

Bournemouth (a) 26 Dec (15:00)

[70 hrs]

Arsenal (h) 31 Dec (14:00)

[117 hrs]

6= - Tottenham

187 hrs

Everton (h) 23 Dec (15:00)

Brighton (a) 28 Dec (19:30)

[122 hrs 30 mins]

Bournemouth (h) 31 Dec (14:00)

[64 hrs 30 mins]

9 - Arsenal

184.5 hrs

Liverpool (a) 23 Dec (17:30)

West Ham (h) 28 Dec (20:15)

[120 hrs 45 mins]

Fulham (a) 31 Dec (14:00)

[63 hrs 45 mins]

10= - Aston Villa

183 hrs

Sheff Utd (h) 22 Dec (20:00)

Man Utd (a) 26 Dec (20:00)

[94 hrs]

Burnley (h) 30 Dec (15:00)

[89 hrs]

10= - Sheffield United

183 hrs

Aston Villa (a) 22 Dec (20:00)

Luton (h) 26 Dec (15:00)

[89 hrs]

Man City (a) 30 Dec (15:00)

[94 hrs]

12 - Manchester United

169 hrs

West Ham (a) 23 Dec (12:30)

Aston Villa (h) 26 Dec (20:00)

[77 hrs 30 mins]

Nott'm Forest (a) 30 Dec (17:30)

[91 hrs 30 mins]

13 - Nottingham Forest

166.5 hrs

Bournemouth (h) 23 Dec (15:00)

Newcastle (a) 26 Dec (12:30)

[67 hrs 30 mins]

Man Utd (h) 30 Dec (17:30)

[99 hrs]

14= - Burnley

164 hrs

Fulham (a) 23 Dec (15:00)

Liverpool (h) 26 Dec (17:30)

[72 hrs 30 mins]

Aston Villa 30 Dec (15:00)

[91 hrs 30 mins]

14= - Everton

164 hrs

Tottenham (a) 23 Dec (15:00)

Man City (h) 27 Dec (20:15)

[99 hrs 15 mins]

Wolves (a) 30 Dec (15:00)

[64 hrs 45 mins]

16 - Luton Town

161.5 hrs

Newcastle (h) 23 Dec (15:00)

Sheff Utd (a) 26 Dec (15:00)

[70 hrs]

Chelsea (h) 30 Dec (12:30)

[91 hrs 30 mins]

17 - Wolves

142 hrs

Chelsea (h) 24 Dec (13:00)

Brentford (a) 27 Dec (19:30)

[76 hrs 30 mins]

Everton (h) 30 Dec (15:00)

[65 hrs 30 mins]

18 - Chelsea

139.5 hrs

Wolves (a) 24 Dec (13:00)

Crystal Palace (h) 27 Dec (19:30)

[76 hrs 30 mins]

Luton (a) 30 Dec (12:30)

[63 hrs]

Brentford

N/A

Postponed

Wolves (h) 27 Dec (19:30)

Crystal Palace (a) 30 Dec (15:00)

Manchester City

N/A

Postponed

Everton (a) 27 Dec (20:15)

Sheff Utd (h) 30 Dec (15:00)

*Recovery time calculated on the basis of every match being completed within a two-hour timeframe

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