There are three games in the Premier League on Monday, and we will bring you every moment.
Ipswich v Chelsea (19:45) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Aston Villa v Brighton (19:45)
Man Utd v Newcastle (20:00)
Kick-off times are GMT
Christmas is boxed off.
We're almost through the confusing days before New Year and January is within touching distance.
And we need your help - what is Ipswich's New Year's resolution?
It could be a new player to sign, a tactical system to implement, an off-the-pitch matter or something else entirely.
Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.
This week, he takes on musician Emma-Jean Thackray, who is a Leeds fan.
Sutton's prediction: 0-2
Chelsea have had a couple of disappointing results over Christmas, firstly failing to score against Everton and then losing late on against Fulham.
Maybe Blues boss Enzo Maresca was right when he said his side were not title contenders. I still think that was more kidology than him ruling his side out of the race but, either way, it must be painful to drop points like that after winning their previous eight games in all competitions.
I am backing them to bounce back here, though, because they should have too much quality for Ipswich.
Fair play to the Tractor Boys, as much as I love giving them a kicking at times, they ran Arsenal close on Friday.
That was typical of Kieran McKenna's side this season. They have given it a real go in the Premier League and they never seem to lie down, whoever they play.
While I am going for a Chelsea win, the one thing at the back of my mind here is that Ipswich's determination and will to hang on in there in games has already brought them some reward in away games.
Eventually it is going to bring them a first home win of the campaign too.
Emma-Jean's prediction: 0-3
Ipswich have done so well to get where they are and I like the way they try to play football, but I only see one winner here.
Ipswich and Southampton are both keen to sign 29-year-old Rennes and Finland midfielder Glen Kamara in January. (TBR Football), external
Image source, Getty ImagesChelsea boss Enzo Maresca has praised the "fantastic" Liam Delap and believes that the 21-year-old striker can have a big impact on an international stage.
Maresca worked with Delap when he was coaching at Manchester City under Pep Guardiola and the England Under-21 forward was beginning to break through.
With Ipswich entertaining Chelsea at Portman Road on Monday, Maresca knows exactly what threat Delap will pose his side.
"Liam is a fantastic player for his age," Maresca said. We spent one year together and he scored 22/24 goals - he's a very good striker.
"He works hard on and off the ball - he understands the game and can score goals.
"England are lucky with many good players and strikers [but] because of his age, he can be an important player for England."
Maresca also spoke about how impressed he has been with Town boss Kieran McKenna who has led the Tractor Boys back to the Premier League.
"He's doing fantastic," Maresca said. "Since he joined Ipswich, they are doing top.
"Even this year they are doing well. Congratulations to him for what he is doing since he joined the club."
Full commentary of Ipswich v Chelsea from 19:45 GMT on Monday on BBC Radio 5 Live
Image source, PA MediaWe asked for your thoughts after Friday's Premier League game between Arsenal and Ipswich.
Here are some of your comments:
Arsenal fans
Matt: It's better than it was earlier in the season, but our only real failing is not running forward into the opponent's box quick enough when we're on the attack. A two against one in our favour quickly becomes a two v five as defenders get back quicker than our midfield gets up front! Otherwise all good - and especially good to see Martin Odegaard using his right foot!
Les: Switched channels after five minutes. Passing side to side or standing with your foot on the ball is so boring. League Two and National League games are much more exciting.
Richard: Arsenal must score more goals with the possession they have. It's not an easy watch with the score at 1-0. Surely something must be done about the blatant man handling at set pieces especially when the referee is no more than 10 yards away.
Julio: Frustrating home performance. Over 80% possession demonstrated our control of the game but our inability to convert this dominance into more goals was disappointing. We need to show more cutting edge in the final third, particularly in home fixtures where teams set up defensively against us. A win is a win, but we must win better.
Ipswich fans
Tom: A defiant and commendable defensive display, but lacking that final killer ball. Any time we went forward we did the right things but never looked to make a darting run, or more importantly, we failed to release the trigger. When we looked to be a threat on the counter, we were too hesitant to shoot and were never really a danger to Arsenal. Too much respect shown to Arsenal whilst lacking confidence to advance in possession of the ball in fear of losing it. A valiant effort, but you can't get a result from games if you don't take a chance.
Lonnie: Damage limitations personified. Good result for me. Bring on Chelsea. If we can mirror this we cannot complain.
Bazooma: Why can't Kieran McKenna shut up shop like this set up when Town have been 1-0 up with 15 minutes to go in previous games? Hope he learns from this.
Chris: Great effort. Would not rule Ipswich out of playing in the Premier League next year yet!
Image source, Getty ImagesKieran McKenna spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Ipswich lost to Arsenal: "The players worked really hard and we got the game to a good place in the second half after a good 20 minutes. Early on we were pinned in and couldn't get out but to where we were after 89 minutes I was really pleased.
"In the first half it was only the goal where I thought we needed to defend better. We were resilient and compact when we needed to be. Arsenal spent a lot of the first half in our defensive third but unable to penetrate."
On response after heavy loss against Newcastle: "It was a god step back in the right direction for us. We didn't hit our levels against Newcastle. We knew today we had to be resilient and we did that."
On the return of Kalvin Phillips: "I thought he did well. Luke Wolfenden deserves a mention too. Kalvin played 90 plus minutes and Wolfy almost 90 and both did really well."
On taking something from this game: "I think we can. Some defending was good and we'll need that on Monday against Chelsea."
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There are two matches in the Premier League on Friday, and we will bring you every moment.
Brighton v Brentford (19:30)
Arsenal v Ipswich (20:15)
Kick-off times GMT
Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.
This week he takes on Eats Everything, aka DJ & producer Daniel Pearce.
Sutton's prediction: 2-0
Ipswich missed the suspended Liam Delap in their heavy home defeat against Newcastle. He will be back for this game, but I don't see him making much difference to the outcome.
Saturday was the kind of thumping that might put a massive dent in Ipswich's confidence and this is a big test for them. I know they have already won in north London this season, when they saw off Tottenham in November, but it is hard to see them getting anything at Emirates Stadium.
It is important for Arsenal that Gabriel Jesus is back in the goals. They are going to miss the injured Bukayo Saka for the next few weeks but they will still have too much firepower for Ipswich.
The Tractor Boys are in the relegation zone at Christmas and I want to say that I feel sorry for my daughter's teacher Mr Fields, who is an Ipswich fan. To be honest, that's nothing new, though - I always feel sorry for all Ipswich fans.
Being serious, I still think they have got a chance of staying up and I still rate their manager, Kieran McKenna, very highly - but that Newcastle defeat was a big blow for them. They are still without a home win this season and that has to change quickly if they are going to have any chance of beating the drop.
Eats Everything's prediction: 3-0
If Arsenal turn up there is no contest, really. Ipswich gave United a good game and they are not a bad team, but they concede too many goals.
Image source, Getty ImagesIpswich Town manager Kieran McKenna says Friday's Premier League game against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium "is a fantastic one in the journey for this group of players and for the club".
He added: "We need to show the right mentality, first of all. It is a chance to show our togetherness, our spirit and resilience.
"Our organisation is going to have to be really good and we are going to have to show bravery in moments of the game as well to take them on in the way we want to."
On cutting down on individual errors - which proved costly in the heavy home defeat by Newcastle - he said: "It is about trying to develop the group, educating the players on different moments of the game and different situations, and what is the most appropriate decision to make in each situation.
"Then it is about working with them in that process because they are human beings.
"They are not going to get every judgement right in the level that we are operating at - the time and the margins to make your decisions are so, so, so fast."
Image source, Getty ImagesFor me, wherever I played, I'd always see where the first game was, where the last game was, and where we were at Christmas.
There is such a big difference between being at home on Boxing Day versus being away because, depending on what your manager is like, if you've got an away game there is a chance you're training on Christmas Day.
Some of the toughest times I had was when we had away games on Boxing Day and we had to come in to train at four or five on Christmas. That's when everything is just starting at home and everyone is really enjoying themselves and you have to leave.
If you lose you are sat in the hotel having walked away from friends and family all for no points. It's not the best feeling and as a consequence you bring home some of that disappointment with you.
But, in reality, you just know it is the busiest time of the year. The floodlights are always on for the games, the conditions get that little bit tougher, you've got games it feels like every three or four days.
I think it's an exciting part of the season because you can gain real, significant momentum but ultimately it comes down to are you winning games.
I think the Christmas period itself can be tough if you have got family but in reality it always feels nicer when you get that win on Boxing Day. The atmosphere in the stadiums is a little bit different, the atmosphere among the players is a bit different.
You're very thankful to get the chance to do what you do, but if you end up losing on Boxing Day or around that spell it is rubbish because it almost feels like it was a waste of time with all the efforts you put in.
But, I get it. The fans love it, there is a lot of clamour around it. You lose track of days just like everyone else does after Christmas and before New Year but it is great to play in front of those types of crowds and it just does feel different playing during that week or two.
Nedum Onuoha was speaking to BBC Sport's Nat Hayward
Seb Brown
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesThe moment of 2024 was undoubtedly the full-time whistle on 4 May which confirmed Ipswich were 2-0 winners over Huddersfield on the final day of the Championship season and most importantly were promoted automatically to the Premier League.
At the start of the 2023/24 campaign most Town fans thought we would be competitive and push for a top half finish. The League One promotion a year earlier had a certain amount of expectation attached given the financial clout of the club at that level, the Championship was now a different pond altogether.
Ipswich had absolutely no right to go head-to-head with three newly relegated sides in Leicester, Leeds and Southampton and their parachute payments gave them all a vastly superior advantage. To come out ahead of two of them with 96 points and finish only one point behind champions Leicester was an incredible achievement.
What the other clubs did not have was the togetherness and never give up attitude which is now so instilled throughout the club, both on the field and off it. Whispers that we would fall away across the season and accusations of being 'lucky' given the amount of late goals scored were levelled at Town throughout the campaign but the players and management shut out the exterior noise and got on with the job with razor sharp focus and mentality. A 96th minute winner against Southampton in early April epitomised this attitude and resulted in celebrations and noise not seen at Portman Road for nearly a quarter of a century.
The final whistle on 4th May brought with it a release of 22 years of decline and, at times, despair. The sight of thousands of fans running onto the pitch to celebrate with the heroes that had delivered this moment was a sight I will never forget.
What a moment, what a season, what a club.
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Holly Bacon
BBC Sport journalist
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has been speaking to the media before Friday's Premier League game against Arsenal (kick-off 20:15 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
On his midfield options to replace Sam Morsy who is suspended: "We've got a couple of options which we need to be honest. Massimo [Luongo] has been ill over the last week or two so we have to assess how he is as well. It was good to get Kalvin [Phillips] on the pitch in the second half of the Newcastle game. That was important, he is still working his way back. Jack [Taylor] had a good game against Bournemouth. Neither are necessarily like for like replacements for Sam but they can hopefully bring their own strengths to it."
On Phillips' fitness he added: "I think he had a better week last week with his ankle. He said he didn't feel anything from the game and he trained well today. I guess 100% is when you have a few more games under your belt but I think from the ankle issue he had, much better."
On having Liam Delap back: "He was a loss [against Newcastle], no doubt about it. He was always going to be. It's important to have him back, we're going to need his strengths in the game and we are going to need the other boys as well - that's for sure. It's nice to have him back."
On Arsenal's set pieces: "They are a team who, set plays wise, you look at as a reference for everyone in the league. With some of the things they do, they have been excellent in that phase so we've got a few more days now to prepare over Christmas, a lot of hard work in the next 72 hours and we'll be as ready as we can be."
On the approach to playing teams such as Arsenal and Chelsea: "For us as staff it's to try and come up with a game plan that gives us a chance to be competitive, to convince the players of that and then for the players to go again in a game they know they are going to be big, big underdogs in. But they go there with enough humility to know what the game is going to look like but also enough confidence to take the moments and opportunities when they come and to impose themselves and to find the belief that we can go there and try and get a result."
McKenna added that they have spoken about the mental qualities needed for this game: "I think we need to show the right mentality first of all in the game. I think it's a chance to show our togetherness, our spirit, resilience, we're going to have to show a real mental strength. Our organisation is going to have to be really good and we're going to have to show bravery at different moments of the game as well to take them on in the way that we want to in different phases of the game. For me it's about the mental characteristics we want to show in the game, that's what we've spoken about this morning."
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Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Chief Football writer Phil McNulty has been answering your questions on all things Premier League.
Sienna asked: Do you think all three promoted sides will once again go straight back down again this season? If not, which of the non-promoted sides do you think could be relegated?
Phil Answered: I did predict before the start of the season that the three promoted sides would go back down and I still fear that will be the case.
Southampton have surely gone. Six points at Christmas is almost impossible to escape from, while Leicester City look a real concern defensively to me, as proved by losing so heavily to Wolves on Sunday.
I think Wolves have the quality to get themselves into a safe position under new coach Vitor Pereira while Everton and Crystal Palace also have enough to steer clear of the bottom three.
Strange as it may seem, Ipswich have looked OK to me at times this season but then you see results like Saturday's against Newcastle and it puts it all into perspective.
So, the three who came up will go back down in my opinion.
