Summary

  • FT: Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth - Pedro (2) & Hazard

  • FT: Arsenal 1-0 West Brom - Giroud with late header

  • FT: Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough - late goal for Gray

  • FT: Leicester 0-2 Everton - Mirallas & Lukaku

  • FT: Swansea 1-4 West Ham - Carroll with Hammers fourth

  • FT: Man Utd 3-1 Sunderland - Mkhitaryan with superb third

  1. Team newspublished at 14:25 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Burnley v Middlesbrough (15:00 GMT)

    Burnley boss Sean Dyche makes just one change from the side which started the 2-1 defeat at Tottenham. Right-back Jon Flanagan comes in for the suspended Matt Lowton.

    Premier LeagueImage source, #bbcfootball

    Boro manager Aitor Karanka also decides to make just a single tweak. Uruguay forward Cristhian Stuani comes back into the starting XI after a foot injury, with Viktor Fischer dropping out.

    Premier LeagueImage source, #bbcfootball
  2. No Rooney for Unitedpublished at 14:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Man Utd v Sunderland (15:00GMT)

    Simon Stone
    BBC Sport

    Two changes for Manchester United this afternoon.

    Juan Mata returns for skipper Wayne Rooney, who is injured.

    Daley Blind starts his first Premier League game at Old Trafford since October. He is at left-back ahead of Matteo Darmian, who is on the bench.

    Man Utd XI: De Gea; Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Blind; Carrick, Herrera, Mata, Pogba, Lingard, Ibrahimovic.

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  3. Team newspublished at 14:21 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Swansea v West Ham (15:00 GMT)

    Swansea City manager Bob Bradley makes four changes from the 3-0 defeat at Middlesbrough, with striker Borja Baston, midfielder Jack Cork and defenders Stephen Kingsley and Mike van der Hoorn replacing Fernando Llorente, Modou Barrow, Neil Taylor and Jordi Amat

    Swansea XI: Fabianski; Rangel, van der Hoorn, Mawson, Kingsley; Britton, Fulton, Cork; Sigurdsson, Routledge; Borja.

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    West Ham boss Slaven Bilic makes two changes from the 1-0 win over Hull, with Havard Nordveit and former Swansea forward Andre Ayew coming in for Pedro Obiang and Manuel Lanzini.  

    West Ham XI: Randolph, Kouyate, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Antonio, Nordtveit, Noble, Ayew, Payet, Carroll.  

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  4. Team newspublished at 14:17 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Arsenal v West Brom (15:00 GMT)

    Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud makes his first league start of the season as he comes in for forward Theo Walcott, who does not make the bench. Left-back Kieran Gibbs replacing Nacho Monreal is the only other change by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger from the team that were beaten by Manchester City last time out. 

    Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Gibbs, Coquelin, Xhaka, Sanchez, Ozil, Iwobi, Giroud.  

    ArsenalImage source, #bbcfootball

    West Brom boss Tony Pulis makes one change from the defeat by Manchester United last time out as centre-back Jonny Evans comes in for Jonas Olsson.

    West Brom XI: Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Nyom, Yacob, Fletcher, Phillips, Chadli, Brunt, Rondon.

    West BromImage source, #bbcfootball
  5. No old boys reunionpublished at 14:15 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Man Utd v Sunderland (15:00 GMT)

    Simon Stone
    BBC Sport

    Three former Manchester United players in the Sunderland squad but none of them make David Moyes' line-up.

    Paddy McNair is injured, Adnan Januzaj cannot play against his parent club and Donald Love is dropped to the bench.

    Moyes will hope to fare better than the last former United manager to sit in the visitors' dug-out at Old Trafford.

    That was Ron Atkinson, who came here with Sheffield Wednesday in November 1997 - and lost 6-1.

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  6. Postpublished at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Leicester v Everton (15:00 GMT)

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  7. A Vardy partypublished at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Leicester v Everton (15:00 GMT)

    One Jamie Vardy, there's only one Jamie Vardy... Actually there will be 30,000 Jamie Vardys at the King Power Stadium even though the Leicester striker is banned...

  8. Breaking team newspublished at 14:09 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Leicester v Everton (15:00 GMT)

    Ross Barkley has felt the sharp end of Ronald Koeman's tongue recently and pays the price today. The Everton midfielder has been dropped to the bench.

  9. Breaking team newspublished at 14:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Arsenal v West Brom (15:00 GMT)

    Well it is Christmas after all. Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud is given his first Premier League start of the season.

  10. Deeney reaches 100published at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Watford 1-1 Crystal Palace

    Troy Deeney of Watford celebratesImage source, Reuters

    A big moment for Troy Deeney at Vicarage Road. The striker has just equalised against Crystal Palace from the penalty spot. It is his 100th goal for the Hornets.

    Damian Delaney conceded the penalty for a pull-back on Sebastian Prodl at a Watford corner. 

    You can follow that game here.

  11. Breaking team newspublished at 14:04 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Chelsea v Bournemouth (15:00 GMT)

    Chelsea are strikerless. Diego Costa is out through suspension so Eden Hazard, Pedro and Willian form the Blues front three. 

  12. Breaking team newspublished at 14:02 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Man Utd v Sunderland (15:00 GMT)

    No Wayne Rooney for Manchester United. He's injured. Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time scoring record  for the Red Devils is still alive.

  13. Postpublished at 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    The names of footballers are hastily being scribbled out, pieces of paper handed in to the referees. Fantasy Football managers up and down the land have their fingers crossed. Today's team news is about to land.

  14. Postpublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    So we have SIX Premier League matches booting off in little over an hour, as well as the Football League, Scottish League, Welsh League, the Dog and Duck League. All going on.

    Here's the English top-flight action coming up at 15:00 GMT...

    Arsenal v West Brom

    Burnley v Middlesbrough

    Chelsea v Bournemouth

    Leicester v Everton

    Man Utd v Sunderland

    Swansea v West Ham

  15. Postpublished at 13:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Watford 0-1 Crystal Palace

    Sam Allardyce talks to Mathieu FlaminiImage source, Reuters

    One match is already alive in the Premier League  - and Sam Allardyce's reign as Crystal Palace boss is going well.

    The Eagles are 1-0 up at Watford in the lunchtime kick-off thanks to Yohan Cabaye's smart finish. Head over here to find out what is going on.

  16. Postpublished at 13:50 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Hello! Let's get the standard Boxing Day questions out of the way. Did you enjoy yourself yesterday? Did Santa turn up with a sackful of exciting presents? Have you put at least half a stone on in weight?

    Yes, yes and yes. Excellent. Right let's crack on...

  17. Postpublished at 13:45 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Queuing up outside Selfridges from 2am ahead of the sales?

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    A quick dip in the freezing North Sea?

    Boxing DayImage source, PA

    Or a 450-mile round trip to Plymouth for the footy?

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    I know which one I'd pick to fill my Boxing Day - and I reckon you'd do the same. Right?

  18. Postpublished at 13:40 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    This year will always be synonymous with one word - Brexit. But, as a remarkable political year draws to a close, football offers us a timely reminder that Britain going alone is nothing new. 

    While their continental cousins sit back and rest their 'weary' bodies over the festive period, our footballers plough on. 

    Lionel Messi, Edinson Cavani, Robert Lewandowski et al might not be entertaining Spanish, German and French football fans today, but Boxing Day would not be the same for us Brits if we didn't have the likes of Steve Cook, Dean Marney and Billy Jones providing our festive football fix...

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    Thought we'd not seen Ken Bates for a while...