Summary

  • Kane - two close-range finishes & deft chip

  • 39 goals in 36 Premier League games in 2017 - a new record

  • Surpasses Alan Shearer's tally set in 1995

  • Eight hat-tricks in 2017 for Kane

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:35 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Weird and wacky presents

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  2. Team newspublished at 11:34 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017
    Breaking

    Tottenham v Southampton (12:30 GMT)

    The team news is in for Tottenham versus Southampton. Spurs make two changes as Mousa Dembele and Danny Rose come in.

    Four changes for Southampton, meanwhile, with the suspended Charlie Austin replaced by Shane Long in attack.

    Full team news to come shortly.

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  3. Gross looks good...published at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Chelsea v Brighton (15:00 GMT)

    Pascal Gross

    Pascal Gross has been involved in nine of Brighton's 15 goals this season.

  4. View from the gantrypublished at 11:29 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Chelsea v Brighton (15:00 GMT)

    Jonathan Pearce
    BBC Match of the Day commentator

    With the teams around them in the table all having winnable-looking back-to-back games to round off 2017, Chelsea must take advantage of this game, and Stoke at home on Saturday.

    They deserved better at Everton.Twenty-five shots was their highest tally in a Premier League game without scoring since January 2014.

    Brighton's first win in eight games, against Watford, has restored confidence. It was lovely to see Connor Goldson turning in a man-of-the-match performance nine months after life-saving heart surgery. Shane Duffy's return from suspension gives Chris Hughton a selection headache.

    They will be conservative. If they're too cautious, Chelsea will pick them off as Arsenal, Manchester United andTottenham have done. But if they counter with urgency, they could get a surprise draw here against tired Chelsea legs.

  5. Morata back for Chelseapublished at 11:24 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Chelsea v Brighton (15:00 GMT)

    Chelsea top scorer Alvaro Morata has completed his one-match ban and is set to return for the visit of Brighton.

    David Luiz is still out with a knee injury and midfielder Charly Musonda is absent because of a groin problem.

    Brighton defender Shane Duffy is available again after serving a one-game suspension.

    On-loan forward Izzy Brown is ineligible against his parent club, while Steve Sidwell remains sidelined with a back injury.

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Weird and wacky presents

    Lee Peckover: Did anyone ever get this as a kid? Like Subbuteo, with magnets.

    Pro actionImage source, BBC Sport
  7. Home discomfortspublished at 11:22 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Bournemouth v West Ham (15:00 GMT)

    Bournemouth

    No side has fewer points at home this season than Bournemouth.

  8. A tense afternoon ahead?published at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Bournemouth v West Ham (15:00 GMT)

    John Roder
    Match of the Day commentator

    With exactly half the season having now been played, Bournemouth are in the bottom three and West Ham one place above the relegation zone coming into this Boxing Day fixture.

    Bournemouth, without a win now in eight in all competitions, weren't expected to get anything from their trip to runaway leaders Manchester City,and so it proved.

    David Moyes' comments after the home defeat by Newcastlesuggest it's reasonable to assume Manuel Lanzini will come straight back into the West Ham team after a two-match ban.

    It's likely to be a tense afternoon, ahead of an anxious second half of the season for both clubs.

  9. Injury concerns for Bournemouthpublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Bournemouth v West Ham (15:00 GMT)

    Bournemouth's Jermain Defoe faces a couple of months on the sidelines with a fractured ankle.

    Junior Stanislas is likely to miss out after injuring his hamstring in the defeat at Man City, while Joshua King and Charlie Daniels are also doubts.

    West Ham midfielder Manuel Lanzini is set to return after a two-match ban.

    Captain Mark Noble could miss out again with a tight hamstring and defender Jose Fonte remains sidelined with an ankle injury.

  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Text 81111

    No messing about here - straight to the point...

    Unlikely maybe but it would be brilliant to see Mounrinho's smug grin wiped off his face today and put them even further behind City.

    Allan Brown, Clarets fan.

  11. View from the gantrypublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Man Utd v Burnley (15:00 GMT)

    Guy Mowbray
    Match of the Day commentator

    In the Premier League era, Manchester United have won 19 games on Boxing Day.

    It's a figure no other club comes close to, and they will of course be expected to win this one too.

    Might a Claret ghost from Christmas's long past come back to haunt them though?

    United and Burnley have met on Boxing Day three times, and Burnley have won all three - twice at Old Trafford, then 6-1 at Turf Moor on the most recent occasion.

    That was way back in 1963, which was also baby Jose Mourinho's first Christmas on this earth.

    After Bristol Cityand Leicester,another Burnley win would make his 55th, professionally speaking, a pretty miserable one.

    "Humbug!"

  12. Boxing cleverpublished at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Man Utd v Burnley (15:00 GMT)

    Manchester United on Boxing Day

    Manchester United's success rate of 83% from 23 games played on 26 December is the best in the Premier League.

    That pic is a throwback to this day in 2005.

  13. Early team newspublished at 11:07 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Man Utd v Burnley (15:00 GMT)

    Manchester United could face Burnley without Chris Smalling, who pulled up with an apparent groin strain late on in the draw at Leicester on Saturday.

    Antonio Valencia is likely to miss a third game with a hamstring injury, while Eric Bailly, Michael Carrick and Marouane Fellaini remain out.

    Burnley's James Tarkowski is still banned and Chris Wood will be assessed after being injured in a collision with Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

    Stephen Ward (knee) remains a doubt.

    Matt Lowton was an unused substitute on Saturday after five games out with a knee complaint.

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Tweet #bbcfootball or text 81111 - weird and wacky presents

    This is superb.........

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  15. Sun shining over Wembleypublished at 11:04 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Wembley Way is looking lovely in the Boxing Day sunshine this morning.

    Before we switch pretty much all our attention to the early kick off in the Premier League we'll take a look at the talking points and early teams news for the six 3pm games.

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  16. Lawro's Boxing Day predictionspublished at 10:58 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    .Image source, .

    Mark Lawrenson takes on Justin Hawkins of The Darkness fame in today's Boxing Day predictions.

    Lawro is predicting Alan Pardew to get his first win as West Brom manager, but what else has he gone for?

    Check them out here.

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Weird and wacky presents

    Donna Patton: My parents bought my husband a meerkat in what looks like an Australian strip.

    Magnificent. #bbcfootball or 81111 (UK only - please include your name)

    A meerkat in an Australia soccer kitImage source, BBC Sport
  18. What do footballers get at Christmas?published at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    This chat about what football-related presents you've got at Christmas has me wondering what footballers themselves get... so I've had a look.

    First up, matching polar bear tops for the Vardy family.

    .Image source, Jamie Vardy Instagram
  19. View from the gantrypublished at 10:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Tottenham v Southampton (12:30 GMT)

    Steve Wilson
    Match of the Day commentator

    "It must be pretty galling for Southampton fans that the change of manager from Claude Puel to Mauricio Pellegrino seems to have done little to return them to the attacking and inventive team Mauricio Pochettino once built at St Mary's.

    "The fact that Puel has suddenly embraced Leicester's attacking instincts must be all the more frustrating.

    "Meanwhile, Pochettino's Spurs have lost the consistent excellence which was the hallmark of their last two years.

    "Perhaps that was inevitable without the edge that White Hart Lane gave them, but Spurs need an improved second half to the season if they are to finish in the top four."

  20. Wagner's wonderful Christmaspublished at 10:41 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Huddersfield v Stoke (15:00 GMT)

    It's not every day you see a Premier League manager dancing around a Christmas tree with his family - and by not every day I mean you never see it - but Huddersfield boss David Wagner has changed the game.

    The man is an absolute legend.

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