Nottingham Forest will reportedly not play a match between Boxing Day and New Years' Eve with the Premier League to scrap the fourth festive fixture for this upcoming season.
Matches often played between the two days on or around December 28, which was matchweek 20 last season, are said to be being moved to elsewhere in the calendar due to the short turnaround for this year's World Cup. After pausing on November 13, the Premier League will return on December 26, only eight days after the final.
The scrapping of this round of matches is apparently to ease player burnout after the tournament. All will be revealed tomorrow morning when the top-flight fixtures are released at 9am.
