The Premier League schedule for the Christmas period has been confirmed - with new dates for three Nottingham Forest fixtures.
Forest's showdown with Manchester United at Old Trafford - originally set for Boxing Day - will now be played on Tuesday, December 27, kicking off at 8pm. The match is being shown live by Amazon.
The Reds' next game, against Chelsea at the City Ground - initially set for December 31 - will now take place on New Year's Day - Sunday, January 1. Kick off will be 4.30pm, with Sky Sports broadcasting the action live.
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Finally, Forest's visit to Southampton, which was due to be on January 2, will now instead be played on Wednesday, January 4. The match will get under way at 7.30pm.
The Premier League said in a statement: "The Premier League will resume on Boxing Day after the FIFA World Cup Final 18 December 2022. Special arrangements have been made to allow more time between matches played across the three festive match rounds.
"This will allow greater time for players to recover, with the rest period between Matchweeks 18-19 increased to ensure that no club play within 48 hours of another of their matches. Remaining broadcast selections for January will be announced in due course."
All fixtures for Matchweeks 17-19
(kick-offs 15:00 unless stated. All times GMT)
Monday 26 December
12:30 Brentford v Spurs (Prime Video)
Crystal Palace v Fulham (Prime Video)
Everton v Wolves (Prime Video)
Leicester v Newcastle (Prime Video)
Southampton v Brighton (Prime Video)
17:30 Aston Villa v Liverpool (Prime Video)
20:00 Arsenal v West Ham (Prime Video)
Tuesday 27 December
17:30 Chelsea v AFC Bournemouth (Prime Video)
20:00 Man Utd v Forest (Prime Video)
Wednesday 28 December
20:00 Leeds v Man City (Prime Video)
Friday 30 December
19:45 West Ham v Brentford*
20:00 Liverpool v Leicester (Sky Sports)
Saturday 31 December
12:30 Wolves v Man Utd (BT Sport)
AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace
Fulham v Southampton
Man City v Everton
Newcastle v Leeds
17:30 Brighton v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 1 January
14:00 Spurs v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
16:30 Forest v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Monday 2 January
17:30 Brentford v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Tuesday 3 January
19:45 Everton v Brighton*
19:45 Leicester v Fulham*
20:00 Arsenal v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
20:00 Man Utd v AFC Bournemouth*
Wednesday 4 January
19:30 Southampton v Forest*
19:45 Leeds v West Ham*
20:00 Aston Villa v Wolves*
20:00 Crystal Palace v Spurs (Sky Sports)
Thursday 5 January
20:00 Chelsea v Man City (Sky Sports)
*To protect rest periods between MW18-19
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