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The Premier League schedule for the festive period has been released. The English pyramid is known for not having a break over Christmas and New Year, and this season is no different, with games spread across the 12 days. Sky Sports and TNT Sports share the television rights to broadcast the matches live, although that is heavily weighted in the former’s favour. TNT have just two games to show over the festive period, which land in their traditional Saturday lunchtime slot, with Boxing Day falling on a Saturday this year. They will be no ordinary weekends, however, with the bulks of encounters landing in midweek slots instead. On Boxing Day, there are just three fixtures, with the headline being Manchester City’s trip to Newcastle in the evening slot, while Liverpool head to Hull at tea time. Tottenham face Roberto De Zerbi’s former side Brighton on December 29, with Man City back in action at Everton that evening as well. Arsenal remain based in London as they visit Fulham on December 30, while Chelsea travel to East Anglia to take on Ipswich. Man City playing host to Spurs is perhaps the biggest contest across the whole festive fixture list on January 3. Premier League festive fixtures in full Saturday December 26 Aston Villa vs Leeds United, kick-off 12.30pm, live on TNT Sports Hull City vs Liverpool, kick-off 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports Newcastle vs Manchester City, kick-off 8pm, live on Sky Sports Sunday December 27 Coventry City vs Chelsea, kick-off 2pm, live on Sky Sports Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest, kick-off 4.30pm, live on Sky Sports Crystal Palace vs Arsenal, kick-off 7pm, live on Sky Sports Tuesday December 29 Hull City vs Leeds, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Tottenham vs Brighton, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Everton vs Man City, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Wednesday December 30 Coventry vs Brentford, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Fulham vs Arsenal, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Manchester United vs Sunderland, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Aston Villa vs Liverpool, kick-off 8.15pm, live on Sky Sport Ipswich Town vs Chelsea, kick-off 8.15pm, live on Sky Sports Friday January 1 Leeds vs Everton, kick-off 8pm, live on Sky Sports Saturday January 2 Brighton v Manchester United, kick-off 12.30pm, live on TNT Sports Bournemouth vs Aston Villa, kick-off 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports Sunday January 3 Chelsea vs Newcastle, kick-off 2pm, live on Sky Sports Man City vs Tottenham, kick-off 4.30pm, live on Sky Sports Tuesday January 5 Arsenal vs Brentford, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Brighton vs Bournemouth, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Everton vs Aston Villa, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Nottingham Forest vs Hull City, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Sunderland vs Liverpool, kick-off 8.15pm, live on Sky Sports Wednesday January 6 Crystal Palace vs Chelsea, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Ipswich vs Coventry City, kick-off 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Leeds vs Man City, kick-off 8.15pm, live on Sky Sports Thursday January 7 Manchester United vs Newcastle, kick-off 8pm, live on Sky Sports MORE ABOUT