Episode
Match of the Day: 3rd December 2016
Overview
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the latest Premier League games, including Manchester City v Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium and West Ham United v Arsenal at the Olympic Stadium. Both City and Chelsea were emerging as front-runners in the title race this season, and each will have been keen to come away from this clash with a positive result to consolidate their positions in the upper reaches of the table.
Details
- Series
- Match of the Day
- Season
- Season 53
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2016-12-03
- Runtime
- 80 min
Episode context
3rd December 2016 is Episode 15 in Season 2016/17 of Match of the Day. It aired on 2016-12-03. The runtime is 80 min.
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Episode 14: 26th November 2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's six Premier League fixtures, including the London derby between Chelsea and Tottenham. Spurs were seeking a first win at Stamford Bridge since 1990, having surrendered a two-goal lead - and their title challenge - in their previous visit last May. Other games include Leicester v Middlesbrough, Liverpool v Sunderland, Burnley v Manchester City, Hull v West Brom and Swansea v Crystal Palace.
Episode 16: 10th December 2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's six Premier League fixtures, including Leicester's meeting with Manchester City, who they haven't beaten at home in the top flight since 1987. Arsenal, meanwhile, will be looking to maintain their performance against Stoke having never dropped a Premier League point at home to the Potters. Elsewhere, Everton face a trip to Watford, Swansea are at home to Sunderland, Hull take on Crystal Palace and Burnley welcome Bournemouth to Turf Moor.
More episodes from this season
Episode 13: 19th November 2016
Gary Lineker presents highlights from Saturday's eight Premier League games, including Manchester United v Arsenal, Sunderland v Hull, Crystal Palace v Manchester City, Everton v Swansea, Southampton v Liverpool, Stoke v Bournemouth, Watford v Leicester and Tottenham v West Ham.
Episode 17: 14th December 2016
Dan Walker introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches. Crystal Palace will look to claim their first ever Premier League victory over Manchester United as they host Jose Mourinho's side at Selhurst Park. Other games include Middlesbrough v Liverpool, Manchester City v Watford, Tottenham v Hull, West Ham v Burnley, Stoke v Southampton and West Brom v Swansea. There is also a chance to see the best action from Tuesday's two games - Bournemouth v Leicester and Everton v Arsenal.
Episode 12: 5th November 2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from Saturday's five matches in the Premier League. Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side welcome Middlesbrough to the Etihad Stadium. City started the season in superb form and Aitor Karanka's team face an uphill task. However, Boro pulled off a famous 2-0 victory the last time they played at the Etihad Stadium in an FA Cup fourth-round tie in January 2015. West Ham, who have endured a very testing start to life to at their new London Stadium welcome another struggling side, Stoke. Elsewhere, Bournemouth take on Sunderland, Burnley play Crystal Palace and Chelsea face Everton in the late kick-off.
Episode 18: 17th December 2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's six Premier League fixtures - Crystal Palace v Chelsea, West Brom v Manchester United, Stoke v Leicester, Middlesbrough v Swansea, Sunderland v Watford and West Ham v Hull.
Episode 11: 29th October 2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League, including Tottenham v Leicester City, West Brom v Manchester City, Crystal Palace v Liverpool, Manchester United v Burnley and, in the early kick-off, Sunderland v Arsenal.
Episode 19: 26th December 2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Boxing Day's eight Premier League matches, including the clash between Manchester United and Sunderland, which sees Sunderland boss David Moyes return to Old Trafford for the first time since being sacked as United manager in 2014. Other games are Chelsea v Bournemouth, Hull v Manchester City, Watford v Crystal Palace, Arsenal v West Brom, Burnley v Middlesbrough, Leicester v Everton and Swansea v West Ham.
Episode 10: 22nd October 2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from a busy day of Premier League action. Tottenham are looking to build on their positive start to the season as they make the trip to Bournemouth in the day's early kick-off. Title hopefuls Arsenal host newly promoted Middlesbrough, while Liverpool are at home to West Brom in the day's late game. West Ham host fellow strugglers Sunderland and champions Leicester take on Crystal Palace. There is also a meeting between Burnley and Everton at Turf Moor, while Hull face Stoke and Swansea take on Watford. Danny Murphy and Mark Schwarzer join Gary in the studio.
Episode 20: 31st December 2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's seven Premier League matches, including Liverpool's eagerly-anticipated clash with Manchester City. The festive period is always crucial in the title race and the pair of contenders from the north west will be desperate to claim the three points at Anfield. The Reds won last year's encounter 3-0, just days after losing the League Cup final against the same opponents. Elsewhere, champions Leicester host West Ham, Manchester United welcome Middlesbrough to Old Trafford, Stoke travel to Chelsea, Burnley clash with Sunderland at Turf Moor, West Brom take on Southampton at St Mary's and Swansea face Bournemouth.
Episode 9: 15th October 2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from Saturday's Premier League matches. Manchester City faced Everton with both teams looking to build on positive starts to the season. Stamford Bridge saw a clash between Chelsea and Leicester City, the last two teams to win the Premier League title. Stoke and Sunderland have both made sluggish starts to the season, which made their fixture at the Britannia Stadium even more important. Tottenham travelled to West Brom, while Swansea made the journey down the M4 to Arsenal. Plus an east London derby between Crystal Palace and West Ham, while Bournemouth hosted Hull.
Episode 21: 2nd January 2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's six Premier League fixtures, including Manchester City v Burnley, Sunderland v Liverpool, Middlesbrough v Leicester, West Ham v Manchester United, Everton v Southampton and West Brom v Hull.