Episode
Match of the Day: 26th December 2017
Overview
Gary Lineker introduces match highlights of the traditional Boxing Day festive fixtures in the Premier League. There are eight games, including Tottenham's match against Southampton at Wembley, Manchester United versus Burnley, Chelsea's meeting with Brighton and Liverpool's game with Swansea. Other highlights include Leicester's trip to Watford, Huddersfield against Stoke, West Brom versus Everton, and Bournemouth against West Ham.
Details
- Series
- Match of the Day
- Season
- Season 54
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 2017-12-26
- Runtime
- 80 min
Episode context
26th December 2017 is Episode 21 in Season 2017/18 of Match of the Day. It aired on 2017-12-26. The runtime is 80 min.
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Episode 20: 23rd December 2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, with all 20 clubs in action as the busy period of festive football begins. The fixtures see Manchester City host Bournemouth, Manchester United travel to Leicester, Tottenham visit Burnley and Chelsea play at Everton. Swansea play Crystal Palace, Stoke entertain West Brom, Brighton play Watford, West Ham host Newcastle, and Huddersfield travel to the south coast to play Southampton. There are also highlights of Friday night's encounter between Arsenal and Liverpool.
Episode 22: 30th December 2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, featuring Stoke's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea and Liverpool hosting Leicester. Other games include Manchester United v Southampton, Bournemouth v Everton, Huddersfield v Burnley, Newcastle v Brighton and Watford v Swansea.
More episodes from this season
Episode 19: 16th December 2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the heavyweight clash between Manchester City and Tottenham, Arsenal's encounter with Newcastle, Chelsea's meeting with Southampton and Crystal Palace's trip to Leicester. Brighton play Burnley, Huddersfield visit Watford, and Stoke host West Ham.
Episode 23: 2nd January 2018
Highlights of the day's four games, including Manchester City v Watford and Swansea v Tottenham, as well as a chance to catch up on Monday's five Premier League fixtures, which included Manchester United's trip to Everton.
Episode 18: 13th December 2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from all ten midweek Premier League games. West Ham entertain London rivals Arsenal, Manchester City travel to Swansea, and Newcastle meet Everton.
Episode 24: 6th January 2018: FA Cup Third Round
Highlights from the third round of the FA Cup, the stage at which Premier League and Championship sides join the competition.
Episode 17: 9th December 2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the lunchtime kick-off between London rivals West Ham and Chelsea. Other games include Tottenham against Stoke, Crystal Palace playing Bournemouth, Watford visiting Burnley, Huddersfield hosting Brighton, Swansea against West Brom and Leicester's trip to Newcastle.
Episode 25: 13th January 2018
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including Leicester's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Other matches include Huddersfield against West Ham, Crystal Palace versus Burnley, and Everton's trip to Spurs.
Episode 16: 2nd December 2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Arsenal v Manchester United. The Gunners ended United's 25-match unbeaten run in the Premier League in the corresponding fixture last May, which also gave Arsene Wenger his first competitive victory over Jose Mourinho at the sixteenth attempt. Other games include Tottenham's visit to Watford and Brighton's first Premier League game against Liverpool.
Episode 26: 20th January 2018
Gary Lineker presents highlights of eight Premier League matches including title hopefuls Manchester City's clash with Newcastle United, Arsenal's London derby with Crystal Palace and Chelsea's trip to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Episode 15: 29th November 2017
Dan Walker presents all the action from the midweek Premier League games. Arsenal host Huddersfield, Chelsea entertain Swansea City and Liverpool travel to Stoke. Other games include Brighton & Hove Albion taking on rivals Crystal Palace and Manchester United heading south to face Watford.
Episode 27: 27th January 2018: FA Cup Fourth Round
Highlights from the day's games in the FA Cup fourth round, including Newport v Tottenham, Liverpool v West Brom and Peterborough v Leicester.