Episode
Match of the Day: MOTD - 26th December 2023
Overview
Gary Lineker presents all the goals, drama and reaction from Boxing Day’s five Premier League fixtures, including Liverpool’s trip to Turf Moor to take on Burnley.
Details
- Series
- Match of the Day
- Season
- Season 60
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 2023-12-26
- Runtime
- 64 min
Episode context
MOTD - 26th December 2023 is Episode 21 in Season 2023/24 of Match of the Day. It aired on 2023-12-26. The runtime is 64 min.
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Episode 20: MOTD - 23rd December 2023
Gary Lineker presents all the goals, drama and reaction from the day’s six Premier League fixtures, including the blockbuster clash between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield.
Episode 22: MOTD - 30th December 2023
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day’s Premier League matches, with champions Manchester City hoping to see out 2023 with a win at home to struggling Sheffield United.
More episodes from this season
Episode 19: MOTD - 16th December 2023
All the goals, drama and reaction from the day’s five Premier League fixtures as Manchester City take on Crystal Palace and Everton visit Burnley.
Episode 23: MOTD - FA Cup Third-Round Highlights - Saturday
Watch all the goals, drama and reaction from football’s oldest cup competition as Premier League giants face off against the underdogs of the lower leagues. All 20 teams from the top flight enter the cup at the third-round stage, and upsets could be expected after Newcastle United were knocked out by League One Sheffield Wednesday at this stage last season, despite having lost only once match so far in the 2022/23 campaign.
Episode 18: MOTD - 9th December 2023
All the goals, drama and reaction from the day’s six Premier League fixtures, including Unai Emery taking on former club Arsenal with Aston Villa.
Episode 24: MOTD - FA Cup Third-Round Highlights - Sunday
The best of the action from Sunday’s FA Cup third-round ties, featuring 14-time winners Arsenal’s clash with Premier League title rivals Liverpool.
Arsenal won their record-extending 14th FA Cup in 2020, although they have failed to make it past the fourth round since, while Liverpool won an eighth FA Cup in 2022.
You can also see what happened in the day’s other fixtures, with a place in the fourth-round draw awaiting the winners.
Episode 17: MOTD - 6th December 2023
Highlights of the midweek Premier League games, including Manchester United against Chelsea at Old Trafford and Manchester City’s trip to Aston Villa.
Episode 25: MOTD - 13th January 2024
Highlights of today’s two Premier League games, with Newcastle hosting Manchester City and Chelsea taking on west London rivals Fulham. Newcastle beat Manchester City in the EFL Cup in September, but the Magpies are winless in the last nine league meetings between the two sides. Fulham, meanwhile, have not won a top-flight match away to Chelsea since 1964 but will hope to capitalise on the Blues’ inconsistent form under head coach Mauricio Pochettino this season.
Episode 16: MOTD - FA Cup Second-Round Highlights
Manish Bhasin introduces all the goals and major talking points from the weekend’s second-round ties, featuring six non-league teams with home advantage against EFL opponents.
Fifth-tier Chesterfield’s reward for knocking out former FA Cup winners Portsmouth in the first round was another home tie against a League One side, with Leyton Orient the visitors. Eastleigh were also looking to bridge a two-division gap when they hosted Reading, while eighth-tier Ramsgate were vying for a giant-killing win away to AFC Wimbledon – with the potential reward of a third-round tie against Premier League opposition.
Episode 26: MOTD - 20th January 2024
Highlights and reaction from the day’s two Premier League games as title-chasing Arsenal host Crystal Palace and Brentford take on Nottingham Forest.
Episode 15: MOTD - 2nd December 2023
All the goals, drama and reaction from the day’s five Premier League fixtures, including Newcastle United at home to under-pressure Manchester United.
Episode 27: MOTD - FA Cup Fourth-Round Highlights - Saturday
Highlights of the latest fourth-round ties, including Ipswich Town v Maidstone United at Portman Road and Fulham v Newcastle United at Craven Cottage. Maidstone were the lowest-ranked side left in the competition and their reward for defeating League One Stevenage was a trip to Championship promotion-chasers Ipswich. Meanwhile, Fulham were looking to move a step closer to lifting the trophy for the first time, and Newcastle have not won the competition since 1955