On Boxing Day, Liverpool will face Leicester, Manchester United will face Wolves and City will face Everton.
Liverpool, top of the English Premier League at Christmas, face Leicester City on Boxing Day on Thursday.
The club will be confident of maintaining its rhythm. Both clubs in Manchester are under pressure and crisis. City and United are hoping for a happy result during the festive period. City face Everton at home while United travel to Wolves.
Second-placed Chelsea will face Fulham at home, while Arsenal, the other top-ranked club, will face Ipswich Town. Arsenal will be without long-term injured Bukaya Saka. It will be a big blow for the London club. Tottenham, who won 6-3 against Liverpool earlier, have a tough challenge this time in the form of Nottingham Forest. This is going to be one of the busiest times for English football.
Liverpool, top at Christmas for the first time since 2021-2021, will be looking to take advantage of this position. Because of this, Liverpool has not been able to benefit much in retrospect. As of December 25, despite finishing seven times in first place, Liverpool have only won the league once. Since Arne Slott came as a coach, Liverpool has become a different team. The win against Tottenham was equally impressive.
Before that, Liverpool played two disappointing draws. Right now, Liverpool is 4 points ahead of second placed Liverpool. The team has played one game less. A poor performance from Liverpool against Leicester at Anfield is not expected. Especially since Mohamed Salah is in good form, it is believed that an easy victory will come out. Leicester City won their first game under Ruud van Nistelrooy as new manager.
However, in the last 3 games, only one point has been collected. Not only that, 9 goals have been scored in these matches. Leicester have not won at Anfield since 2000. Leicester themselves are in a bad position at the moment, as they are only 2 points clear of the relegation zone. This season Leicester has climbed up. Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta has claimed that his team is back in the title race after a 5-1 win over Crystal Palace.
However, at this time, the team has lost its main player Saka for a long time due to injury. The English winger has been ruled out for a long time due to a hamstring injury. This is sure to be a big problem for Arteta. Saka has scored 9 goals and assisted in 13 matches in all competitions this season. In this case, Arsenal had to lose Saka while returning to form.
Arteta says, "Now we have a new challenge, so we have to overcome it." There are other options in front of him in attack, such as Gabriel Martinelli. On the other hand, the supporters of Forest have started to weave such a dream, which says that this team is likely to play in Europe for the first time in 40 years. Nuno Sprinto's Forest have won 7 of their last 10 Premier League games. The team is currently in fourth place.
Forest haven't won a title since 1990. However, the team's performance history in European club football is good. Forest became European champions twice in 1979 and 1980. The coach at the time was Brian Gluff. This time, Forest is not very impressive in attack, but the team's defense is very strong. After Liverpool and Arsenal in the top division, Forest are the lowest scoring team this time.
Nuno himself is a former coach of Tottenham. It is impossible to predict what kind of game he will play against Tottenham. This is why Tottenham's performance is fluctuating. Although Tottenham plays a very aggressive game, it is not a one-sided game. "Tottenham has very good players. He also plays aggressively. However, it is precisely at this time that the goal is eaten,' says Nuno.
