Premier League games this week: last of 2025, first of 2026

These are the Premier League games on December 30 and January 1.
Text: Javier Escribano
Published 2025-12-29

Football doesn't stop in England, even during the Holidays: there was football since Boxing Day, and matchday 19 will continue immediately: from Tuesday December 30 to Thuraday January 1 (although no matches on December 31st, logically). After the last matchday, the Premier League table shows again the "big six" in England topping the charts, with Arsenal leading, but only two points ahead of Manchester City, and an improved Liverpool returning to the top 4:


Arsenal: 42 points
Manchester City: 40 points
Aston Villa: 39 points
Liverpool: 32 points
Chelsea: 29 points
Manchester United: 29 points
Sunderland: 28 points


Sunderland, the surprise of the year, is seventh months after being promoted from second division, and investing €115 million in players, that has helped them remain one of the best teams ot the league despite not being in the Premier League for eight years.

These are the matches of Premier League matchday 19, around New Year's Eve:


Burnley vs. Newcastle: Tuesday, December 30, 19:30 GMT, 20:30 CET
Chelsea vs. Bournemouth: Tuesday, December 30, 19:30 GMT, 20:30 CET
Nottingham Forest vs. Everton: Tuesday, December 30, 19:30 GMT, 20:30 CET
West Ham vs. Brighton: Tuesday, December 30, 19:30 GMT, 20:30 CET
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa: Tuesday, December 30, 20:15 GMT, 19:15 CET
Manchester United vs. Wolves: Tuesday, December 30, 20:15 GMT, 19:15 CET
Crystal Palace vs. Fulham: Thursday, January 1, 17:30 GMT, 18:30 CET
Liverpool vs. Leeds United: Thursday, January 1, 17:30 GMT, 18:30 CET
Sunderland vs. Manchester City: Thursday, January 1, 20:00 GMT, 21:00 CET
Brentford vs. Tottenham: Thursday, January 1, 20:00 GMT, 21:00 CET

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