The day after Christmas is usually jam-packed with great Premier League matchups, but not this year. What gives?

It’s traditionally one of the most anticipated days of the English soccer calendar. But this year there is a notable lack of Premier League games on Boxing Day, with only one match scheduled - Manchester United vs.

For the first time in the Premier League's era, there will only be one match on Boxing Day, as Manchester United host Newcastle United. With the European club competitions each expanding by four teams ahead of the 2024/2025 season,

In a controversial move, there’s only one Premier League game scheduled for Boxing Day. When the festive season’s fixtures were announced in October, the Premier League said the changes were made due to the ‘expansion of European club competitions’ and ‘how the calendar falls’.

THE Premier League will NOT being showing the usual range of fixtures on Boxing Day this year! Fans will have to wait until 8pm on Boxing Day to catch Manchester United vs Newcastle – the

For the first time in the Premier League era, there is only one top-flight fixture scheduled for Boxing Day this season. Whether or not there is any football on Christmas Day, a break from a century-old Boxing Day tradition in Premier League is something else.

Why English Premier League schedule on Boxing Day isn't full, only has 1 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Fans of the English Premier League around the world have grown to know the tradition as well as those in England do.

Happy Boxing Day! The traditional British holiday featured a huge matchup, with Manchester United hosting Newcastle United as the only Premier League game of the day. In the end, a phenomenal strike from Patrick Dorgu was the difference,

Boxing Day is an annual holiday in the UK that falls on December 26, or the day after Christmas. It is a "bank holiday" — essentially what Americans refer to as a federal holiday — meaning most businesses are closed and most employees have the day off, or can at least claim an extra day of annual leave at a later date.

Manchester United face Newcastle in the only Boxing Day fixture this season but the bank holiday has given us some exciting matches in the past.We have put together a quiz about past Premier League

Why is there only one Premier League game on Boxing Day? - The expanded Champions League and exclusive weekends for the FA Cup has led to the Premier League scrapping its traditional feast of Boxing D

Dane Patrick Dorgu fired a superb volley into the corner to record his first goal for the club. Benjamin Sesko struck the crossbar shortly before Lewis Hall did the same at the other end. The result sees the hosts rise to fifth, while Eddie Howe's side remain in 11th in the table.