Time for a pre-match/end of year quiz before the 3pm action starts? Why not!
Tottenham v Everton, Luton v Newcastle and more updates – football clockwatch
Fulham: Leno; Castagne, Tosin, Bassey, Robinson; Palhinha, Cairney, Pereira; Wilson, Iwobi, Muniz. Subs: Rodak, Tete, Reed, Ballo-Toure, Decordova-Reid, Lukic, Vinicius, Diop, Harris.
Burnley: Trafford; Vitinho, O’Shea, Beyer, Taylor; Larsen, Berge, Brownhill, Odobert; Foster, Amdouni. Subs: Muric, Rodriguez, Roberts, Redmond, Zaroury, Cullen, Tresor, Delcroix, Obafemi.
Nottm Forest: Turner; Boly, Murillo, Mangala; Williams, Yates, Gibbs-White, Toffolo; Origi, Wood, Elanga. Subs: Vlachodimos, Tavares, Kouyate, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Niakhate, Oliveira, Montiel, Aina.
Bournemouth: Neto; Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Billing; Cook, Christie; Tavernier, Semenyo; Solanke. Subs: Travers, Mepham, Brooks, Rothwell, Scott, Sinisterra, Kluivert, Moore, Greenwood.
Luton: Kaminski; Mengi, Osho, Bell; Kabore, Lokonga, Barkley, Doughty; Townsend, Brown, Adebayo. Subs: Krul, Andersen, Ogbene, Morris, Woodrow, Chong, Pelly, Clark, Giles.
Newcastle: Dubravka; Trippier, Lascelles, Schar, Burn; Miley, Guimaraes, Longstaff; Almiron, Gordon, Wilson. Subs: Karius, Dummett, Botman, Ritchie, Isak, Krafth, Hall, Livramento, A.Murphy.
Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Davies, Royal; Sarr, Skipp; Johnson, Kulusevski, Son; Richarlison. Subs: Forster, Dorrington, Dier, Phillips, Hojbjerg, Lo Celso, Bryan, Donley, Veliz.
Everton: Pickford; Patterson, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Onana, Gueye, Garner; McNeil, Harrison, Calvert-Lewin. Subs: Virginia, Lonergan, Keane, Danjuma, Beto, Gomes, Godfrey, Chermiti, Hunt.
That all important team news is dropping in five minutes. Five, four, three …
Leeds raced into a 3-0 half-time lead over high-flying Ipswich in the early Championship kick-off. Who saw that coming? The second half at Elland Road is here:
West Ham v Manchester United hasn’t quite ignited yet, although Alejandro Garnacho will be ruing a big first half miss for the visitors. The second half is under way now and Scott Murray has you covered.
As for me, I’ll bring you team news at 2pm before building towards the big 3pm kick-offs.
Merry Christmas Eve Eve and welcome along to this festive feast of a football blog. It should be a cracker of a Saturday afternoon, but who will emerge top of the tree and who could be facing the sack?
Ok, enough of the Christmas puns … there’s no doubt Tottenham versus Everton is the pick of the 3pm games in the Premier League; a really tough one to call given the stupendous form of Sean Dyche’s side and the injuries affecting Big Ange and co in north London. Elsewhere, can Luton Town rally together after the harrowing Tom Lockyer incident and shock Newcastle? Can Nuno Espírito Santo get off to a winning start at Nottingham Forest against Bournemouth? And can Fulham win a home game 5-0 for a third successive time? They host beleaguered Burnley.
If that’s not enough for you, there’s four games in the Scottish top flight today and nine Championship matches kicking off at 3pm, as well as a full schedule of fixtures in League One and League Two, plus a few in Serie A and La Liga. Stay for the feast!