Key Highlights
- Welcome, nan. Unlike your Christmas turkey, there are slim top flight pickings to be had today; a quirk of the 2025 calendar and broadcasting demands means the Premier League has largely pulled up the drawbridge, leaving us with just a solitary nightcap at Old Trafford later on.
- But fear not, for the EFL remains the heart and soul of the festive schedule.
- We have a full slate of 3pm kick-offs, in the Championship, including leaders Coventry City hosting Swansea and a high-stakes clash between Middlesbrough and Blackburn. Beyond the second tier, we’ll be scanning the EFL for any headline news of note — and for those craving something a bit more exotic than a drizzly afternoon in Gillingham, we’re also keeping tabs on Afcon goings-on in Morocco.
- Angola and Zimbabwe’s Group B game is already under way, while Egypt and South Africa are due to kick off in Agadir at 3pm (GMT).
- Settle in, grab a drink and a mince pie, and let’s get to it. This Birmingham City fan dressed for the occasion ahead of his team’s match against Derby County at St Andrew’s.
