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This Boxing Day is unusual in that there is only one Premier League fixture. Normally, it’s (more or less) a full house, which is a Christmas tradition here in the UK – the history of which you can enjoy in this handy video.
The reasons for just one Premier League game this year are here. Make of that what you will.
Boxing Day lands on a Friday and that has left the Premier League with a scheduling conundrum because of an expanded Champions League and a commitment to preserving a platform for the FA Cup.
The league must deliver 33 weekends of fixtures as part of its commitment to broadcasters and is struggling to locate another weekend to play games should at least half of the matches, as is tradition, be moved to Boxing Day.
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