Coverage of the Championship match at Swansea.com Stadium. This is the first time the Welsh rivals have faced each other since the 2002/03 season, and in that time the clubs have had very contrasting experiences, with the Swans spending time in the Premier League and winning the Carabao Cup in 2013, while the Reds languished in non-league for many years prior to achieving three successive promotions
What's On
19 Dec
Swansea City v Wrexham (Football League)
20 Dec
Southampton v Coventry City (Football League)
Coverage of the Championship match from St Mary's Stadium. The last time the Sky Blues registered a league victory away to the Saints both teams were in the Premier League, Southampton were still playing their home games at The Dell, and Craig Bellamy and Cedric Roussel got their names on the scoresheet in a 2-1 victory
20 Dec
Preston North End v Norwich City (Football League)
Coverage of the Championship match from Deepdale. The Lilywhites haven't managed a home win against the Canaries since February 2019, while Norwich have registered three victories here in that time, two in the league and one in the FA Cup
20 Dec
Newcastle United v Chelsea (Premier League)
All the action from the match at St James' Park. Newcastle claimed a 2-0 victory in last season's corresponding fixture thanks to goals by midfielders Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes, with Chelsea's cause not helped by Nicolas Jackson's red card in the 36th minute.
20 Dec
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. There were four meetings between these teams last season, and aside from a 1-0 loss in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final the Reds very much came out on top, winning the second leg 4-0, as well as the two league encounters 6-3 and 5-1, respectively.
20 Dec
Everton v Arsenal (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Both of last season's matches between these teams ended in a draw, including a 1-1 stalemate at Goodison Park in which Iliman Ndiaye equalised from the penalty spot for the Toffees, but Gunners manager Mikel Arteta was left angry at the soft nature of the decision to award it.
20 Dec
Leeds United v Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at Elland Road. The Eagles will hope to emulate the performance and result of their last visit here in the 2022/23 season, when goals from Marc Guehi, Eberechi Eze, Odsonne Edouard, and a brace from Jordan Ayew secured a 5-1 win
21 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 11 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring four second-round matches, played over the best of five sets. Nathan Aspinall claimed a comprehensive 4-0 win over Andrew Gilding in a third round match on day 11 last year, but the best match of the corresponding session saw Ryan Joyce beat Ryan Searle 4-3
21 Dec
Aston Villa v Manchester United (Premier League)
All the action from the Premier League match at Villa Park, featuring two teams hoping to qualify for Europe next season. The Villans have a disastrous home record against the Red Devils, winning just once since the turn of the century, that being a 3-1 victory three seasons ago, while last season's meeting was a drab 0-0 draw
22 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 12 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring four second-round matches, played over the best of five sets. Callan Rydz put in a near perfect performance in the corresponding session last year when producing a three-dart average of 105.31 in a 4-0 win over Dimitri Van den Bergh, which only saw him surrender 4 legs in total
22 Dec
Fulham v Nottingham Forest (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match at Craven Cottage. Fulham emerged victorious from both encounters between these teams last season, winning 1-0 at the City Ground and then 2-1 in front of their own fans after Emile Smith Rowe and Calvin Bassey scored either side of an equaliser from Chris Wood.
23 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 13 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring four second-round matches, played over the best of five sets. With the second round almost at an end, it remains to be seen whether any international qualifiers will make it through to round three and follow in the footsteps of Jeffrey de Graaf and Paolo Nebrida, who were the only players to progress that far last year.
23 Dec
Arsenal v Crystal Palace (EFL Cup)
Coverage of the quarter-final match at Emirates Stadium. Both of these teams beat fellow Premier League opposition in the previous round, with the Gunners defeating Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 here, while the Eagles got the better of Liverpool for the third time this season, with a 3-0 win at Anfield following on from a 2-1 win the Premier League and before that a penalty shootout victory in the Community Shield.
26 Dec
Birmingham City v Derby County (Football League)
Coverage of the Championship match from St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park. Scott Hogan and Jeremie Bela were on the scoresheet for the Blues in a 2-0 the last time they hosted the Rams in the 2021/22 season.
26 Dec
Millwall v Ipswich Town (Football League)
Coverage of the Championship match at The Den. The Tractor Boys triumphed 4-0 when they last came here two seasons ago, with goals from Nathan Broadhead and Kieffer Moore either side of an Wes Harding own goal giving them a 3-0 lead at half time, which they added to in second-half stoppage time via an Ali Al Hamadi penalty
26 Dec
Coventry City v Swansea City (Football League)
Coverage of Coventry City v Swansea City the Championship match from Coventry Building Society Arena.
26 Dec
Wrexham v Sheffield United (Football League)
Coverage of the Championship match at StoK Racecourse. This is the first league meeting between these teams since the 1982/83 season, but there has been a number of cup games in the years since, including a 3-3 draw here in the 2022/23 FA Cup when John Egan forced a replay with a 90th-minute equaliser, with the Blades going on to win the replay 3-1 at Bramall Lane
26 Dec
Manchester United v Newcastle United (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at Old Trafford. A 2-0 victory here last season saw the Magpies triumph over the Red Devils in a league game at Old Trafford for only the second time since 1972 - and condemned their hosts to a third straight home loss for the first time in 45 years.
27 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 14 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring three third-round matches, played over the best of seven sets. It has taken a long time to get to this stage as part of the new expanded format, and the players participating will hope to put on the kind of show that saw last year's third round commence with two matches that went to a final set, with Luke Woodhouse and Jonny Clayton claiming 4-3 wins over Damon Heta and Daryl Gurney, respectively
27 Dec
Nottingham Forest v Manchester City (Premier League)
All the action from the match at The City Ground. Forest claimed a 1-0 win here in last season's corresponding fixture thanks to Callum Hudson-Odoi's 83rd-minute strike, and they will be looking to emulate that outcome against a City side that are hoping to challenge for the title but have suffered several defeats on their travels this term.
27 Dec
Chelsea v Aston Villa (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge. The side playing at home came out on top in each of the games between these teams last season, with the Blues claiming a comfortable 3-0 triumph here courtesy of goals from Nicolas Jackson, Enzo Fernandez, and Cole Palmer.