Last night's Carabao Cup action brought about the end of English football until Sunday when nearly everyone returns for Boxing Day, but there's still going to be plenty of stories for the Christmas period. On the continent, there's still Belgian and Portuguese action on top of the list of games in this festive period. Stick with us throughout the day!
Chelsea will be hoping that they are both fit enough to play against Aston Villa on Boxing Day.
Super John McGinn!
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The Egyptian Federation agreed that Mohamed Salah would stay with Liverpool to play the Chelsea match on January 2, before joining the team's delegation to the African Nations finals.
Fleetwood Town are looking to work their way up the football league ladder.
Due to the cancellation of Liverpool's Boxing Day clash Roberston's suspension carries over to January 2nd.
West Brom offering the classic 2-in-1 shower products. Not sure whether we'd be too pleased either to get this on Christmas day!
Still tho only the second worst Christmas for me behind the time someone sent me this a couple of years back.💩🤢
How can you possibly hate this man?
(via @samantham7PD)
We all know the risk of rushing players back and we hope it doesn't impact hurt DCL's return.
#FFScout #FPL #GW19 #EvertonFC
Crewe vs Wigan is the latest victim to the COVID outbreak.
Everton, who have five players out with Covid and four injuries have asked the PL for a postponement of their fixture against Burnley on Boxing Day.
The club has five cases of Covid within Rafa Benitez's squad in addition to injuries.
Another EFL fixture postponed, this time it's Colchester vs Leyton Orient.
Colchester United informed the EFL that it would be unable to fulfil the fixture due to a number of positive COVID-19 cases in their squad.
#LOFC #OnlyOneOrient
Millwall vs Swansea joins the two early EFL announcements as cancellations for Sunday's gameweek.
Another EFL cancellation, this time from the Midlands as Birmingham vs Fulham is called off.
Blues will now work in consultation with Fulham and the EFL to agree on a new date and time for the game.
Preston vs Sheff Utd has been postponed on Boxing Day as well.
This is due to a significant number of positive Covid-19 cases within our squad.
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#pnefc
The Boxing Day encounter will be rescheduled after the Premier League ruled it was unable to go ahead following the number of positive COVID-19 cases within the Leeds squad.
This is the second game today that has been postponed, following an announcement from Wolves a matter of minutes ago.
After club emails were leaked, Wolves vs Watford on boxing day is set to be postponed due to Covid issues.
Dusan Tadic has broken Lionel Messi's record for the most assists ever in a calendar year, getting one more with 37 assists.
Former Monaco teammates stick together...
In a lengthy post on their website, Man Utd have confirmed that Old Trafford will be 'modernised' with promises to the fans that they will be consulted upon any developments in the design stage to get the best for the stadium. It would appear to be very early news but promising for United fans.
#MUFC
Winning without a single shot on target is more than impressive...
#NapoliSpezia #SerieA
Check out our coverage of last night's Carabao Cup action!
