After a month-long break from club football due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 2022/2023 football season is set to resume this festive season with all the action available live on Showmax Pro. The FIFA World Cup, which took place in Qatar on 20 November, saw Argentina lift the trophy after defeating France in the final on Sunday, 18 December 2022.
With the World Cup done, the football season is set to resume with the Premier League with fixtures taking place on 26 and 27 December over the traditional boxing day period. Arsenal is the current league leader with 37 points after a strong start to the Premier League season this season. Also in the top 4 are last season’s winners Manchester City, led by their talismanic striker Erling Haaland who will look to pick up where he left off by adding to his impressive 18 goals in 12 games – the current Champions are 5 points behind the Gunners. This season’s surprise package Newcastle finds themselves in third, 1 point above Tottenham Hotspur who complete the top 4.
English Premier League fans can look forward to the following fixtures when the league returns this festive season:
Monday, 26 December 2022
- Brentford vs Spurs
- Crystal Palace vs Fulham
- Everton vs Wolves
- Leicester vs Newcastle
- Southampton vs Brighton
- Aston Villa vs Liverpool
- Arsenal vs Liverpool
Tuesday, 27 December 2022
- Chelsea vs Bournemouth
- Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest
LaLiga will be the next competition to return with a two-horse race between El Clasico rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid at the top. Barcelona are currently 2 points ahead of their rivals and will be looking to extend their good run of form when the season resumes. Madrid will have their eyes on a historic 36th LaLiga title backed by Carlo Ancelotti who is the first and only manager ever to have won league titles in all of Europe’s top five leagues.
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Spain’s top league resumes with the following fixtures:
Thursday, 29 December 2022
- Girona vs Rayo Vallecano
- Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao
- Atletico Madrid vs Elche
Friday, 30 December 2022
- Getafe vs Real Mallorca
- Celta Vigo vs Sevilla
- Cadiz vs Almeria
- Valladolid vs Real Madrid
Saturday, 31 December
- Barcelona vs Espanyol
- Real Sociedad vs Osasuna
- Villareal vs Valencia
The Serie A season gets underway on the 4th of January 2023. Currently, Napoli is a massive 8 points clear at the top, thanks to some great goal-scoring by Nigerian superstar Victor Osimhen. AC Milan, Juventus, and Lazio complete the top 4 and will be looking to stop Napoli from winning their first title since 1990. The trio will not want to lose their UEFA Champions League positions making this a thrilling second half of the campaign.
Serie A fixtures are as follows:
- Salernitana vs AC Milan
- Sassuolo vs Sampdoria
- Torino vs Verona
- Spezia vs Atalanta
- Roma vs Bologna
- Lecce vs Lazio
- Fiorentina vs Monza
- Cremonese vs Juventus
- Udinese vs Empoli
- Inter vs Napoli
Don’t miss out on the return of club football from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and DSTV Premier League, available for streaming live on Showmax Pro, from the 26th of December 2022.
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