Sky Sports has added 28 live Premier League matches across Christmas and the New Year, including the Merseyside derby, Tottenham against Chelsea and Man Utd v Liverpool, as part of a huge festive football schedule.

Across a massive period of football on Sky Sports viewers will be treated to 35 Premier League and EFL games in December alone as the season reaches the halfway stage with some of the biggest rivalries and best stories from across the four divisions. 

December kicks off with Chelsea visiting Pep Guardiola’s current Premier League leaders Manchester City, and the following day Liverpool visit Bournemouth and Manchester United travel to Goodison Park to take on Everton.

One week before Christmas it is derby weekend with three matches involving local rivalries. On Saturday Crystal Palace host Chelsea in a London derby, then on Sunday it’s the turn of the South coast with Bournemouth taking on Southampton before the Merseyside derby gets the Monday Night Football treatment.

Sky Sports viewers will be able to follow the Premier League story across Christmas and into 2017, with Watford against Tottenham Hotspur the first game of the new year, and Manchester United welcoming Liverpool to Old Trafford later on in January.

Sky Sports head of football Gary Hughes said: “The games come thick and fast in the Premier League and EFL in December and January and Sky Sports has got every base covered. With countless derbies, crunch matches at the top and bottom of the table we’ve got everything a football fan will need this Christmas.”

New this season for Sky Sports customers is the ability to access an expanded mobile clips service delivered by the Sky Sports’ Football Score Centre app providing highlights of Premier League and Football League matches on their phones on match days.

Sky Sports customers can look forward to more football than ever before this season, with over 700 games, including 126 from the Premier League, 127 matches from the Sky Bet EFL and EFL Cup, SPFL football including every Old Firm derby, as well as hundreds of matches from Spain's La Liga, the Copa del Rey Final, the William Hill Scottish Cup, the Eredivisie and MLS.  Sky Sports will also show exclusively live coverage of the qualification matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup for Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as well as highlights of England’s matches.  

Sky Sports live Premier League Fixtures

October

Chelsea v Leicester City, Sat 15 Oct, 12.30pm

Middlesbrough v Watford, Sun 16 Oct, 1.30pm

Southampton v BurnleySun 16 Oct, 4pm

Liverpool v Manchester United, Mon 17 Oct, 8.00pm

Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur, Sat 22 Oct, 12.30pm

Manchester City v Southampton, Sun 23 Oct, 1.30pm

Chelsea v Manchester United, Sun 23 Oct, 4pm

Sunderland v Arsenal, Sat 29 Oct, 12.30pm

Everton v West Ham United, Sun 30 Oct ,1.30pm

Southampton v Chelsea, Sun 30 Oct, 4pm

Stoke City v Swansea City, Mon 31 Oct, 8.00pm

November

Liverpool v Watford, Sun 6 Nov, 2.15pm

Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion, Sun 6 Nov, 4.30pm

Manchester United v Arsenal, Sat 19 Nov, 12.30pm

Middlesbrough v Chelsea, Sun 20 Nov, 4pm

West Bromwich Albion v Burnley, Mon 21 Nov, 8.00pm

Watford v Stoke City, Sun 27 Nov, 12noon

Arsenal v Bournemouth, Sun 27 Nov, 2.15pm

Southampton v Everton, Sun 27 Nov, 4.30pm

December

Manchester City v Chelsea, Sat 3 Dec, 12.30pm

Bournemouth v Liverpool ,Sun 4 Dec, 1.30pm

Everton v Manchester United, Sun 4 Dec, 4pm

Middlesbrough v Hull City, Mon 5 Dec, 8pm

Watford v Everton, Sat 10 Dec, 12.30pm

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur, Sun 11 Dec, 2.15pm

Liverpool v West Ham United, Sun 11 Dec, 4.30pm

Crystal Palace v Chelsea ,Sat 17 Dec, 12.30pm

Bournemouth v SouthamptonSun 18 Dec, 1.30pm

Manchester City v ArsenalSun 18 Dec, 4pm

Everton v Liverpool, Mon 19 Dec, 8pm

Watford v Crystal Palace, Mon 26 Dec, 12.30pm

Hull City v Manchester City, Mon 26 Dec, 5.15pm

Liverpool v Stoke City, Tue 27 Dec, 5.15pm

Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur, Wed 28 Dec, 7.45pm

Hull City v Everton Fri 30 Dec, 8pm

January

Watford v Tottenham Hotspur, Sun 1 Jan, 1.30pm

Arsenal v Crystal Palace, Sun 1 Jan, 4pm

Middlesbrough v Leicester City, Mon 2 Jan, 12.30pm

West Ham United v Manchester United, Mon 2 Jan, 5.15pm

Bournemouth v Arsenal, Tue 3 Jan, 7.45pm

Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea, Wed 4 Jan, 8pm

Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion, Sat 14 Jan, 12.30pm

Everton v Manchester City, Sun 15 Jan, 1.30pm

Manchester United v Liverpool, Sun 15 Jan, 4pm

Arsenal v Burnley, Sun 22 Jan, 1.30pm

Chelsea v Hull City ,Sun 22 Jan, 4pm

Southampton v Leicester City, Mon 23 Jan, 8pm*

* Fixture could change to Sunday 22 Jan, 12noon subject to EFL Cup semi-finals. Should that occur, Arsenal v Burnley would move to 2.15pm and Chelsea v Hull City to 4.30pm.