English Premier League Preview, Fixtures, Picks: Where ‘Winter Break’ Is A Euphemism

Here’s the full rundown on the weekend’s potential absences:

The English Premier League takes advantage of its No Winter Break, only game in town status by scheduling fixture after fixture after My God, they’re playing again. The Boxing Day deluge seeps into mid-week. Followed by weekend fixtures and another round starting next Tuesday, some clubs are playing four matches in 10 days. Flood the market, the league implicitly says, but their monopoly ends Sunday. Then, the Spanish league returns, providing an actual alternative. The Premier League’s gonna have to find some compelling fixtures.

That leaves us with a weekend where our watch-ability rankings could be of actual use, though we always contrive reasons to make this listing relevant. Maybe - instead of conveniently constructing context for this piece - I should just list the matches and let you decide how to use it?