While theBundesliga is on Winter break, the English take the opposite approach. Each club in Premier League soccer will playfour times across 15 days as the Premier League program ramps up overChristmas. Nearly every English Premier League team is in action on BoxingDay as well as two Scottish teams and two Italian teams, playing in the CoppaItalia. There aren't any outstandingmatches on tap in this season's Boxing Day slate. Several games, though, will affect the racefor the top four. At present, Manchester City is on top, followed by ManchesterUnited, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham, and Arsenal. Spurs, Chelsea,Manchester United and Liverpool are all at home on Tuesday, and anything butthree points would be a disappointment for those top four contenders.Manchester United is in second with 42 points, but Tottenham, Chelsea,Liverpool and Arsenal are all within eight points. The title race isfar less dramatic. Matching the outstanding performance of Barcelona in Spain, ManchesterCity is a staggering 13 points clear of Manchester United in the Premier Leagueas of Christmas Day, a remarkable lead considering just 19 matches have beenplayed. Whatever theoutcome of Tuesday's games, some teams will gain points on Man City, at leasttemporarily, as they do not play again until Wednesday. In Italy, whereBoxing Day is not observed, Lazio will playhost to Fiorentina on Tuesday evening at the Olympic Stadium. The teams are fairly evenly matched in their last five games, so thiscompetition should be fierce. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 12/26/2017 12:03:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
