After a brief day of rest on Friday, the Premier League returns with a Saturday stuffed full of fixtures.
For the first time since Christmas, no top-flight football was played in England on 29 December. There were 36 Football League matches to feast upon but the weekend brings a new slate of premium offerings featuring the likes of Chelsea, Aston Villa and both Manchester clubs.
Here's everything you need to know about what the final Saturday of 2023 has to offer.
In March 2022, Rob Edwards lost to Bradford in the fourth tier of English football while Mauricio Pochettino faced off against Real Madrid in the Champions League knockout stages.
Less than two years later, the two managers find themselves on equal footing.
One of the few convincing performances Pochettino has been able to coax out of Chelsea this season came against Luton in August. However, the Hatters have morphed into tricky foes on home turf over the intervening months, taking points off Liverpool and Newcastle United while pushing Arsenal and Manchester City close.
Country
TV channel/live stream
United Kingdom
TNT Sports Ultimate, TNT Sports 1, discovery+, discovery+ App
United States
nbcsports.com, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, Telemundo, USA Network, NBC Sports App
Canada
fuboTV
Aston Villa had their miraculous winning run on home turf ended by Sheffield United when they last took to the Villa Park turf. Burnley finished ten points above the Blades in last season's Championship and have fared far better away from home upon their return to the top flight.
However, Burnley were comfortably beaten by Villa at Turf Moor in August and the upcoming hosts can call upon all of Unai Emery's grit and guile. Villa's boss is only 52 but began his managerial career back in 2004
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