{"id":1954,"date":"2025-12-02T07:32:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:05:26","slug":"arsenal-chelsea-brace-for-packed-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/arsenal-chelsea-brace-for-packed-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal, Chelsea brace for packed December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The notorious December stretch in the Premier League has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>It is a period long regarded as one of the decisive phases of the season, testing squad depth and resilience especially for those competing on multiple fronts.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from their 1-1 draw, Arsenal and Chelsea now face the heaviest workloads among England\u2019s top sides. Both clubs are set to contest eight matches across the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and Carabao Cup, playing a game almost every three days on average and leaving little room for rotation or recovery.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPbaP7C8CjE?si=rXeX_CNF1HMOUH1r\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They are not alone in their endurance test. Fellow Carabao Cup quarter-finalists Newcastle United and Crystal Palace also face eight fixtures, with both clubs attempting to juggle league ambitions with European commitments.<\/p>\n<p>Among the traditional Big Six, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have comparatively lighter calendars at six fixtures apiece. The reduced load could prove significant, offering crucial preparation time during a month where even minor margins often shape the second half of the season.<\/p>\n<h3>Big Six\u2019s December 2025 fixtures<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Arsenal<\/strong><br \/>\nDec 3 &#8211; Brentford (H)<br \/>\nDec 6 &#8211; Aston Villa (A)<br \/>\nDec 10 &#8211; Club Brugge (A) (UEFA Champions League)<br \/>\nDec 13 &#8211; Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)<br \/>\nDec 20 &#8211; Everton (A)<br \/>\nDec 23 &#8211; Crystal Palace (H) (Carabao Cup)<br \/>\nDec 27 &#8211; Brighton &amp; Hove Albion (H)<br \/>\nDec 30 &#8211; Aston Villa (H)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea<\/strong><br \/>\nDec 3 &#8211; Leeds United (A)<br \/>\nDec 6 &#8211; AFC Bournemouth (A)<br \/>\nDec 9 &#8211; Atalanta (A) (UEFA Champions League)<br \/>\nDec 13 &#8211; Everton (H)<br \/>\nDec 16 &#8211; Cardiff City (A) (Carabao Cup)<br \/>\nDec 20 &#8211; Newcastle United (A)<br \/>\nDec 27 &#8211; Aston Villa (H)<br \/>\nDec 30 &#8211; AFC Bournemouth (H)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool<\/strong><br \/>\nDec 3 &#8211; Sunderland (H)<br \/>\nDec 6 &#8211; Leeds United (A)<br \/>\nDec 9 &#8211; Internazionale (A) (UEFA Champions League)<br \/>\nDec 13 &#8211; Brighton &amp; Hove Albion (H)<br \/>\nDec 20 &#8211; Tottenham Hotspur (A)<br \/>\nDec 27 &#8211; Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester City<\/strong><br \/>\nDec 2 &#8211; Fulham (A)<br \/>\nDec 6 &#8211; Sunderland (H)<br \/>\nDec 10 &#8211; Real Madrid (A) (UEFA Champions League)<br \/>\nDec 14 &#8211; Crystal Palace (A)<br \/>\nDec 17 &#8211; Brentford (H) (Carabao Cup)<br \/>\nDec 20 &#8211; West Ham United (H)<br \/>\nDec 27 &#8211; Nottingham Forest (A)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United<\/strong><br \/>\nDec 4 &#8211; West Ham United (H)<br \/>\nDec 8 &#8211; Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)<br \/>\nDec 15 &#8211; Bournemouth (H)<br \/>\nDec 21 &#8211; Aston Villa (A)<br \/>\nDec 26 &#8211; Newcastle United (H)<br \/>\nDec 30 &#8211; Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tottenham Hotspur<\/strong><br \/>\nDec 2 &#8211; Newcastle United (A)<br \/>\nDec 6 &#8211; Brentford (H)<br \/>\nDec 9 &#8211; Slavia Prague (H) (UEFA Champions League)<br \/>\nDec 14 &#8211; Nottingham Forest (A)<br \/>\nDec 20 &#8211; Liverpool (H)<br \/>\nDec 28 &#8211; Crystal Palace (A)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UYXU4_4330?si=xxQFm7l1A2Fb_UPo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The notorious December stretch in the Premier League has arrived. It is a period long regarded as one of the decisive phases of the season, testing squad depth and resilience especially for those competing on multiple fronts. Fresh from their 1-1 draw, Arsenal and Chelsea now face the heaviest workloads among England\u2019s top sides. Both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/arsenal-chelsea-brace-for-packed-december\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Arsenal, Chelsea brace for packed December<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[397,660,127,678,676,674,395,413],"class_list":["post-1954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-arsenal-fc","tag-chelsea-fc","tag-football","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-manchester-city-fc","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-premier-league","tag-tottenham-hotspur-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1957,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions\/1957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}