Sky Sports announce festive football extravaganza with FORTY-SIX live

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Sky Sports will broadcast 46 live football matches from December 1 to January 2 This will include a top pick weekend Premier League match each weekend All 20 Championship sides will have a game shown live on at least one occasion By SPENCER MORGAN FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 12:44 GMT, 28 November 2019 | UPDATED: 14:47 GMT, 28 November 2019 e-mail 120 shares 19 View comments Christmas has come early for football fans with Sky announcing that they will televise 46 matches over 33 days. The line-up will include a top pick weekend Premier League match each weekend, the Manchester derby and Chelsea's clashes with Arsenal and Tottenham among them. Every EFL Championship team will be shown live on Sky Sports over the festive period, including three of the top six being shown live on Boxing Day. Leeds United face Preston and Brentford host Swansea City.

The Carabao Cup quarter-final selections include holders Manchester City's trip to Oxford United on December 18, while Aston Villa face record eight-time winners Liverpool on December 17. North of the border champions Celtic face arch rivals Rangers in the Old Firm derby on December 29 while Boxing Day sees the Edinburgh derby, Hibernian against Hearts. Sky Sports head of football Gary Hughes said: 'Sky Sports is delighted to give our customers the very best of festive football. 'We will show the biggest head to heads from the Premier League each weekend, our viewers will see every EFL Championship team in action, and of course in the Scottish Premiership we'll have exclusively live coverage of one of sport's greatest rivalries between Celtic and Rangers. 'As well as that, we'll have two Carabao Cup quarter finals. We have more live football than anyone else!'