Despite calls for a league-wide pause and a resurgent spread of COVID-19 in Britain, the Premier League's holiday slate will go on. Here are the key elements to monitor.
Despite threats of a stoppage due to COVID-19 outbreaks, clubs didn't even bring things to as much as a vote when deciding to continue as planned with their festive fixtures.
Nine matches have now been postponed in the last five days, with calls for a league-wide shutdown beginning to gather steam as the omicron variant's spread does the same.