Premier League boxing day 2016: Fixtures, schedule, predictions

The Boxing Day fixtures are always worth watching for in the Premier League. With multiple surprises coming in already this season so far in the English top flight football league, the Boxing Day matches decide who enter the new calendar year as the top side. In case you've missed it, win or lose on Boxing Day 2016, Chelsea are possibly entering 2017 as the table toppers.

Following a total of 17 matches played by all teams in the Premier League so far, Antonio Conte's side rule the roost with 43 points -- six points higher than the second-placed Liverpool. 

The Blues are on a sensational run of form with 11 consecutive wins already in the Premier League this season. When was the last time this happened? The introduction of a 3-4-3 formation by Conte after back-to-back defeats for Chelsea against Liverpool and Arsenal changed the dimension of the team completely!

"The manager [Conte] obviously changed the system after a defeat at Arsenal. Nobody would have fancied them to be anywhere near winning the league at that point and now they look the dominant team," club legend Frank Lampard spoke to Sky Sports recently. "When you take that kind of a gap [six-point gap] into Christmas, I think barring suspensions or injuries to top players like [Eden] Hazard and [Diego] Costa, I fancy them to carry it through."

Can Chelsea win the Premier League again this season? Well, we can't get the answer right now. However, we can predict the outcome of the matches from the Premier League Boxing Day 2016 matchweek.

Boxing Day 2016 fixtures (Indian dates and times)

Key players missing Boxing Day 2016

Jamie Vardy - Leicester City

N'Golo Kante - Chelsea

Diego Costa - Chelsea