Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Art De Roché and more bring you the final Totally Football Show before Christmas.

Man United and Newcastle contest the only Boxing Day fixture with the Red Devils having to do without the injured Bruno Fernandes.

The headline fixture of the weekend sees Aston Villa aiming for an 11th win in a row as they travel to Chelsea. Jacob Tanswell tells us about a seven day spell that could really cement Villa’s status as title-challengers.

Arsenal will look to take more points against Brighton than they did last season while Man City travel to the City Ground, where it all began for the Haalands in English football.

Elsewhere, there are fixtures between Sunderland & Leeds and Burnley & Everton with greater historical significance than you might realise.

Plus Maher Mezahi joins us from Morocco to recap the first two days of AFCON, filled with sensational overhead kicks and catastrophic back flips.

Produced by Charlie Jones

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Forgettable Fulham Forest and Football Manager (02.30)

• PART 2a: Man United v Newcastle preview (09.00)

• PART 2b: Nottingham Forest v Man City preview (15.30)

• PART 2c: Chelsea v Aston Villa preview with Jacob Tanswell (18.30)

• PART 2d: Arsenal v Brighton preview (29.00)

• PART 3a: Liverpool v Wolves preview (33.00)

• PART 3b: Sunderland v Leeds preview (36.00)

• PART 3c: The rest of the Premier League weekend (40.00)

• PART 4: AFCON latest with Maher Mezahi (44.00)

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Jimbo’s got helpers James Horncastle, Seb Stafford-Bloor & Pol Ballús alongside him for some pre-Christmas cheer of a European variety.

We begin in La Liga, where it’s as you were at the top of the table with Barca navigating the tricky trip to Villarreal to come away with all three points to keep their advantage at the top of the table. Real’s win over Sevilla helps ease the pressure on Xabi Alonso - but is Vini Jr’s future in more serious doubt?

The shock scoreline across the continent was perhaps recorded in Florence, where having gone 210 days without a Serie A win - Fiorentina only went and put five past Udinese! Plus, Lois Openda ended his Juve goalscoring drought in their win over Roma to make things even tighter at the top.

We touch base with events in France, Portugal, Turkey and the Netherlands - including the mounting troubles for Robin van Persie, Coupe de France storylines and lone Portuguese superfans!

And in Germany - Bayern Munich continued their remarkable form with a 4-0 thrashing of Heidenheim - featuring Harry Kane’s 100th goal involvement in record quick time. Is the sky the limit for Vincent Kompany’s side this season?

Produced by Lucy Oliva.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Moments of the weekend (00.45)

• PART 2: La Liga review - Mbappe equals CR7 as Barca pass Villarreal test (07.15)

• PART 3: Serie A review - Fiorentina win a game… no, seriously! (18.40)

• PART 4: Elsewhere in Europe - Coupe de France storylines & RvP under pressure (36.03)

• PART 5: Bundesliga review - the Bayern machine rolls on (40.55)

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Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Adrian Clarke and Mark Carey chew through the last Premier League weekend before Christmas.

Morgan Rogers produces two moments of magic as Aston Villa beat Man United 2-1. Unai Emery's side have won 10 in a row and 7 in a row in the Premier League for the first time ever.

There are victories for Man City and leaders Arsenal, who put a stop to their away slump with a 1-0 win at Everton.

The match of the weekend sees Chelsea fight back from 2-0 down at St James's Park to rescue a point. And it's two red cards for Tottenham as Liverpool's revival continues in North London.

Plus yet more misery for Wolves and yet more joy for Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Leeds.

Produced by Charlie Jones

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Aston Villa 2-1 Man United (04.00)

• PART 2a: Newcastle 2-2 Chelsea (23.00)

• PART 2b: Spurs 1-2 Liverpool (30.00)

• PART 2c: Everton 0-1 Arsenal (40.00)

• PART 2d: Man City 3-0 West Ham (44.00)

• PART 3a: Leeds 4-1 Crystal Palace (50.00)

• PART 3b: Wolves 0-2 Brentford (55.00)

• PART 3c: Bournemouth 1-1 Burnley (60.00)

• PART 3d: Brighton 0-0 Sunderland (63.00)

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