After World Cup, 2022/2023 football season returns

After a month-long break of club football due to the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 2022/2023 football season is set to resume this festive season with all the action available live on Showmax Pro. The FIFA World Cup, which took place in Qatar from 20 November, saw Argentina lift the trophy after defeating France at the final on Sunday, 18 December 2022.

With the World Cup done, the football season is set to resume with the Premier League with fixtures taking place on 26 and 27 December over the traditional boxing day period. Arsenal are the current league leaders with 37 points after a strong start to a Premier League season this season. Also in the top 4 are last season’s winners Manchester City, led by their talismanic striker Erling Haaland who will look to pick up where he left off by adding to his impressive 18 goals in 12 games – the current Champions are 5 points behind the Gunners.

This season’s surprise package Newcastle, find themselves in third, 1 point above Tottenham Hotspur who complete the top 4.

English Premier League fans can look forward to the following fixtures when the league returns this festive season: Monday, 26 December 2022 Brentford vs Spurs Crystal Palace vs Fulham Everton vs Wolves Leicester vs Newcastle Southampton vs Brighton Aston Villa vs Liverpool Arsenal vs Liverpool Tuesday, 27 December 2022 Chelsea vs Bournemouth Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest

LaLiga will be the next competition to return with a two-horse race between El Clasico rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid at the top. Barcelona are currently 2 points ahead of their rivals and will be looking to extend their good run of form when the season resumes. Madrid will have their eyes on a historic 36th LaLiga title backed by Carlo