Why Liverpool vs Leicester starts at a unique time on Boxing Day plus talkSPORT commentary for Premier League clash

Liverpool will look to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table against Leicester in the late kick-off on Boxing Day.

The red ones prevailed in a nine-goal thriller at the weekend, putting in one of their best performances of the season. to beat Tottenham 6-3.

Arne SlotThe team was relentless and walked away from Chelsea in first place with their latest win, continuing their form heading into this match at Anfield.

they welcome leicester who have lost their last two games, conceding seven goals in total against Newcastle and Wolves without scoring any.

Ruud van Nistelrooy His tenure with the Foxes started well, but now his men are just two points above the relegation zone.

Liverpool vs Leicester: start time

This Premier League clash will take place on Thursday, December 26.

Kick-off at Anfield is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.

This is the last start of Boxing Day and the game was moved to the original time slot simply due to this week's television schedule.

All games after Christmas will be streamed live on Amazon Prime.

Amazon has divided the games throughout the day, one starting at 12:30 p.m., five at 3:00 p.m., one at 5:30 p.m. and this game at 8:00 p.m.

This means there will be less clashes and will allow Amazon to reach the largest audience for its holiday events.

Liverpool vs Leicester has been awarded the last spot, as has Manchester United vs Aston Villa was last season since they also started at 8 pm

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• Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 12 Premier League home games against Leicester (W10 D2), since losing three in a row between 1997 and 2000.
• Leicester have won just two of their last 12 Premier League games against Liverpool (D1 L9). They have had three three-game losing streaks in this run (including one current one), but have not lost four league games in a row against the Reds since 1987 and 1996.
• Liverpool have won their last seven league games played on Boxing Day, the longest current streak of any team in England's top four divisions, and the longest streak in the Reds' history.

Liverpool vs Leicester: talkSPORT coverage

talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the game.

Adrian Durham will be your host while commentary comes from Mark Wilson and the former Watford striker. Troy Deeney.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 via the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen through the talkSPORT appon DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

talkSPORT.com will also keep you up to date with the action on our dedicated live blog here.

And on top of this, all other Boxing Day matches will be broadcast live across our network this week.

• Leicester have won just one of their last 10 Boxing Day league games (D2 L7), and that was in 2018-19 against eventual champions Manchester City.
• Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 21 games in all competitions (W18 D3). It is their longest streak without a loss since a streak of 25 between April and November 2021, and their longest in a single season since a streak of 24 between January and May 1989.
• Liverpool have conceded eight goals in their last three Premier League games, as many as in their first 13 under Arne Slot. However, the Reds have scored at least twice in each of their last nine league games, their longest streak since September-December 2021 (11).

Liverpool vs Leicester: team news

The busy festive schedule usually leads to a lot of turnover, but Liverpool may not want to change teams after beating Spurs.

Luis Díaz and Cody Gakpo were preferred. Diogo Jota and Darwin Núñez in that game while Dominik Szoboszlai He starred in the midfield.

Ryan Gravenberg He is available after avoiding a suspension for now for five yellow cards, but Ibrahima Konate remains injured.

If the slot rotates, Curtis JonesHarvey Elliott and Konstantinos Tsimikas could get some minutes along with Wataru Endo.

As for Leicester, Harry winks He has just recovered and may not be able to start, so Oliver Skipp and Boubakary Soumare will be in midfield.

Wilfred Ndidi He remains injured while Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira will be sidelined well into the new year.

In goal, former Liverpool goalkeeper Danny Ward is likely to retain his place as number one Mads Hermansen has been sidelined for a couple of weeks.

Jaime Vardy He appeared to have picked up a knock late in his last game but is not expected to miss at Anfield.

• No current Premier League player has been involved in more goals (6) or provided more assists (4) on Boxing Day than Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.
• Mohamed Salah has scored 99 goals in 141 home games in the Premier League (2 with Chelsea, 97 with Liverpool). If he scores, he will become the eighth player to score more than 100 at home in the competition, and the fourth fastest, after Alan Shearer (91 goals), Thierry Henry (113) and Sergio Agüero (125).
• Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has scored eight Premier League goals against Liverpool, with only Andrew Cole (11) and Harry Kane (9) scoring more against the Reds in the competition. At 37 years and 350 days, Vardy would also be the oldest player to score a goal in the Premier League against Liverpool with a goal in this match.