Table of contents for 27 December 2022 in MATCH!

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Keep reading MATCH for loads of top fantasy footy tips! MATCH’s TOP 20! Check out our league table heading into the Boxing Day fixtures! TRANSFER IN… Here are our biggest signing tips ahead of this issue’s action! MOHAMMED SALISU DF★SO’TON £4.4 MILLION No lie, Salisu could be a decent differential over the next few weeks as The Saints have winnable games! MOHAMED SALAH MF★LIVERPOOL £12.8 MILLION Salah’s fully rested after watching the World Cup from his sofa, plus Liverpool’s next few games are potential hauls! DANNY INGS FW★ ASTON VILLA £6.6 MILLION Two home games against Wolves and Leeds in the New Year means this is a great opportunity for Ings to bust some nets! TRANSFER OUT… You should consider dropping these stars for the upcoming action! EDERSON GK★MAN. CITY…

Ex-Tottenham CM Tom Huddlestone has just turned 36 years old, but he’s still playing for Man. United’s U21s, while also working as their academy coach! 20 The last time Wolves were rock bottom of the Prem table at Christmas, in 2003-04, they were relegated! 600+ James Milner is the fourth player in Prem history to reach 600 PL games after Gareth Barry, Ryan Giggs and Frank Lampard! 21 Crysencio Summerville is the youngest Leeds player to score in four straight PL matches! 11 Everton’s 11 goals after 15 PL games was their fewest since 2005-06! 1 Christian Eriksen is the only Danish player to bust net for Man. United in the 21st century! 1995 The last Dane to score for The Red Devils was goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel–Kasper’s dad–way back in…

20+ Only two players have both scored 5+ goals and created 20+ chances in a single World Cup tournament since 1966 – Messi and Diego Maradona! 1 Messi became the first South American player to score in both a World Cup final and a Champions League final! 2 Since the award was introduced in 1982, Messi is the only player to win the Golden Ball twice at the WC – in 2014 and 2022! 26 In the final, Messi became the all-time record holder for the most games played at the WC! 18 He ends 2022 with 18 goals for his nation from 14 games – his best-ever calendar year and double his goal tally from 2021! 13 He’s now scored 13 goals at the World Cup, which is the…

BEST OF THE REST RANGERS v CELTIC Monday 2 January, 12.30pm It doesn’t matter if Celtic are nine points above their rivals or 29 points, the Old Firm is always worth watching! Saying that, an away win for The Bhoys would basically seal the title in MATCH’s eyes. They won their last head-to-head 4-0 in September, with three of the goals coming in the first half to wrap it up before it had even started! TOTTENHAM v ARSENAL Sunday 15 January, 4.30pm Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville said the Arsenal players were “brutalised” by the atmosphere at Tottenham’s stadium last season, as Spurs beat their rivals 3-0 to nick a Champo League spot! We get the feeling the boot could be on the other foot here, with The Gunners looking…

DAVID DE GEA DE GEA The 32-year-old has impressed this season but is on mega high wages! DIOGO DALOT Dalot has improved tons but Barcelona are sniffing around! LUKE SHAW Shaw has been linked with Everton and Leicester but wants to stay! FRED Some say Fred has been offered a new three-year deal and others say he’s set to leave! MARCUS RASHFORD The Red Devils want Rashford to stay but PSG are also chasing the forward!…

50 WORST MISS EVER? William Akio’s “miss” – if you can call it that – could possibly be the worst in football history, let alone 2022! He tries to kick the ball into the side netting but instead ends up making a goal-line clearance to stop one of his team-mates from scoring. Search it up on YouTube for some LOLs! 49 MARTINELLI MADNESS! Gabriel Martinelli’s red card against Wolves last February was one of the weirdest sendings off in Premier League history! The Arsenal winger tried to prevent a throw-in from happening and then committed another foul, causing the ref to give him two yellow cards in the same phase of play. That’s a new one for us! 48 LUCKY MASCOT! Myra the dog went viral after Everton’s vital Premier…

ASTON VILLA v LEEDS Anything will be better than their boring 0-0 draw from October! MATCH SAYS 0-1 YOU SAY BRIGHTON v LIVERPOOL Liverpool have only won one of their last five head-to-heads! MATCH SAYS 1-2 YOU SAY EVERTON v SOUTHAMPTON You have to go back to 1997 for The Saints’ last win at Goodison! MATCH SAYS 2-1 YOU SAY WOLVES v WEST HAM In ten of their last 11 meetings, one of the teams has won to nil! MATCH SAYS 0-1 YOU SAY MAN. UNITED v MAN. CITY It’ll be a much tighter game than their nine-goal Etihad thriller! MATCH SAYS 0-0 YOU SAY CHELSEA v C. PALACE Chelsea have won their last 11 against Palace in all competitions! MATCH SAYS 1-0 YOU SAY NOTT’M FOREST v LEICESTER There…

Portman Road party! Ipswich fan James took his copy of MATCH, featuring his favourite side, to a game! Molineux fiesta! Check out Jacob at his second ever match at Molineux. They beat Nottingham Forest 1-0! International collage! Blake drew tons of top international stars from past and present. Great work, mate! Stateside star! Massive MATCH fan Noa gets the magazine sent out all the way to Colorado in the USA. Legend! Wicked FUT card! Adam made this Salah FUT card! He's a super fan of the Reds hero! Brilliant boots! We’d love to see Ronan’s colourful Nike boots be made into a reality! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/matchmagazine Twitter: www.twitter.com/matchmagazine…