Live football - confirmed televised fixtures for December and New Year

BT Sport has confirmed coverage of the following games at the end of the year:

• Crystal Palace v West Ham - Tuesday December 3, 8pm
• Swansea v Newcastle - Wednesday December 4, 7.45pm
• Manchester United v Newcastle - Saturday December 7, 12.45pm
• Manchester City v Arsenal - Saturday December 14, 12.45pm
• Liverpool v Cardiff - Saturday December 21, 12.45pm
• West Ham v Arsenal - Boxing Day, 3pm
• Manchester City v Liverpool - Boxing Day, 5.30pm
• Southampton v Chelsea - New Year's Day, 3pm
• Manchester United v Tottenham - New Year's Day, 5.30pm

And here are the confirmed Sky Sports games for the same period:

• Sat 7: Sunderland v Tottenham (ko 5.30pm) 
• Sun 8: Fulham v Aston Villa (ko 1.30pm) 
• Sun 8: Arsenal v Everton (ko 4pm) 
• Mon 9: Swansea City v Hull City (ko 8pm) 
• Sat 14: Hull City v Stoke City (ko 5.30pm) 
• Sun 15: Aston Villa v Man Utd (ko 1.30pm) 
• Sun 15: Tottenham v Liverpool (ko 4pm) 
• Sun 22: Southampton v Tottenham (ko 1.30pm) 
• Sun 22: Swansea City v Everton (ko 4pm) 
• Mon 23: Arsenal v Chelsea (ko 8pm) 
• Thu 26: Hull City v Man Utd (ko 12.45pm) 
• Sat 28: West Ham v West Brom (ko 12.45pm) 
• Sat 28: Cardiff City v Sunderland (ko 5.30pm) 
• Sun 29: Newcastle United v Arsenal (ko 1.30pm) 
• Sun 29: Chelsea v Liverpool (ko 4pm) 
• Wed Jan 1: Swansea v Man City (ko 12.45pm)

Looking at this I think BT Sport has a few standout games (Man C v Arsenal, Man C v Liverpool, Man U v Spurs) which stacks up pretty well against the Sky headliners (Spurs v Liverpool, Arsenal v Chelsea, Chelsea v Liverpool). Good to see Sky getting a serious challenge after all this season.