- England's top flight returned with seven matches on Boxing Day. Only three of the seven saw usage with only one having picks from both clubs involved.
- West Ham's Under-21 squad was represented with the day's Last Man In. Divin Mubama earned Matt, Mike, and Ryan 0.1 ratings points over the standard with a 6.6 in the defeat against Arsenal.
- Two London-based goal scorers were selected on Boxing Day proper. Andrew got a tally and a 7.3 rating from Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli while Scott saw Bobby Decordova-Reid score and net a 7.8 in Fulham's trouncing of Crystal Palace.
- Despite being one of the most worked teams of the World Cup, versatile Croatian Ivan Perisic showed plenty of dynamism against Brentford to earn game leader Pavli a 7.6 for the early kickoff.
- But taking home the day after Christmas' top score was Trevor with a master class from Arsenal's Martin Odegaard. The Norwegian assisted on two of the Gunners' three goals against West Ham and lost the ball just 8 times in 82 touches to finish on a 9.0 rating.
- Optimally, Aleksandar Mitrovic just pipped Odegaard with his 9.1 against 9-man Palace via a goal and an assist in the 3-0 triumph.
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