Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Absolutely classic Liverpool. Win against a top 4 > rival, then lose against a bottom 3 team. If > Chelsea win at Spurs they're 8 points clear. Can't > see anyone overturning that unless they lose a > couple of key players to injury or something. Things can't be that bad if you class a draw as a defeat. This table shows how the Xmas fixtures have favoured Chelsea: Hours that will be taken to play all three festive matches Hours taken from the start of a team's first game to the end of their third game 1 Chelsea 223 2 Watford, Crystal Palace 201.5 3 Swansea 199 4 Arsenal, Bournemouth 198.75 5 Stoke 172.75 6 West Ham 172.5 7 Man Utd 172.25 8 Burnley, Everton, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Brom 170 9 Hull, Man City 167.75 10 Leicester, Middlesbrough 167.5 11 Liverpool 143.75 12 Southampton 117