And so it begins. Chelsea get the ball rolling on the gameweek, having shifted their Boxing Day fixture to a handy 1pm kick-off, we have little time to wait for our first action. The Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to capture your views on this, and all today’s matches.

The team sheets from the early game are in, and is as follows…

Chelsea XI: Cech, Bosingwa, David Luiz, Terry, Cole, Meireles, Romeu, Lampard, Sturridge, Torres, Mata.

Fulham XI: Kelly, Senderos, Hangeland, JA Riise, Murphy, Frei, Dembélé, Ruiz, Dempsey, Sa.

So, the headline for the home team is that Fernando Torres gets a rare start at the expense of Didier Drogba. For the visitors there’s no Zamora or Johnson in the matchday squad.

The Stamford Bridge clash with Fulham is followed by a string of three o’clock encounters, at Bolton, Liverpool, United, Sunderland and West Brom. Our evening attractions are then provided by Stoke at the Britannia, as they look to inflict more damage on Alex McLeish’s struggling Villa outfit.

A Boxing Day blowout, leading us nicely into tomorrow’s three matches. There’s no letting up.