Revealed! Newcastle United’s disastrous Boxing Day record and how it compares with Manchester United, Tottenham and Leicester City

This year, Eddie Howe’s side don’t play on Boxing Day, instead, they face Manchester United on Monday December 27.

This is probably good news when you consider their dismal record whilst playing on December 26.

Evidently not a season of good cheer for Newcastle United supporters, over the past decade, few teams have had a worse record on Boxing Day than Newcastle.

But who are those sides? And which Premier League sides can boast a good Boxing Day record?

Here, using data provided by BettingExpert, we have listed how each current Premier League side have fared on Boxing Day in the past ten years - from the side that have averaged more points per game than anyone else, to the team that haven’t tasted Boxing Day victory in that time:

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