Teams: Rooney, Mkhitaryan benched; Hazard false 9; no Walcott

Updated 26/12/2016 at 17:15 GMT

Wayne Rooney and Henrikh Mkhitaryan have both been left out of the Manchester United starting XI for the Boxing Day meeting with Sunderland at Old Trafford.

Daley Blind celebrates scoring for Manchester United against Arsenal

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Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are preferred in the attacking positions, while there is no place for defender Eric Bailly.

MANCHESTER UNITED: De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Blind, Herrera, Carrick, Pogba, Mata, Ibrahimovic, Lingard… Subs: Romero, Darmian, Smalling, Fellaini, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Rashford

SUNDERLAND: Pickford, Jones, Van Aanholt, Djilobodji, Kone, Denayer, Ndong, Borini, Larsson, Anichebe, Defoe... Subs: Mannone, Love, Asoro, O’Shea, Khazri, Embleton, Honeyman

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Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion

There is no place in the Arsenal squad for Theo Walcott at home to West Brom. Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez start, while Lucas Perez is the only senior attacker on the bench.

ARSENAL XI: Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Gibbs, Coquelin, Xhaka, Sanchez, Ozil, Iwobi, Giroud.

WEST BROM XI: Foster; Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Nyom; Yacob, Fletcher; Brunt, Chadli, Phillips; Rondon

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Chelsea v Bournemouth

Eden Hazard has been preferred to Michy Batshuayi to start up front for Chelsea against Bournemouth in the absence of the suspended Diego Costa.

CHELSEA XI: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Fabregas, Matic, Alonso; Willian, Hazard, Pedro.

BOURNEMOUTH XI: Boruc, Francis, Cook, B. Smith, Daniels, Arter, Gosling, A. Smith, Wilshere, Surman, King.

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Leicester City v Everton

LEICESTER: XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Wasilewski, Chilwell, Gray, King, Amartey, Albrighton, Slimani, Okazaki.

EVERTON XI: Joel, Baines, Funes Mori, Williams, Holgate, Coleman, Barry, Gana, Mirallas, Lennon, Lukaku

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Swansea City v West Ham United

SWANSEA XI: Fabianski, Rangel, Mawson, van der Hoorn, Kingsley, Britton, Cork, Fulton, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Borja.

WEST HAM XI: Randolph, Kouyate, Reid, Ogbonna, Antonio, Noble, Nordtveit, Cresswell, Payet, Carroll, Ayew

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Burnley v Middlesbrough

BURNLEY XI: Heaton, Flanagan, Keane, Mee, Ward, Boyd, Hendrick, Marney, Arfield, Gray, Barnes

MIDDLESBROUGH XI: Valdes, Barragan, Gibson, Chambers, Fabio, Clayton, De Roon, Forshaw, Stuani, Ramirez, Negredo

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