Four of our December and January fixtures have been moved for live screening by Sky Television.
The back-to-back blockbusters away to Chelsea and home to Arsenal have both been shifted.
We now travel to Stamford Bridge on Monday, 12 December with an 8pm kick-off and Arsenal arrive at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, 18 December kick-off 4.10pm.
In 2012 we now begin the New Year on 1 January at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland at 3pm and follow that with a home game against Liverpool on Tuesday, 3 January at 8pm.