The BEST episodes of Match of the Day season 2016
Every episode of Match of the Day season 2016, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Match of the Day season 2016!
Match of the Day (often abbreviated as MOTD) is the BBC's main football television programme. Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in the Barclays Premier League. It is one of the BBC's longest-running shows, having been on air since 1964, though it has not always been aired regularly. The 'Match of the Day' brand is also often used for live football coverage on the BBC. They run a competition called Goal of the Month, choosing the best goal each month, where the winner from there will then be entered into a goal of the season award.
#1 - MOTD - 1st April 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/1/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's eight Premier League matches, including the Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton. Other games include Chelsea v Crystal Palace, Burnley v Tottenham, Leicester v Stoke, Manchester United v West Brom, Hull v West Ham, Watford v Sunderland and Southampton v Bournemouth.
#2 - MOTD - 18th March 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/18/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from Saturday's seven Premier League fixtures. Arsenal face a trip to West Brom in the day's early kick-off and the Gunners are desperate to avoid defeat at the Hawthorns for a second successive year. Title favourites Chelsea travel to Stoke, where they have lost on two of their last three league visits. Elsewhere, Everton host Hull, reigning Premier League champions Leicester are away to West Ham, Sunderland take on Burnley at the Stadium of Light, Bournemouth are at home to Swansea and Crystal Palace face Watford.
#3 - MOTD - 4th February 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 27 - Aired 2/4/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday's eight Premier League matches, including the game between title rivals Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, while Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce faces former side Sunderland in a game of huge significance in the relegation battle. Other matches include Tottenham v Middlesbrough, Everton v Bournemouth, Hull v Liverpool, Southampton v West Ham, Watford v Burnley and West Brom v Stoke.
#4 - MOTD - 15th April 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 38 - Aired 4/15/2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the match between Southampton and Manchester City. Pep Guardiola visits St Mary's for the first time as his side look to cement a place in the top four. Claude Puel's team are looking to impress like they did in the reverse fixture - a 1-1 draw at the Etihad in October. Elsewhere, Tottenham host Bournemouth and Crystal Palace play Leicester.
#5 - MOTD - 6th May 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 41 - Aired 5/6/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches. After today, just two weekends of the season remain so is plenty of tension surrounding the fixtures. Games include Manchester City hosting Crystal Palace, while Everton travel to Swansea. There is also a bottom-of-the-table clash between Hull and Sunderland, and last season's champions Leicester host Watford.
#6 - MOTD - 21st May 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 45 - Aired 5/21/2017
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the ten final fixtures of the Premier League season. Featuring Arsenal v Everton, Hull v Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United v Crystal Palace, Chelsea v Sunderland, Manchester City v Watford, Burnley v West Ham, Leicester v Bournemouth, Liverpool v Middlesbrough, Southampton v Stoke and Swansea v West Brom.
#7 - MOTD - 27th May 2017 FA Cup
Season 2016 - Episode 46 - Aired 5/27/2017
Comprehensive highlights and analysis of the FA Cup final at Wembley between Arsenal and Chelsea. It's a competition that the two London rivals have enjoyed great success in so far this millennium, having both lifted the cup five times apiece. The Gunners are appearing in the final for a record 20th time and aiming to win it for the third time since 2014, while Chelsea's last triumph in 2012 was their fourth in six years.
#8 - MOTD - 31st December 2016
Season 2016 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/31/2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's seven Premier League matches, including Liverpool's eagerly-anticipated clash with Manchester City. The festive period is always crucial in the title race and the pair of contenders from the north west will be desperate to claim the three points at Anfield. The Reds won last year's encounter 3-0, just days after losing the League Cup final against the same opponents. Elsewhere, champions Leicester host West Ham, Manchester United welcome Middlesbrough to Old Trafford, Stoke travel to Chelsea, Burnley clash with Sunderland at Turf Moor, West Brom take on Southampton at St Mary's and Swansea face Bournemouth.
#9 - MOTD - 10th December 2016
Season 2016 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/10/2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's six Premier League fixtures, including Leicester's meeting with Manchester City, who they haven't beaten at home in the top flight since 1987. Arsenal, meanwhile, will be looking to maintain their performance against Stoke having never dropped a Premier League point at home to the Potters. Elsewhere, Everton face a trip to Watford, Swansea are at home to Sunderland, Hull take on Crystal Palace and Burnley welcome Bournemouth to Turf Moor.
#10 - MOTD - 22nd April 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 39 - Aired 4/22/2017
Dan Walker presents highlights of the latest Premier League matches, including West Ham United v Everton at the Olympic Stadium and Bournemouth v Middlesbrough at the Vitality Stadium. The Hammers were looking to avoid being drawn further into the battle to avoid relegation, while Boro were aiming to move a step closer to an unlikely survival.
#11 - MOTD - 11th February 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/11/2017
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League fixtures, including the match between Liverpool and Tottenham at Anfield, which could have a major impact on the title race. Other games included Arsenal v Hull, Manchester United v Watford, Stoke v Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough v Everton, Sunderland v Southampton and West Ham v West Brom.
#12 - MOTD - 13th May 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 43 - Aired 5/13/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the latest round of Premier League fixtures, including the Friday night games between West Brom and Chelsea, and Everton and Watford. Saturday's matches featured Manchester City v Leicester, Stoke v Arsenal, Sunderland v Swansea City, Bournemouth v Burnley and Middlesbrough v Southampton.
#13 - MOTD - 8th April 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/8/2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including Bournemouth v Chelsea, Tottenham v Watford, Manchester City v Hull, Middlesbrough v Burnley, Stoke v Liverpool, West Brom v Southampton and West Ham v Swansea.
#14 - MOTD - 21st January 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/21/2017
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's seven Premier League fixtures, including Tottenham's trip to Manchester City. Spurs attempt to complete the league double over their fellow title challengers at the Etihad Stadium. Stoke earned a draw at Old Trafford earlier in the season and hope to take more points off Manchester United. High-flying Liverpool are at home to struggling Swansea in the day's early kick-off, Crystal Palace host Everton, West Brom take on Sunderland, West Ham are away to Middlesbrough and Bournemouth face Watford.
#15 - MOTD - 28th January 2017 FA Cup
Season 2016 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/28/2017
Gabby Logan introduces highlights from the day's FA Cup fourth-round ties.
#16 - MOTD - 26th December 2016
Season 2016 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/26/2016
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Boxing Day's eight Premier League matches, including the clash between Manchester United and Sunderland, which sees Sunderland boss David Moyes return to Old Trafford for the first time since being sacked as United manager in 2014. Other games are Chelsea v Bournemouth, Hull v Manchester City, Watford v Crystal Palace, Arsenal v West Brom, Burnley v Middlesbrough, Leicester v Everton and Swansea v West Ham.
#17 - MOTD - 29th April 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 40 - Aired 4/29/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's five Premier League fixtures. A resurgent Leicester travel to West Brom looking to claim a third successive win at the Hawthorns after coming from behind to win their previous two visits 3-2. Crystal Palace host Burnley in the day's late kick-off, hoping to avenge their injury-time defeat to the Clarets in November when they lost a five-goal thriller. Elsewhere, Stoke take on West Ham, Sunderland host Bournemouth and Southampton face Hull.
#18 - MOTD - 11th March 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/11/2017
Highlights from the Premier League, including Hull v Swansea, Bournemouth v West Ham, Everton v West Brom and Manchester City v Stoke.
#19 - MOTD - 11th March 2017 FA Cup
Season 2016 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/11/2017
Highlights from the FA Cup quarter-finals, including Middlesbrough v Manchester City and Arsenal v Lincoln City.
#20 - MOTD - 4th March 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/4/2017
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's seven Premier League fixtures, including Leicester v Hull, Liverpool v Arsenal, Swansea v Burnley, West Brom v Crystal Palace, Manchester United v Bournemouth, Stoke v Middlesbrough and Watford v Southampton.
#21 - MOTD - 25th February 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 30 - Aired 2/25/2017
Gary Lineker presents highlights from the day's Premier League fixtures, including Chelsea v Swansea, Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough, Hull City v Burnley, Everton v Sunderland, West Brom v Bournemouth and Watford v West Ham.
#22 - MOTD - 7th January 2017 FA Cup
Season 2016 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/7/2017
Highlights from the day's FA Cup ties. It is the third round of the world's oldest and most famous domestic cup competition. Non-league Barrow hosted League One side Rochdale and were hoping to repeat their giant-killing exploits of the second round, when they put out Bristol Rovers. Manchester United hosted Reading, who are now managed by former Red Devils centre-half Jaap Stam. Leicester had an all-Premier League clash against Everton, while non-league Sutton faced neighbours AFC Wimbledon.
#23 - MOTD - 14th December 2016
Season 2016 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/14/2016
Dan Walker introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches. Crystal Palace will look to claim their first ever Premier League victory over Manchester United as they host Jose Mourinho's side at Selhurst Park. Other games include Middlesbrough v Liverpool, Manchester City v Watford, Tottenham v Hull, West Ham v Burnley, Stoke v Southampton and West Brom v Swansea. There is also a chance to see the best action from Tuesday's two games - Bournemouth v Leicester and Everton v Arsenal.
#24 - MOTD - 18th February 2017 FA Cup
Season 2016 - Episode 29 - Aired 2/18/2017
Highlights from the day's FA Cup fifth-round games.
#25 - MOTD - 31st January 2017
Season 2016 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/31/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the midweek Premier League matches, including Liverpool v Chelsea, Arsenal v Watford, Bournemouth v Crystal Palace, Burnley v Leicester, Middlesbrough v West Brom, Sunderland v Tottenham and Swansea v Southampton.