The BEST episodes of Match of the Day season 2017
Every episode of Match of the Day season 2017, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Match of the Day season 2017!
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 - 23rd September 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/23/2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester United's trip to Southampton and West Ham's home clash with Tottenham. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool head to Leicester, and Stoke host last season's title winners Chelsea.
#2 - MOTD - 12th August 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/12/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the Premier League's opening weekend, including Watford v Liverpool, Chelsea v Burnley, Everton v Stoke, Crystal Palace v Huddersfield, Southampton v Swansea, West Brom v Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City, as well as Friday night's curtain-raiser between Arsenal and Leicester. Jurgen Klopp will be expecting his Liverpool side to make a winning start as they travel to Watford in Saturday's early game. The Reds won at Vicarage Road last season thanks to a stunning overhead kick by Emre Can, which was voted Match of the Day's Goal of the Season. Champions Chelsea will be looking for a repeat of last season's 3-0 home win over Burnley, while Brighton & Hove Albion face a tough start to life in the Premier League as they take on Pep Guardiola's Manchester City.
#3 - MOTD - 26th August 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/26/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's six Premier League games, including Watford v Brighton, Bournemouth v Manchester City, Huddersfield v Southampton, Newcastle v West Ham, Crystal Palace v Swansea and Manchester United v Leicester.
#4 - MOTD - 28th October 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/28/2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the heavyweight clash between Manchester United and Tottenham at Old Trafford. Other matches include Manchester City's trip to West Brom, Bournemouth against Chelsea, Crystal Palace's London derby with West Ham, Arsenal against Swansea, Watford hosing Stoke and Huddersfield visiting Liverpool.
#5 - MOTD - 19th August 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/19/2017
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's Premier League matches, which include Swansea v Manchester United, Stoke v Arsenal, Liverpool v Crystal Palace, Bournemouth v Watford, Burnley v West Brom, Leicester v Brighton and Southampton v West Ham.
#6 - MOTD - 14th October 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/14/2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the lunchtime kick-off at Anfield between old adversaries Liverpool and Manchester United. Other matches include the clash between struggling Crystal Palace and reigning champions Chelsea, plus Watford v Arsenal, Burnley v West Ham, Manchester City v Stoke, Swansea v Huddersfield and Tottenham v Bournemouth.
#7 - MOTD - 29th November 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/29/2017
Dan Walker presents all the action from the midweek Premier League games. Arsenal host Huddersfield, Chelsea entertain Swansea City and Liverpool travel to Stoke. Other games include Brighton & Hove Albion taking on rivals Crystal Palace and Manchester United heading south to face Watford.
#8 - MOTD - 20th January 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/20/2018
Gary Lineker presents highlights of eight Premier League matches including title hopefuls Manchester City's clash with Newcastle United, Arsenal's London derby with Crystal Palace and Chelsea's trip to Brighton & Hove Albion.
#9 - MOTD - 31st January 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 28 - Aired 1/31/2018
Gary Lineker presents highlights of all the midweek Premier League fixtures, which include Liverpool's trip to Huddersfield and Tottenham hosting Manchester United at Wembley.
#10 - MOTD - 10th February 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 30 - Aired 2/10/2018
Highlights and reaction from the day's six top-flight games, introduced by Gary Lineker. The top fixture was at Wembley, with Spurs seeking to avenge defeat by Arsenal in November.
#11 - MOTD - 2nd January 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 23 - Aired 1/2/2018
Highlights of the day's four games, including Manchester City v Watford and Swansea v Tottenham, as well as a chance to catch up on Monday's five Premier League fixtures, which included Manchester United's trip to Everton.
#12 - MOTD - 10th March 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/10/2018
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's Premier League games, including Liverpool's trip to fierce rivals Manchester United, with both sides battling to secure Champions League football next season. West Brom, in need of points to preserve their top-flight status, host Leicester.
#13 - MOTD - 16th December 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/16/2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the heavyweight clash between Manchester City and Tottenham, Arsenal's encounter with Newcastle, Chelsea's meeting with Southampton and Crystal Palace's trip to Leicester. Brighton play Burnley, Huddersfield visit Watford, and Stoke host West Ham.
#14 - MOTD - 16th September 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/16/2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Tottenham v Swansea, Watford v Manchester City, Huddersfield v Leicester, Liverpool v Burnley, Newcastle v Stoke, West Brom v West Ham and Crystal Palace v Southampton.
#15 - MOTD - 23rd December 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/23/2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, with all 20 clubs in action as the busy period of festive football begins. The fixtures see Manchester City host Bournemouth, Manchester United travel to Leicester, Tottenham visit Burnley and Chelsea play at Everton. Swansea play Crystal Palace, Stoke entertain West Brom, Brighton play Watford, West Ham host Newcastle, and Huddersfield travel to the south coast to play Southampton. There are also highlights of Friday night's encounter between Arsenal and Liverpool.
#16 - MOTD - 31st March 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 36 - Aired 3/31/2018
Gary Lineker presents highlights and analysis from the day's Premier League fixtures. The action includes Manchester City's visit to Goodison Park to play Everton and Newcastle United hosting Huddersfield Town. There's a huge clash at the bottom of the table between West Ham and Southampton, while Manchester United host relegation-threatened Swansea. Alan Shearer and Jermaine Jenas join Gary in the studio.
#17 - MOTD - 30th September 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/2017
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including the visit of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to champions Chelsea. Other games include Huddersfield v Tottenham, Manchester United v Crystal Palace, Bournemouth v Leicester, Stoke v Southampton, West Brom v Watford and West Ham v Swansea.
#18 - MOTD - 18th November 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/18/2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham. In the other games Manchester City visited Leicester, Manchester United hosted Newcastle, Liverpool played Southampton, West Brom welcomed Chelsea, Bournemouth hosted Huddersfield, Swansea visited Burnley, and Crystal Palace and Everton met at Selhurst Park.
#19 - MOTD - 26th December 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/26/2017
Gary Lineker introduces match highlights of the traditional Boxing Day festive fixtures in the Premier League. There are eight games, including Tottenham's match against Southampton at Wembley, Manchester United versus Burnley, Chelsea's meeting with Brighton and Liverpool's game with Swansea. Other highlights include Leicester's trip to Watford, Huddersfield against Stoke, West Brom versus Everton, and Bournemouth against West Ham.
#20 - MOTD - 3rd February 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 29 - Aired 2/3/2018
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's seven games, including Manchester City's clash with Burnley at Turf Moor and Manchester United's match against Huddersfield at Old Trafford.
#21 - MOTD - 9th September 2017
Season 2017 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/9/2017
Gary Lineker presents Premier League highlights, including Manchester City v Liverpool, Leicester v Chelsea, Everton v Tottenham, Brighton v West Brom, Arsenal v Bournemouth, Southampton v Watford and Stoke v Manchester United.
#22 - MOTD - 14th April 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 38 - Aired 4/14/2018
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's seven Premier League games, including the evening kick-off between Tottenham and Manchester City. Spurs were looking for revenge after losing 4-1 to Pep Guardiola's men when the sides met at the Etihad Stadium in December. City have lost their last two games away to Tottenham, although both of those matches came at White Hart Lane, whereas this time the game took place at Wembley. Relegation-threatened Southampton host Chelsea, whilst Crystal Palace welcome Brighton to Selhurst Park.
#23 - MOTD - 7th April 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/7/2018
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day's Premier League games, including Manchester City's home game against Manchester United. There are also games with relegation implications, including West Brom against Swansea, Brighton versus Huddersfield and Bournemouth taking on Crystal Palace.
#24 - MOTD - 13th January 2018
Season 2017 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/13/2018
Gary Lineker introduces Premier League highlights, including Leicester's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Other matches include Huddersfield against West Ham, Crystal Palace versus Burnley, and Everton's trip to Spurs.
#25 - Community Shield Highlights
Season 2017 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/6/2017
Manish Bhasin presents highlights of the traditional curtain-raiser to the Premier League season as Champions Chelsea face FA Cup winners Arsenal at Wembley. Antonio Conte's team will be looking to quickly forget that 2-1 FA Cup Final loss to the Gunners at the same ground back in May, with both teams expected to show off some of their expensive summer signings.