Crystal Palace have requested the Premier League to maneuver their journey to Leeds subsequent month.
It comes after the date for his or her Carabao Cup quarter-final tie towards Arsenal was confirmed.
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The Eagles will go to the Emirates Stadium on December 23, simply two days after they face Leeds within the league.
Arsenal are additionally scheduled to be in Premier League motion towards Everton on Sunday, December 21.
Mikel Arteta revealed earlier this week that the Gunners are in search of a brand new date for his or her match towards the Toffees.
Previous to Arsenal’s win over Slavia Prague, the Spaniard stated: “Hopefully they are going to transfer our Premier League match, as a result of to play two days later would not make any sense.
“So now we resolve the date, I’m certain they are going to change the Premier League (match) as effectively.”
Palace have now adopted go well with, Oliver Glasner confirmed in his pre-match press convention on Wednesday.
Talking forward of his aspect’s Convention League match towards AZ Alkmaar, he instructed reporters: “We try the identical factor that Arsenal try, to maneuver our Leeds recreation ahead to Saturday, so we do not have two days between these video games.
“We did not get a response till now from the Premier League, simply to have the identical as Arsenal, if their recreation is moved.”
Nightmare run
Palace at the moment face a run of 5 matches in simply 12 days throughout the Convention League, Premier League and Carabao Cup.
Nonetheless, shifting their journey to Elland Highway to Saturday, December 20 wouldn’t ease their fixture congestion.
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The FA Cup winners are set to face Finnish aspect KuPS at Selhurst Park at 8pm on Thursday, December 18.
Each their match with Leeds and Everton vs Arsenal are at the moment scheduled for 2pm on Sunday, December 21.
The EFL introduced the date and kick-off instances for the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Monday following final week’s draw.
In doing so, in addition they hit out at UEFA over their scheduling of European matches.
Glasner is hopeful the governing our bodies can study from this season’s scheduling points sooner or later.
The Austrian added: “I’m at all times speaking about making errors being a part of improvement.
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Crystal Palace’s December fixtures
December 1 – Burnley (A), Premier League
December 7 – Fulham (A), Premier League
December 11 – Shelbourne (A), Convention League
December 14 – Manchester Metropolis (H), Premier League
December 18 – KuPS (H), Convention League
December 21 – Leeds (A), Premier League
December 23 – Arsenal (A), Carabao Cup
December 28 – Tottenham (H), Premier League
“I believe that the EFL and the Premier League did not remedy this drawback earlier than the beginning of the season.
“They’ll study from it and I’m fairly certain that subsequent yr they are going to have the answer earlier than the beginning of the season.
“Possibly they wanted this expertise to unravel it, to not rely that it will not occur.”
Palace are at the moment set to play eight matches throughout all competitions throughout December.
