Arsenal face fixture chaos with ‘no obvious date’ to play crunch Carabao Cup quarter-final vs Crystal Palace

ARSENAL are facing a nightmare fixture heap up successful December aft being drawn against Crystal Palace successful the League Cup.

Mikel Arteta's broadside progressed into the quarter-finals of the contention aft beating Preston 3-0 connected Wednesday.

However, that is acceptable to origin nine chiefs a immense headache owed to a large scheduling contented involving them and the women's team.

The Emirates necktie against Crystal Palace is owed to beryllium played connected either Tuesday 17 oregon Wednesday 18 successful December.

It came with Palace being owed to play Brighton connected Monday, December 16, though this fixture has since been moved to Sunday astatine 2pm with Bournemouth v West Ham present filling the Monday evening slot.

Holding the clash connected Wednesday is not imaginable owed to Arsenal Women facing Bayern Munich successful the Champions League.

Logically this would permission Thursday arsenic the evident solution.

However, the two-day turnaround is acold from ideal, with Palace owed to big Arsenal connected Saturday, December 21 successful the evening clash, besides leaving Friday retired of the question.

It would beryllium imaginable to big the Palace crippled connected Wednesday, December 18 if the women's crippled could beryllium moved.

Arsenal Women play each of their European location games and 8 of their 11 location games successful the Women's Super League astatine the Emirates, with tickets for the Bayern crippled connected merchantability since September 28.

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But Boreham Wood's Meadow Park, wherever the women's squad utilized to play their location games, does not conscionable Uefa stadium regulations.

However, 1 imaginable solution could beryllium Arsenal agreeing to a stunning venue swap with Palace.

There has been a precedent successful the League Cup this play to determination fixtures to different stadium.

Newcastle's 3rd circular fixture with Wimbledon was switched from Plough Lane to St. James' Park aft floods caused a sinkhole to signifier successful the mediate of the pitch.

Manchester City faced a akin occupation to Arsenal earlier this play erstwhile they faced Watford successful the 3rd circular aft playing their rubric rivals successful the league the play before.

Pep Guardiola's broadside were offered the accidental to play distant astatine Vicarage Road oregon power dates to Tuesday oregon Thursday, which near them with little of a turnaround for either the League Cup crippled oregon Prem clash.

They yet opted to play connected the Tuesday conscionable 48 hours aft their 2-2 gully with Arsenal, and emerged with a 2-1 triumph implicit Watford astatine the Etihad.

Speaking of the dilemma astatine the time, Guardiola said: "I similar to play astatine location than spell to London due to the fact that this mode our fans tin ticker this lovely, adorable squad astatine home.

“That’s wherefore I decided to play connected Tuesday. If we had said Thursday we wouldn’t person clip to retrieve to spell to Newcastle.

“Hopefully we tin prime 2 teams and beryllium acceptable and person nary injuries but everyone knows the docket volition beryllium choky this season."

On fixture congestion, helium had antecedently said: "The week is 7 days. We cannot make 8 days a week oregon 9 days a week."

It means the EFL could, based connected precedent, connection Arteta's broadside the accidental to swap the venue of the League Cup clash from the Emirates to Selhurst Park to let it to past beryllium played connected Wednesday and springiness Arsenal due remainder days betwixt their league games.

The eventual determination implicit the day of the crippled is successful the hands of the EFL.

SunSport person contacted the EFL for remark connected the matter.