Overview
- Crystal Palace have requested that their league match at Leeds be brought forward to Saturday, December 20 to avoid a two-day turnaround before facing Arsenal in the Carabao Cup.
- Arsenal have made a parallel request to move their December 21 league game at Everton, with Mikel Arteta calling the current plan illogical.
- The Arsenal–Palace quarter-final was pushed from December 16 to December 23 following Palace’s plea due to their Conference League commitments, a change Arsenal opposed.
- Palace say they have not yet received a response from the Premier League, though one outlet reports the league is considering both clubs’ requests.
- In a formal statement, the EFL said UEFA’s expanded European schedule has made such clashes unavoidable and warned further concessions would undermine the EFL Cup.