Overview
- Arsenal have applied to switch their Everton away match from 14:00 on Sunday 21 December to 20:00 on Saturday 20 December.
- The club argues the change would increase recovery time before the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Crystal Palace on 23 December.
- The EFL previously moved the Arsenal–Palace quarter-final from 16 December to 23 December to avoid Palace playing three times in five days.
- The Premier League is considering Arsenal’s preferred option alongside other possible dates, and no decision has been confirmed.
- Manager Mikel Arteta has publicly urged a reschedule, saying that playing again two days later “doesn’t make any sense.”