Overview
- Palace have formally requested shifting the Leeds league game from Sunday, December 21, to Saturday, December 20, and are awaiting a Premier League response.
- The Carabao Cup quarter-final at Arsenal was moved from December 16 to December 23, compressing Palace’s schedule.
- The club now face four games in nine days: Manchester City on December 14, KuPS on December 18, Leeds on December 21, and Arsenal on December 23.
- Palace say the change would align their rest period with Arsenal before the quarter-final, and Arsenal have sought a similar league adjustment.
- An EFL statement attributed the scheduling conflicts to UEFA’s expanded European calendar and exclusive match nights that have squeezed domestic windows.