"We are trying the same thing that Arsenal are trying, to move our Leeds game [currently scheduled for Sunday 21 December] forward to Saturday [20 December], so we don't have two days between these games."
"I think that the EFL and the Premier League didn't solve this problem before the start of the season. They will learn from it and I am pretty sure that next year they will have the solution before the start of the season. Maybe they needed this experience to solve it, not to rely that it won't happen."
Crystal Palace face eight fixtures in December across the Premier League, Carabao Cup and Conference League, creating a congested schedule. The club has requested that the December 21 league trip to Leeds be moved to December 20 to avoid playing twice within three days before the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Arsenal on December 23. Palace host KuPS in the Conference League on December 18, further compressing their calendar. UEFA’s expansion to 10 midweeks has increased fixture complexity, prompting measures such as seeding and splitting the EFL Cup third round across two weeks.
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