Crystal Palace and their 11 days from hell as they face 5 games in that span with the club discussing scheduling with EFL.
Crystal Palace face five games in 11 days after Carabao Cup progress.
After making it to the Carabao Cup quarterfinals, Crystal Palace may have to play five games in 11 days in December.
Oliver Glasner’s team defeated Liverpool on Wednesday for the third time this season, setting up a rematch of the quarterfinal matchup with Arsenal from the previous season. That game is scheduled for either Tuesday, December 16, or Wednesday, December 17. However, Palace’s final Conference League league phase encounter against the Finnish team KuPS is set for December 18, so it appears likely that the EFL will confirm the Tuesday match at the Emirates Stadium.
Given that Palace is scheduled to play Manchester City at Selhurst Park in the Premier League on December 14 at 2:00 PM, it would leave them with two games in 54 hours. This month, that match was rescheduled for Sunday in order to make room for their Conference League match at Shelbourne on Thursday, December 11.
The FA Cup champions had engagements every midweek up to their Premier League match against Leeds on December 21. The first legs of the Carabao Cup semi-finals are scheduled to start on January 13 and Arsenal has two Champions League games in January, which further complicates the scenario.
The EFL is reportedly in talks with Palace and Arsenal, but there doesn’t seem to be much opportunity for negotiation.
In 2020, Spurs advanced to the next round and avoided playing Leyton Orient in the League Cup and Shkendija in a Europa League qualifier in the same 48 hours due to the former’s cancellation due to a Covid outbreak at Orient.
Given that Palace is participating in four competitions for the first time, Glasner has discussed the team’s lack of depth and expressed concern over Eddie Nketiah’s hamstring injury, which prompted the striker to leave the game at halftime against Liverpool.
The Austrian expressed dissatisfaction with the FA Cup semi-final between Palace and Aston Villa in May, given that Unai Emery’s team got an additional day to recuperate from their previous Premier League match, , but said he was “shouting against the wind and nobody hears you”.