JAKARTA - Arsenal and Crystal Palace have been granted permission to rearrange matches in December 2025 against Everton and Leeds United.
The Premier League mentions that player welfare is an excuse to approve the club's requests to reduce match schedule densities.
The leader of the Premier League standings, Arsenal, and FA Cup winner Crystal Palace are scheduled to meet in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup at the Emirates Stadium on December 23, 2025.
The date has actually been rescheduled. The match was finally pushed back to December 23, 2025 because of Crystal Palace's UEFA Conference League match against Finland team, KuPS, on December 18, 2025.
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Changes in the fixture have affected Premier League's commitments as Arsenal and Crystal Palace are scheduled to play important league games just two days before the Carabao Cup match.
However, after the two clubs appealed to the Premier League asking that their weekend matches be advanced, the two teams will now play their matches at 8 p.m. local time on December 20, 2025, not at 2 p.m. local time which was originally scheduled for December 21, 2025.
"The welfare of players is a priority for the Premier League. Therefore, we have granted requests from Arsenal and Crystal Palace to move their respective match schedules."
"This comes after the scheduling of matches from other tournaments around the Premier League schedule without adequate player recovery time."
"This is also further evidence of the impact of the expansion of the UEFA tournament on the domestic match calendar."
"The league would like to thank Leeds United and Everton for their cooperation in accommodating this change," the Premier League said in a statement.
Although the changes mean that Crystal Palace will now play two games in three days--the UEFA Conference League match against the KuPS is followed by a trip to home to Leeds United--the club chose to ask for the change to give them more time to prepare for the Carabao Cup match against Arsenal.
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