Manchester City and Arsenal are battling it out at the top of the Premier League.
Manchester City will be keen observers when Premier League leaders Arsenal visit Wolves tonight. The Blues revived their title hopes by coming from behind late on at Liverpool to earn a sensational win before seeing off Fulham last week.
Arsenal then dropped points at Brentford on Thursday night to leave the gap at four ahead of the Gunners visiting Molineux. Mikel Arteta’s men travel to the Midlands for a fixture that has been rearranged following Arsenal’s progress to the Carabao Cup final. The Gunners will meet City at Wembley and the Blues’ game with Crystal Palace will also have to be moved.
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There is no date for the fixture with the Eagles, with Palace involved in the Conference League play-offs this week and next, preventing the game from slotting into the same space as Arsenal’s game at Wolves.
Pep Guardiola is relishing the free midweeks City have for the final fortnight of February with the Blues securing a straight path into the Champions League last-16. But the European commitments mean fitting in the fixture with Palace could prove problematic, particularly if Oliver Glasner’s side continue to progress in the Conference League.
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Both sides have Premier League games in the first week of March and the following two midweeks will see European action with City guaranteed to be involved and Palace potentially playing.
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The Carabao Cup Final will see Arsenal v Manchester City at London’s Wembley Stadium this March.
Should both City and Palace progress to at least the semi-finals of their respective European competitions, the week beginning April 20 would be the first opportunity for the game to be scheduled
Both teams could have a free weekend in the first weekend in April if City are knocked out of the FA Cup in the fifth round. The Eagles are already out having been stunned by non-league Macclesfield in round three.
The only other certain available dates for the contest are in May, either the week beginning May 11 or May 18. Those two dates are the last two weeks of the season and it’s possible City will need to find a new home for their fixture with Bournemouth, scheduled for Sunday, May 17, if the Blues reach the FA Cup final on that weekend.
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