Crystal Palace are facing the prospect of having to play five matches in 11 days during December after reaching the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.

Oliver Glasner’s side recorded a third victory of the campaign over Liverpool on Wednesday to set up a repeat of last season’s Carabao Cup quarter-final with Arsenal. That match is due to take place on Tuesday 16 or Wednesday 17 December but with Palace scheduled to host the Finnish side KuPS at on 18 December in their final Conference League league phase fixture, the tie at the Emirates Stadium looks certain to be confirmed for the Tuesday by the EFL.

That would leave Palace facing two matches in 54 hours given they are due to face Manchester City at Selhurst Park in the Premier League on 14 December at 2pm. That fixture was moved this month to Sunday to accommodate their Conference League game at Shelbourne on Thursday 11 December.

The FA Cup winners are also due to...