Man Utd dealing with mega fixture pile-up this month with NINE matches in January in headache for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

MANCHESTER rivals Metropolis and United each face NINE matches this month – as Prem chiefs try and get the season again on monitor.

League bosses ordered the 2 golf equipment to play their “catch-up” opening week video games from September in what had been on account of be the 2 groups’ solely free midweeks of the month.

Manchester United are dealing with a significant fixture pile-up in JanuaryCredit score: PA:Press Affiliation

Pep Guardiola’s Man Metropolis can even should play six Premier League matches in a monthCredit score: PA:Press Affiliation

United will now journey to Burnley on January 12, whereas Metropolis’s excellent match at house to Aston Villa will likely be performed on January 20.

It means each Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Pep Guardiola’s facet must play six Prem matches within the month, beginning with United’s sport towards Villa on Friday.

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As well as, the 2 sides meet in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final at Outdated Trafford.

And with two FA Cup rounds scheduled earlier than the top of the month, it means a severe mid-season pile-up for each golf equipment.

Prem bosses are decided to push forward with getting as most of the overdue video games as potential performed.

The newest scheduling nonetheless leaves three excellent matches which have been postponed for Covid causes – this week’s scheduled video games between Everton and Metropolis and Spurs and Fulham, plus Villa’s sport with Newcastle which was referred to as off final month.

Whereas League chiefs dismissed the thought of a “circuit breaker” amid rising transmission of the mutant strains if the virus, there’s a recognition that the state of affairs stays fluid and that soccer can not absolutely management such occasions.

With the highest flight season having to finish by Might 23, there’s little or no wriggle room for the fixture schedulers to play with, particularly for golf equipment who go deep in European or home cup competitions.

In the meantime, EFL bosses, already juggling with a spate of Covid outbreaks and rising calls to increase their season, had been pressured to postpone Fleetwood’s upcoming League One matches with Ipswich and Sunderland.

Accrington supervisor John Coleman, whose facet have performed FIVE matches fewer than a few of their League One rivals, stated: “We must play one sport each 4 days. That is going to be a tall order.

“I imagine in choosing my greatest crew each week so you do not have the chance to rotate like the massive Premier League golf equipment have.

“It is a bodily demand on the gamers. It’s a must to consider video games that additionally get referred to as off due to the climate.

“When you add a couple of in, the one logical conclusion is to increase the season.”