Arsenal's Carabao Cup tie kick-off time against Crystal Palace will force women's team into making major change

Arsenal's Carabao Cup quarter-final clash with Crystal Palace has caused problematic implications to their Women's side.

The Gunners welcome the Eagles to the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, December 18 in a London derby as both teams look to book a place in the last four.

Mikel Arteta's men and Oliver Glasner's side will battle in north London at 7:30pm.

It is the same date and venue that Arsenal Women have been scheduled to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

That fixture has been penciled in to start at 8pm, but they will now have to take on the German giants elsewhere.

While the women's team often plays at Borehamwood's Meadow Park, the ground does not meet UEFA's stadium regulations, and is not an option to host the match.

One likely option could be to change the date of the fixture.

Although the same can't be said for the men's clash between Arsenal and Palace, with the latter playing on the Sunday prior.

This would make any match with Arsenal on Tuesday extremely difficult due to the 48-hour turnaround.

Meanwhile under UEFA guidelines, visiting teams, like Bayern, conduct their pre-match press conference at the stadium of their opposition the day before, and can train on the pitch should they desire.

This therefore rules out any chance of Arsenal and Palace being able to move their clash to Tuesday,

Arsenal's midweek fixture with Palace was announced on Wednesday afternoon, with the club swiftly releasing an update on what it means for their women's team.

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TO statement from Arsenal read: “We are liaising with UEFA, and further details regarding our UEFA Women's Champions League match against Bayern Munich will be announced in due course.”

At the time of writing, tickets for the Women's Champions League fixture are still available for purchase.

Arsenal's clash with Bayern will be their final Group C clash – and could prove pivotal in their quest to advance into the knockout round.

The two clubs met in their opening Champions League group stage fixture, which saw the Bavarian outfit run out easy 5-2 winners.

Arsenal, who currently have Renee Slegers at the helm on an interim basis following Jonas Eidevall's resignation, subsequently beat Norwegian side Valerenga in their next outing.

Next up for Arsenal is an away clash at Juventus, before they host the Old Lady at the Emirates on November 21.

As for Arsenal's men's team, they are looking to win the League Cup for the first time since 1993.

Arteta has taken his side to the semi-finals just once since his appointment in December 2019.

That came in the 2021/22 season where Liverpool emerged as 2-0 winners on aggregate following a goalless first leg at Anfield.

Since their 1993 final victory over Sheffield Wednesday, Arsenal have made it to the final on three occasions.

But they have lost each time, with the first being against Chelsea in 2007, then to Birmingham in 2011 before losing to Manchester City in 2018.