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Jonty Colman

Why West Ham’s Premier League fixture with Man City may get postponed amid Man United test

West Ham United are due to take on defending Premier League champions Manchester City next month in their final match before the March international break.

The Hammers are currently scheduled to face the Sky Blues at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, March 19, just three days after the Hammers play the second leg of their Europa Conference League Round of 16 tie.

That meeting with the Sky Blues however will be re-arranged depending on how West Ham and Man City fare in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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On Wednesday, March 1, West Ham head to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the fifth round of the FA Cup, just under 24 hours after City head to Championship Bristol City in their own fifth round clash.

If City or West Ham, or both, progress into the FA Cup quarter-finals, then their scheduled league match would be moved to either April or May, after March’s international break, with the quarter-finals due to take place on the weekend of March 18/19.

Should City beat Bristol City and West Ham lose, it will mean David Moyes’ side will in theory, have a free weekend.

West Ham do still have to reschedule their Premier League home meeting with Newcastle United, which was postponed back in September due to the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. However, if that weekend was to become free for the Hammers, it would not be possible for them to rearrange if for that weekend. Newcastle are facing a trip to Nottingham Forest that weekend, with both sides already out of the FA Cup.

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