The FA Cup fourth round replay between Chelsea and Everton has now been confirmed to take place on Sunday February 19.
As stated in our earlier article, this is the same weekend as the FA Cup fifth round and, if Chelsea get past Everton, they will then play their fifth round tie against Reading on either March 1 or 2. That would therefore postpone their Gameweek 28 fixture with Man United which is currently scheduled for Tuesday March 1. Our previous article goes further into the long-term consequences of that.
For now, Chelsea face a prospect of a blank in Gameweek 28 then, while United could have their double fixture in the same Gameweek cut to just the trip to Wigan on February 26.
Everton’s league fixtures will not be affected by this move, or in the event of progress to the fifth round should they beat Chelsea in the replay.

