One of today’s two Premier League matches has been called off.
Manchester City announced this morning that their meeting with West Ham United wouldn’t go ahead “due to extreme and escalating weather conditions and in the interests of supporter and staff safety.”
A date for the postponed match has yet to be announced (it remains to be seen if the winter break could still accommodate this clash) but City are facing a real backlog of fixtures, with Pep Guardiola’s troops also blanking in Gameweek 28.
Progression to the FA Cup quarter-finals (or Chelsea’s) would also force their Gameweek 31 meeting with Frank Lampard’s side to be rearranged.
City’s Gameweek 34 clash against Newcastle United would be postponed if either team made it through to the FA Cup semi-finals, although the free midweek afterwards would accommodate one of their outstanding games.
As it stands, the other Premier League match scheduled for today – Sheffield United v Bournemouth – remains on.
The Blades’ fan services account tweeted this update earlier on:
4 years, 2 months agoWeather is fine here. Slight drops of rain, trees aren't moving and shouldn't be too hard to knock the ball about. Considering city play at 4.30 it's a weird one