Man City face pile-up after fixtures rescheduled

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side have reached the FA Cup final, which is to be held on Saturday, 16 May

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Manchester City face a fixture pile-up of four games in 11 days next month after the Premier League confirmed the rescheduled dates for two of their key matches in the race for the title.

Pep Guardiola's side will host Crystal Palace on Wednesday, 13 May and travel to Bournemouth six days later, with the FA Cup final against Chelsea taking place in between on Saturday, 16 May.

The Palace game was originally scheduled for 22 March but had to be postponed because of City's participation in the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal, while the Bournemouth match was pushed back because of a clash with the FA Cup final.

City, Palace and Bournemouth had been involved in dialogue with the Premier League over the dates for the games, which have now been resolved.

City's remaining fixtures

• 4 May: Everton (a)

• 9 May: Brentford (h)

• 13 May: Crystal Palace (h)

• 16 May: FA Cup final v Chelsea

• 19 May: Bournemouth (a)

• 24 May: Aston Villa (h)

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