Man City Premier League title chances could be defined by Tottenham double-header

Among the many considerations of whether to postpone this weekend's Premier League fixtures will have been when to play the rearranged fixtures.

For all the arguments to play these fixtures or not following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the decision was taken to postpone as a mark of respect. Manchester City will resume action in midweek in the Champions League, where they will be able to pay respects to the Queen, with a decision yet to be taken over next weekend's fixture at Wolves.

What we do know is that City's fixture with Tottenham has been postponed, and due to both sides' involvement in Europe, the game now won't be played until the new year.

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In fact, if one or both sides progress to the Carabao Cup semi-finals and the Champions League knockout stages, there will only be one guaranteed available midweek to play the rearranged game before April.

When the Premier League resumes after the World Cup, the Christmas schedule and FA Cup take priority for three weeks, before the first potential slot for the game to be played - the week of January 16. However, the Carabao Cup fourth round is scheduled for the week of December 19, with the World Cup final taking pace on December 18.

Both sides would expect to have players involved in the latter stages of the World Cup, so may look to push any Carabao Cup fixture back to those midweeks in January - which would have a knock-on effect on the fifth round in the week of January 9.

So the next guaranteed midweek, if the clubs want to get something pencilled in ahead of the World Cup, is that of February 6 - a slot that directly follows City's trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. That