That would make sense as they don’t have a game next week. Then we could play Villa the following week. Otherwise if we progress in cup competitions there are literally no free midweeks and we’ll have to play Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday-Sunday some weeks
I seem to remember us having to play a Europa match on the Thursday before our final v Chelsea in 2015.
The official reason is that Lyon are at home on Thursday night so St Etienne can't play at home the same night (though my French friend says they're not that close!)
In games against the other 'Big 6' teams both us and Leicester have 11 points and we have played one game less. The difference is the result against the 'Big 6' team that we don't actually play! They are also unbeaten against all the other teams so what will cost us will be the home defeat to...
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