Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham could be impacted by an important rule change made to combat fixture congestion this season.
More Premier League matches, including Chelsea vs Liverpool, were cancelled for the upcoming weekend (September 17 and 18) due to police shortages expected with high volumes of people travelling to London for the Queen's funeral and to pay respects to Britain's longest-serving monarch.
With all of last weekend's matches also to be rescheduled, as well as Arsenal's Europa League match against PSV Eindhoven, any more cancellations would cause havoc on a schedule which is already convoluted due to the winter World Cup in Qatar stretching the season.