Crystal Palace's FA Cup run could affect Tottenham's hopes of moving into their new £1billion stadium in March.

Spurs would like to move into their behind-schedule 62,062-seater home for the Premier League match against the Eagles, which has been moved to Sunday March 17 and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.

But the game will be rearranged, likely for midweek, if Palace win at League One Doncaster Rovers to reach the FA Cup quarter-final, following their 2-0 win over Spurs in Sunday's fourth-round.

The Metropolitan Police have already moved to block Spurs from hosting north London rivals Arsenal at the new stadium on March 2 over safety concerns and it remains to be seen if the Safety Advisory Group would approve a midweek opening fixture.

The situation is further complicated because Spurs would have no control over the scheduling of the rearranged game.