Dean Smith says the Covid crisis has already seen him put his Norwich players' welfare in jeopardy.
The Norwich manager fears he will be doing just that once more because of two games in the space of 48 hours.
Smith described a normal festive schedule in a time of the Omicron variant pandemic as 'lunacy'.
The 20th-place Canaries have reported fresh Covid cases ahead of the home game with Arsenal, which is followed by a trip to Crystal Palace on Tuesday.
Norwich's trip to West Ham last weekend was postponed because of illness and injury in the Canaries camp but Smith revealed he regretted not calling off the home game with Aston Villa on December 14.