Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is concerned his side may suffer in the long-run for a fixture pile-up caused by their involvement in four competitions this season.
The club's Premier League clash at home to Sunderland on Wednesday was postponed because of the severe weather battering England's north-west.
That meant City had an unexpected rest ahead of Saturday's headlining FA Cup fifth round clash against Premier League title rivals Chelsea and next week's home Champions League tie with Spanish giants Barcelona.
However, City have already postponed a derby trip to Manchester United because of their involvement in next month's League Cup final and a home clash with Aston Villa will also be re-arranged if they defeat Chelsea in the FA Cup.
"Both things are good and bad," Pellegrini said on Friday.
"It is better to have more rest because we have two important games on Saturday and Tuesday but also, as we postponed the game, we are going to have a lot of games during midweeks at the end of the season.
"We come from two months where we play nine games each in December and January and I think maybe the team felt, a little bit, that amount of games.
"In that sense it was useful for us to rest a little bit more."
Saturday's match will see City facing Chelsea nearly two weeks after Jose Mourinho's men beat Pellegrini's team 1-0 in the Premier League.
The Portuguese boss was widely regarded to have won the tactical battle on that occasion with Chelsea causing a City side lined-up in Chilean manager Pellegrini's favoured 4-4-2 formation problems on the counter-attack.
However, Pellegrini said: "I don't think it is the reason why we didn't win that game.
"They played very well, we didn't play very well."
Meanwhile City have been buoyed by the return from a knee injury of Samir Nasri, although Pellegrini warned against expecting too much of the France international.
