Another series of COVID-19 cases has forced yet another league fixture to be called off.
The Premier League has postponed the meeting between Leeds United and Aston Villa at Elland Road on Tuesday.
The decision came amid a series of positive coronavirus cases at Leeds. The English league had already called off the Yorkshire club’s Boxing Day trip to Liverpool, and it has now postponed the next game two days later as well.
While Leeds had assured they had no new positive test results for COVID-19, those with the virus are still in isolation. Therefore, they were short of ‘recognized first-team players’.
“The board accepted the postponement application as the club does not have the required number of players available for the match,” confirmed a statement from the Premier League.
Which Premier League games have been called off?
The Premier League has now postponed 14 games in December following the COVID-19 outbreak in England. These include:
- Brighton vs Tottenham – Sunday December 12
- Brentford vs Man Utd – Tuesday December 14
- Burnley vs Watford – Wednesday December 15
- Leicester vs Tottenham – Thursday December 16
- Man Utd vs Brighton – Saturday December 18
- Southampton vs Brentford – Saturday December 18
- Watford vs Crystal Palace – Saturday December 18
- West Ham vs Norwich – Saturday December 18
- Aston Villa vs Burnley – Saturday December 18
- Everton vs Leicester – Sunday December 19
- Liverpool vs Leeds – Sunday December 26
- Wolves vs Watford – Sunday December 26
- Burnley vs Everton – Sunday December 26
- Leeds vs Aston Villa – Tuesday December 28
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira and his Aston Villa counterpart Steven Gerrard, meanwhile, are both in isolation this weekend after returning positive results themselves.
The Premier League met with clubs last Monday to discuss the deteriorating situation and the festive schedule, but told them to fulfill their games if they had 13 fit players, plus a goalkeeper, available.
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