This is the 10th Premier League game to be postponed this season for health reasons.
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In England, the wave of contaminations is accompanied by a wave of postponements. The Premier League matchday 18 match between Aston Villa and Burnley, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday December 18 at 3:00 p.m. has been postponed until a few hours before kick-off due to too many Covid-19 positive players among the locals.
Tea #PL Board has postponed #AVLBUR because of an increase in positive COVID-19 cases in the Aston Villa squad
Full statement: https://t.co/0f2PmvCUg3 pic.twitter.com/sfJH787NH0
– Premier League (@premierleague) December 18, 2021
A series of PCR and antigen tests conducted on Friday “confirmed a further reduction in our workforce which was already assigned prior to the midweek trip to Norwich“, writes the Birmingham club in its press release.”All individuals who have tested positive are currently in isolation“, add the Villans.
Only four out of ten matches of Matchday 18 are still scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, with the Leeds-Arsenal game at 6.30 p.m. being the only survivor of December 18. Previously, three posters of the 17th day and one of the 16th had already been rejected.