Burnley’s Boxing Day clash with Everton has been postponed due to the number of coronavirus cases in the Toffees’ squad. Everton confirmed in a brief statement: “Our Premier League fixture at Burnley on Boxing Day has been postponed due to the number of COVID cases and injuries in our squad.”The Premier League said it had taken the “regrettable” decision to postpone the game following a meeting of its Board on Friday morning. Benitez said: “With the injuries and the positives that we have, we were expecting that the game would be postponed. The Canaries’ Premier League match at West Ham was called off last weekend because of the ongoing Covid-19 issues, with just four of the scheduled 10 top-flight games able to be played as scheduled. 🗣 DS: “We’ve had some fresh Covid cases but we’ve got others coming back, so pretty similar to other clubs.

Source: Express December 24, 2021 21:05 UTC