Burnley and Everton have been postponed
Burnley and Everton have been postponed
The Premier League has postponed Everton’s match at Burnley on Sunday because of coronavirus and injuries.
Everton were originally rebuffed by the league in their application to have the game called off.
But a Premier League statement on Friday said it had reviewed the club’s request “following further injuries to the squad”.
On Thursday, after the original application to postpone the match at Turf Moor had been rejected, Everton boss Rafael Benitez
said he was “really surprised” that it was going ahead.
He explained that he had been left with just nine senior outfield players and three goalkeepers to choose from because of
a Covid-19 outbreak.
At the meeting, clubs were advised that if they have 13 fit players, plus a goalkeeper, they should fulfil their games.
Meanwhile, it is the third successive match Burnley have had postponed because of Covid outbreaks in the opposition squad.