Which games have been suspended due to Covid-19? And what are the Premier League's rules on suspensions?
Which Premier League matches have been called off?
Brighton vs Tottenham – Sunday 12. December of December, Premier League
Brentford vs Man Utd – Tuesday 14. December of December, Premier League
Burnley vs Watford – Wednesday 15. December of December, Premier League
Leicester vs Tottenham – Thursday 16. December of December, Premier League
Man Utd vs Brighton – Saturday 18. December of December, Premier League
Southampton vs Brentford – Saturday 18. December of December, Premier League
Watford vs Crystal Palace – Saturday 18. December of December, Premier League
West Ham vs Norwich – Saturday 18. December of December, Premier League
Aston Villa vs Burnley – Saturday 18. December of December, Premier League
Everton vs Leicester – Sunday 19. December of December, Premier League
Liverpool vs Leeds – Sunday 26. December of December, Premier League
Wolves vs Watford – Sunday 26. December of December, Premier League
Burnley vs Everton – Sunday 26. December of December, Premier League
Leeds vs Aston Villa – Tuesday 28. December of December, Premier League
Arsenal vs Wolves – Tuesday 28. December of December, Premier League
Everton vs Newcastle – Thursday 30. December of December, Premier League
Leicester vs Norwich – Saturday 1. January, Premier League
Southampton vs Newcastle – Sunday 2. January, Premier League
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Which other matches were postponed?
A series of matches in other competitions was also postponed.
Tottenham vs Rennes – Thursday 9. December of December, European Conference League
Sheffield Utd vs QPR – Monday 13. December of December, Championships
Muž City Women vs Leicester City Women – Wednesday 15. December of December, League Cup
Cardiff vs Derby – Saturday 18. December of December, Championships
QPR vs Swansea – Saturday 18. December of December, Championships
Reading vs Luton – Saturday 18. December of December, Championships
Millwall vs Preston – Saturday 18. December of December, Championships
AFC Wimbledon vs Portsmouth – Saturday 18. December of December, first league
Gillingham vs Crewe – Saturday 18. December of December, first league
Lincoln City vs Doncaster Rovers – Saturday 18. December of December, first league
Sheffield Wednesday vs Accrington – Saturday 18. December of December, first league
Barrow vs Northampton – Saturday 18. December of December, second league
Carlisle vs Bradford – Saturday 18. December of December, second league
Colchester vs Hartlepool – Saturday 18. December of December, second league
Crawley vs Oldham – Saturday 18. December of December, second league
Forest Green vs Mansfield Town – Saturday 18. December of December, second league
Scunthorpe vs Bristol Rovers – Saturday 18. December of December, second league
Chelsea Women vs West Ham Women – Sunday 19. December of December, women's super league
Women in Man Vs. Women in reading – Sunday 19. December of December, women's super league
Arsenal Women vs Brighton Women – Sunday 19. December of December, women's super league
Forest Green vs Colchester – Tuesday 21. December of December – Second league
Barnsley vs Stoke City – Sunday 26. December of December – Championship
Cardiff City vs Coventry City – Sunday 26. December – Championship
Fulham vs Birmingham – Sunday 26. December of December – Championship
Hull vs Blackburn – Sunday 26. December of December – Championship
Luton vs Bristol City – Sunday 26. December of December – Championship
Millwall vs Swansea – Sunday 26. December of December – Championship
Peterborough United vs. Reading – Sunday 26. December – Championship
Preston vs Sheffield United – Sunday 26. December of December – Championship
AFC Wimbledon vs Charlton – Sunday 26. December of December – first league
Bolton vs Morecambe – Sunday 26. December of December – first league
Crewe vs Wigan – Sunday 26. December of December – first league
Portsmouth vs Oxford – Sunday 26. December of December – first league
Sheffield Wednesday vs Burton – Sunday 26. December of December – first league
Wycombe vs Cambridge – Sunday 26. December of December – first league
Bradford City vs Harrogate Town – Sunday 26. December of December – Second league
Bristol Rovers vs Sutton United – Sunday 26. December of December – Second league
Carlisle vs Rochdale – Sunday 26. December of December – Second league
Colchester vs Leyton Orient – Sunday 26. December of December – Second league
Exeter City vs Swindon Town – Sunday 26. December of December – Second league
Newport County vs Forest Green Rovers – Sunday 26. December of December – Second league
Mesto Northampton vs Walsall – Sunday 26. December of December – Second league
Port Vale vs Salford – Sunday 26. December of December – Second league
Stevenage vs Crawley Town – Sunday 26. December of December – Second league
Swansea vs Luton – Wednesday 29. December of December – Championship
Sheffield United vs Hull – Wednesday 29. December of December – Championship
Charlton vs Gillingham – Wednesday 29. December of December – First league
Plymouth vs Portsmouth – Wednesday 29. December of December – First league
Forest Green vs Exeter – Wednesday 29. December of December – Second league
Leyton Orient vs Newport County – Wednesday 29. December of December – Second league
Walsall vs Bradford – Wednesday 29. December of December – Second league
Hartlepool vs Tranmere – Wednesday 29. December of December – Second league
Rochdale vs Port Vale – Wednesday 29. December of December – Second league
Mesto Harrogate vs Mansfield Town – Wednesday 29. December of December – Second league
West Brom vs Preston – Thursday 30. December of December – Championship
Birmingham City vs Peterborough – Thursday 30. December of December – Championship
Plymouth vs AFC Wimbledon – Saturday 1. January – first league
Coventry vs Luton – Saturday 1. January – Championship
Tranmere Rovers vs Salford City – Saturday 1. January – Second league
Ipswich City vs Lincoln City – Saturday 1. January – first league
What are the Premier League's rules regarding suspensions?
2021/22 The Premier League Guide included Covid protocols and stated, that the Premier League board “will allow the regrouping or postponement of a league match only in exceptional circumstances”.
The board makes calls on a case-by-case basis and as Premier League guidance says, that leave to postpone will not be granted, if available to the club 14 or more players from the list.
However, after postponing a number of games in the weeks before Christmas, a new one Premier League Guide the explanatory protocols for the postponement of the match were published.
And there when making a decision, or postpone the top game, they take these factors into account:
1) Impact of COVID-19 infections on the club team, as well as injuries, illnesses and isolations and the number of players available on the team roster and players to 21 years with relevant experience. If the club cannot build 13 field players and a goalkeeper either from the list of his squad or reasonably experienced players to 21 years, the match will be postponed.2) The status of any outbreak of COVID-19 at the club, including the number of individuals affected, order and source of infections and their proximity to the match in question.3) The club's ability to safely prepare its players for match preparation. 4) Medical advice about it, whether there is any unacceptable risk to the health and safety of players and staff by playing the match.5) Any advice from the UK Health Safety Agency and other public authorities.6) Any other exceptional circumstances.
What else do we know??
The Premier League wrote to the clubs, that "emergency measures" were renewed, including:
- Increasing the frequency of player and staff testingWearing a face covering indoorsObservance of social distanceLimitation of treatment time
According to the PA news agency, Premier League players and staff must now also take a lateral flow test every time, when they want to enter their club's training ground, as the competition increases its efforts to combat the threat, represented by the Covid-19 Omicron variant. .
It is understood, that individuals will be required to complete an off-facility lateral flow test, while PCR testing is also introduced twice a week.
The decision on increased testing was taken at Tuesday's club shareholders' meeting and will sit alongside existing emergency measures, which were re-introduced last week.
In October, the Premier League revealed, that 69 percent of players were fully vaccinated, whereas 81 percent received their first dose, while a month before Onlinebetnews News reported on concerns about the league's slow vaccination.
These concerns remain in light of the recent surge, and in the coming weeks there will be pressure to, so double stab players get their boost.
Meanwhile, for supporters to attend a Premier League match from 15. December of December, they must now either show proof of double vaccination through the NHS Covid app, or evidence of a negative lateral flow test performed during previous 48 hours.
- What fans must, who go to the match, do according to plan B rules?
This is a requirement to attend any sporting event in England with crowds of over 10 000 people, the measure was announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as part of the government's "Plan B" to combat the spread of the micron variant of Covid-19.