Aston Villa head coach Steven Gerrard will miss the membership’s subsequent two Premier League video games after testing optimistic for Covid-19, the membership have introduced.
Gerrard is not going to be within the dugout for the Boxing Day conflict at house to Chelsea or Tuesday’s journey to Leeds
The membership stated in an announcement: “Aston Villa can verify head coach Steven Gerrard will probably be unable to attend our subsequent two Premier League matches with Chelsea and Leeds United as he will probably be isolating after testing optimistic for Covid-19.”
Villa’s house recreation with Burnley final weekend was postponed attributable to an elevated variety of optimistic coronavirus checks among the many squad.
The match towards Chelsea at Villa Park is certainly one of six Premier League video games nonetheless scheduled to go forward on Boxing Day.
One of many three video games which have been postponed is Leeds’ journey to Liverpool, due to a Covid outbreak on the Yorkshire membership on high of their damage issues, that means it isn’t sure Villa’s match at Elland Highway on December 28 will go forward anyway.
In complete, 25 Boxing Day video games throughout the highest 4 divisions of English soccer have been postponed after two extra EFL fixtures had been known as off.
Luton’s match at house to Bristol Metropolis has develop into the seventh Championship fixture to fall, whereas Carlisle’s League Two recreation with Rochdale at Brunton Park has additionally been postponed.
Luton and Carlisle have each reported Covid outbreaks of their squads.
Solely 10 EFL video games are nonetheless attributable to go forward on Boxing Day.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
