Burnley v Watford: Home Side Requests Postponement Because Of Injuries And Covid

By Daily Sports on January 17, 2022

Burnley has requested Tuesday's Premier League game at home against Watford be postponed because of a high number of players with injuries and Covid-19.

Manager Sean Dyche said there were "10 recognised first-team players in training", adding the side has gone "too far past the threshold".

The fixture was originally due to be played in December but was called off because of an outbreak at Watford.

The Premier League said the request would be reviewed later on Monday.

The Clarets' game against Leicester on Saturday was also postponed.

League rules say a club must play a game if they have 13 outfield players and one goalkeeper available.

If the game is postponed, it will be the 22nd top-flight match this season to be rescheduled because of coronavirus.

As well as the original Watford fixture, Burnley had games against Aston Villa and Everton postponed in December because of Covid-19 cases among the opposing teams.

"I can assure you we don't want to be three, four games behind everyone else," Dyche said.

"We've worked hard to get games on. If there was a reason for this game to go ahead we'd prepare as we can.

"To bring true competitive element to a league you need to put out a team that's competitive. When you get to a point where you can't that needs to be looked at."

The Turf Moor club were without Dyche and a number of first-team players because of the virus when they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Championship side Huddersfield Town earlier in January.

Confirming their submission of an application to postpone the Watford game, Burnley said in a statement: "The decision was reluctantly made to submit the application due to a high number of injuries and Covid-19 cases within the squad." (BBC)


Source Daily Sports

Posted January 17, 2022


 

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