A COMBINATION of Covid-19 and the weather is wreaking havoc on the midweek EFL fixture list.
Games up and down the country have been called off ahead of a packed schedule tonight – and the fixture pile-up looks set to continue.
There are a number of games called off tonight due to Covid-19 outbreaks at clubsCredit: AFP
Premier League and EFL midweek fixtures and postponements
December has been a brutal month for clubs throughout the football pyramid.
Most sides have been playing Saturday and Tuesday for the past four weeks, with the Christmas fixtures now biting after a frantic Boxing Day.
With Covid-19 on the resurgence, the requirement of players to isolate for 10 days if there is a positive test within the club is causing a number of postponements.
Today, 18 more players returned positive tests in the top-flight alone – a record number.
And from a scheduled 12 games tonight in League One, just FIVE fixtures remain standing.
It’s a better story in the Championship and Premier League though, with just one game confirmed off so far after Everton vs Man City was abandoned on Monday.
Man City have reported a number of positive cases within their squadCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Premier League fixtures
- Brighton vs Arsenal – 6pm
- Burnley vs Sheffield United – 6pm
- Southampton vs West Ham – 6pm
- West Brom vs Leeds – 6pm
- Man Utd vs Wolves – 8pm
Championship fixtures
- Birmingham vs Derby – 5.30pm
- Millwall vs Watford (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Sheffield Wednesday vs Middlesbrough – 7pm
- Huddersfield vs Blackburn – 7.45pm
- Luton vs Bristol City – 7.45pm
- Norwich vs QPR – 7.45pm
- Preston vs Coventry – 7.45pm
- Rotherham vs Barnsley – 7.45pm
- Wycombe vs Cardiff – 7.45pm
- Stoke vs Nottingham – 8pm
League One fixtures
- Burton vs Wigan – 6.30pm
- Peterborough vs Charlton (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Accrington vs Sunderland (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Bristol Rovers vs Portsmouth (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Fleetwood vs Doncaster (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Hull vs Lincoln (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Rochdale vs Crewe (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Swindon vs MK Dons – 7pm
- Wimbledon vs Ipswich (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Northampton vs Gillingham – 7.45pm
- Plymouth vs Oxford Utd – 7.45pm
- Shrewsbury vs Blackpool – 7.45pm
League Two fixtures
- Stevenage vs Cambridge Utd – 5pm
- Bolton vs Morecambe (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Bradford vs Port Vale – 7pm
- Forest Green vs Crawley – 7pm
- Grimsby vs Oldham – 7pm
- Leyton Orient vs Southend – 7pm
- Mansfield vs Salford (POSTPONED – Covid)
- Newport vs Exeter – 7pm
- Walsall vs Scunthorpe – 7pm
- Barrow vs Tranmere – 7.45pm
- Colchester vs Cheltenham – 7.45pm
- Harrogate vs Carlisle – 7.45pm
When will re-arranged games be played?
As yet, games set for tonight have yet to be given new dates.
With the fixture list already a logistical nightmare, expect your teams to be playing in midweek again whenever the games can be squeezed into the calendar.
But with so many matches being called off and Covid-19 cases rising around the country, the FA will be monitoring the situation carefully.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
