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Aston Villa’s match against Burnley has been postponed – making it the sixth Premier League fixture to be called off this weekend because of Covid-19.
Villa said they received an “increased amount” of positive test results on Saturday morning.
The postponement was announced just over two hours before the scheduled 15:00 GMT kick-off at Villa Park.
Villa apologised to Burnley and their fans but said they acted “as swiftly as possible” to “minimise disruption”.
An Aston Villa statement said: “The club is extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused to Burnley Football Club, both our own supporters and the Burnley fans due to attend the fixture.”
It means Leeds v Arsenal is Saturday’s only remaining Premier League game. Six matches were originally scheduled to take place.
Villa-Burnley is the 10th Premier League match to be postponed over the past week because of Covid-19 cases within clubs, and the sixth from this weekend’s fixture list.
Manchester United v Brighton, Southampton v Brentford, Watford v Crystal Palace and West Ham v Norwich had already been called off, plus Sunday’s game between Everton…
