The Premier League has announced the suspension of the Arsenal-Wolverhampton match, scheduled for Tuesday, December 28, due to the plague of Covid-19 positives and injuries affecting the team led by Bruno Lage.
With this there are already 15 games postponed throughout this month of December due to the omicron variant, but the Premier League maintains its decision to continue with the competition calendar whenever possible.
“The Premier League Board accepted the request for postponement as Wolverhampton Wanderers do not have the required number of players available for the match as a result of several cases of COVID-19 and injuries at the club,” the Premier said in a statement. .
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The Premier League only grants a match postponement if a team has fewer than 14 available players (13 outfield players and a goalkeeper) and examines the requests on a case-by-case basis.
It is the second game for the Wolves that has been postponed after the one that was scheduled for today on Boxing Day at home against Watford, this case due to the positives in Claudio Ranieri’s team roster.
Today the Premier had announced the suspension of the Leeds match, also affected by Covid-19, against Aston Villa scheduled for Tuesday, December 18.