LONDON (Sky Sports) - Leeds United’s Premier League game against Aston Villa on Tuesday has been postponed because of COVID-19 cases at the Yorkshire club.
Leeds’ game at Liverpool on 26 December had already been called off.
A club statement said there had been no new COVID cases but the majority of those who had already tested positive were still isolating so there were not enough “recognized first-team players”.
In total, 14 games in England’s top flight have been postponed in December.
Premier League clubs decided on Monday to not make any changes to the festive schedule despite the most recent round of testing of players and staff revealing a record 90 positive tests.
At the meeting, clubs were advised that if they have 13 fit players, plus a goalkeeper, they should fulfill their games and Leeds say they cannot meet these requirements.
A Premier League statement confirmed: “The board accepted the postponement application as the club does not have the required number of players available for the match.”