December 28, (THEWILL) – Due to COVID-19 infections and injuries, Newcastle United’s Premier League match against Everton, which was billed for December 30, has been postponed.
Newcastle drew 1-1 with Manchester United on Monday night, and the Premier League received their request for the postponement of the Everton tie the next day.
So far, Joe Willock, Ciaran Clark, and Isaac Hayden are all thought to be out with COVID-19, while Ryan Fraser, Callum Wilson, and Allan Saint-Maximin are injured with Fabian Schar and Jonjo Shelvey also having fitness issues.
An official release from Newcastle stated: “A number of players and staff members have returned positive results during routine PCR tests in recent days, while several players have suffered injuries during an extremely busy period of fixtures.
“Accordingly, Newcastle United lodged a formal request with the Premier League to postpone Thursday’s fixture at Goodison Park, and that has been approved by the Premier League Board.
“The match, which was scheduled to kick off at 7:30pm (GMT), will now be rescheduled and a new date and time will be confirmed in due course.
“Newcastle United would like to place on record its thanks to Everton FC and the Premier League for their cooperation and understanding. The club also wishes to offer its sincere apologies to supporters of both clubs for any inconvenience caused by these circumstances.”
Newcastle’s game against Southampton on January 2 may also be in jeopardy given possible new infections and injury layoffs.
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