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COVID-19 cases in the visiting teams have forced the postponement of the Liverpool v Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Watford games scheduled for Boxing Day, the Premier League announced on Thursday.
The number of Premier League games called off due to COVID-19 outbreaks is now up to 12 in the last two weeks but the League said it was their intention to continue playing fixtures โwhere safely possibleโ.
โFollowing postponement requests from Leeds United and Watford as a result of COVID-19, the Premier League Board met this morning and regrettably agreed to call off the two affected clubsโ Boxing Day fixtures,โ it said in a statement.
โThe Board today was able to make its decisions in advance of Boxing Day to give clarity to clubs and their supporters. We apologise for the inconvenience and disruption caused to those fansโ festive plans.โ
The League said Leeds would have been unable to fulfil the fixture due to a number of players with COVID-19, injuries and illness.
Watford, who have already had two games called off this month, continue to have an insufficient number of players to field a team, the League said.
โDue to players coming out of isolation, it is fully expected Watford will be available for their fixture on Tuesday 28 December, against West Ham United,โ the League added.
