Aston Villa’s two games against Chelsea and Lees United have been confirmed without Steven Gerrard. This is in line with the increasingly violent Covid-19 variant of the Omicron in the UK. Aston Villa coach Steven Gerrard has also been exposed to the virus that causes the global pandemic.
The Villas -Aston Villa’s nickname – was indeed hit by the Covid-19 outbreak after several club staff were reported to have been exposed. Most recently, the club has now confirmed that Gerrard will not accompany his team during the matches against Chelsea and Leeds.
Match week 19 of the Premier League 2021/22 between Aston Villa vs Chelsea will be held on Sunday (26/12). The match will be held at Villa Park or the home of Aston Villa. Unfortunately, it appears bad news for the hosts.
Gerrard tested positive for Covid-19 and had to undergo isolation. The former Liverpool midfielder and former Rangers coach will also miss two Aston Villa matches, namely against Chelsea and Leeds United.
“Aston Villa can confirm that head coach Steven Gerrard will not be able to attend our next two Premier League matches with Chelsea and Leeds United as he has to undergo isolation after testing positive for Covid-19,” the club said on its website. /12/2021).
Due to undergoing isolation for two weeks, Gerrard is also confirmed to be absent from the match against Leeds United. Because this match is scheduled to kick-off on Wednesday (29/12).
Steven Gerrard is the new coach of Aston Villa. He was appointed to replace Dean Smith on November 11, 2021.
So far, Aston Villa’s game with Gerrard has been quite impressive. In six games Aston Villa won four and lost twice (W4 D0 L2). They scored nine goals and conceded five.
Aston Villa won 2-0 over Brighton and 2-1 over Crystal Palace, lost 1-2 to Manchester City, won 2-1 over Leicester City, lost 0-1 to Liverpool and beat Norwich.
Despite the ongoing outbreak, the promoters of the Premier League will not delay the schedule that has been set. However, there are a number of matches that have been postponed, including the Burnley vs Everton match which was originally due to be held tomorrow.
Now, Aston Villa are ranked 10th in the Premier League with 22 points from 17 matches. If they appear consistently winning, Aston Villa also has the potential to poke into the top five of the Premier League. Because the difference in points with the teams ranked in the top 10 is relatively not too far away.
