Southampton’s FA Cup sport referred to as off due to virus

Southampton’s FA Cup sport in opposition to Shrewsbury was referred to as off Thursday after the third-division group reported a coronavirus outbreak. The third-round match was scheduled for Saturday at St. Mary’s Stadium. It wasn’t instantly clear if already tight schedules will permit the sport to be performed at a later date.“Shrewsbury Town Football Club earlier confirmed several members of the Town squad and the first team staff tested positive for COVID-19,” the League One group stated.The Football Association knowledgeable Southampton and stated its Professional Game Board will meet early subsequent week “to make a decision as to what will happen,” the Premier League membership stated.Also Thursday, the Manchester City girls’s group confirmed its sport in opposition to West Ham scheduled for Saturday has been postponed. City reported “four positive COVID-19 cases and a number of other mitigating factors.”City’s males’s group has additionally been navigating via an outbreak.United States goalkeeper Zack Steffen once more stepped in for Ederson — out after contracting the coronavirus — to start out in City’s 2-0 win over Manchester United within the League Cup on Wednesday. Earlier within the day, reserve goalkeeper Scott Carson and midfielder Cole Palmer have been added to the optimistic listing.City had six gamers lacking for Sunday’s 3-1 win at Chelsea within the Premier League as a result of they’d contracted COVID-19 — Ederson, defenders Kyle Walker and Eric Garcia, midfielder Tommy Doyle, and forwards Gabriel Jesus and Ferran Torres.Three Premier League video games have been postponed final week following an elevated variety of optimistic assessments at City and Fulham.On Saturday, second-division membership Derby expects that supervisor Wayne Rooney and his whole first-team squad will miss the FA Cup match in opposition to non-league Chorley following an outbreak.Derby will as a substitute ship a gaggle of under-23 and under-18 gamers to play within the third-round sport, Derby chief government Stephen Pearce stated Wednesday. He stated 9 gamers and employees inside the first-team bubble had examined optimistic.