Norwich's Premier League trip to Leicester on New Year's Day has been postponed as a result of positive Covid-19 tests and injuries within the Canaries camp.
Both club's confirmed the news on Thursday evening, with the Premier League providing further details in a statement.
It said: "Following a request from Norwich City, the Premier League board met today and regrettably agreed to postpone the club's fixture at Leicester City's King Power Stadium, due to be played at 1500GMT on Saturday 1 January.
"The board accepted Norwich's application as the club do not have the required number of players available for the match (13 outfield players and one goalkeeper), due to Covid-19 cases and injuries.
"The decision by the board was able to be made in advance of the fixture to give clarity to the affected clubs and their fans. We apologise for the inconvenience and disruption caused to supporters' festive plans."
Norwich currently sit bottom of the Premier League table, with just 10 points from 19 matches and three adrift of the nearest safest team.
Leicester, fresh from their win over Liverpool, are ninth with 25 points.
The fixture is the only top flight Saturday clash to be postponed thus far, but is the 17th Premier League game to be rescheduled in three weeks.
Despite drawing 1-1 with Manchester United on Monday, Newcastle's trip to Goodison Park was also postponed after a number of Covid cases and injuries.
The Premier League will only grant postponements to clubs if they have fewer than 14 players, that being 13 outfield players and one goalkeeper, available. The board are examining requests from clubs on a case by case basis.
It's a trend that doesn't appear to be slowing down with the Omicron variant rife in the UK.
The United Kingdom reported a staggering 183,037 cases on a Wednesday - a record and over 53,000 more than the previous highest figure.
