There are 16 players that tested positive for covid19 in premier league since the last test from 9 to 15 november.
Some of them not disclosed but we know mo salah and havertz is one of them.
This numbers could still increased with tonight matches that will be played which of course at risk to get infected.
We should not believe there is a favorites side this season i guess , all the teams has equal chance to win draw and lost. Too much key players missing out for premier league important matches.
Agree this season means anything can happen because every team is affected by covid and especially big teams who have many international players, they feel it the most. I just cannot understand how people are playing internationals during this time,,, I know many have already talked about it but they really need to do something about this. These guys have families too and young children, imagine how they must feel now to quarantine and self isolate and worry they will spread it.
Look at that weird unexpected score of aston villa 7-2 liverpool and then mancheser city 2-5 leicester city . Everybody talk about this.
All of these abnormal result happened at the same season even within the same week!
I really do not think that winner of this season could be anyone, it is still going to be one of the big teams anyway. I know it is not going to be easy to predict which teams that will be because there are few good teams, but it is unlikely that city and Liverpool will be too far away from title contention, they will still be great and fight for that title.
Sure it is not going to be guaranteed that they win championship but we are not going to suddenly see a Leicester championship type of season just because of corona. If corona affects big teams, it affects lower level teams as well, this is a global thing that affects everyone equally so unless a team gets corona all together and suddenly have 10+ missing players, we are not going to see something suddenly change.
If we talk about mathematically , liverpool manchester city are the two who lead in the race in pre-season , arsenal tottenham chelsea and manchester united are the teams that has ability to get the premier league title, everybody knew it, no doubt.
I do believe such miracle still exist , moreover the recent condition make it even greater .
Lower level teams has not much player to send to international matches which means they are safe and ready to fight in the next matches while other big teams struggle to find the best line up. This means big problem for thebig six, good opportunity for the low level teams.