Covid-19 instances inside the Everton camp had visible the Merseysiders request a postponement on Thursday.
But that preliminary plea changed into rejected despite Everton manager Rafael Benitez announcing he most effective had nine in shape outfield players at his disposal for the fixture on Boxing Day, historically one of the busiest days within the English soccer calendar.
Everton, however, stated Friday that the sport had been known as off, with a membership statement pronouncing: "Our Premier League fixture at Burnley on Boxing Day has been postponed because of the variety of COVID instances and injuries in our squad."
The Premier League introduced it had taken the "regrettable" decision to delay the sport following a board assembly on Friday.
"The board reviewed the membership's request nowadays to put off the fit following in addition injuries to their squad.
"They concluded that the club will no longer be capable of fulfil their fixture this weekend because of an inadequate number of gamers to be had to play because of Covid-19 instances and injuries."
A general of 13 suits have now been referred to as off in the past weeks as Britain battles document numbers of wonderful Covid instances due to the Omicron variation of the virus.
Benitez stated Thursday he become "surprised" that Everton's sport have been predicted to move in advance, after different Boxing Day suits -- Liverpool v Leeds and Wolves v Watford -- were postponed because of Covid instances.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte stated Thursday's meeting among the Premier League and all 20 pinnacle-flight bosses to speak about the escalating Covid situation affecting English soccer's top flight had been a waste of time.
The virtual meeting turned into designed to let managers air their issues over a congested fixture listing after Premier League clubs had determined to plough on with the scheduled programme instead of pause the season.
