The English Football League (EFL) has announced that the Championship will return to action on June 20, subject to safety requirements being met.
The Premier League will resume 3 days earlier with Manchester city v Arsenal and Sheffield United v Aston Villa.
There are 108 fixtures to be played, plus the play-off semi-finals and final.
All the remaining games will be played without spectators.
The last Championship game was played on March 8th. The season was suspended on March 13th due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The EFL aims to complete the season on 30th July. There are ongoing discussions on proposals to permit the use of five substitutes in the remaining fixtures and increasing matchday squads from 18 to 20.
“Following Saturday’s announcement by the government to allow elite sporting events to return behind closed doors, the EFL has this weekend agreed to a provisional restart date of the weekend of 20 June 2020 for matches in the Sky Bet Championship,” an EFL statement read.
“After discussing various approaches and the importance of completing the season in a similar timeline to that of the Premier League to avoid any potential issues with promoted and relegated clubs, the Sky Bet Championship season is set to conclude with the Championship play-off final on or around 30 July 2020.”
10 players tested positive for coronavirus in the latest round of tests carried out in the Premier League.
Leeds sit on top of the Championship table, one point ahead of second-placed West Bromwich Albion.
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