Prague, Czech Republic: The Czech Republic’s top league will return to action on May 23 after being suspended since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s League Football Association (LFA) said on Tuesday.
“The League Panel approved the restart of the top flight and the second division today,” the LFA tweeted.
The First League top division “will resume on Saturday, May 23 with a postponed match between FK Teplice and Slovan Liberec,” it added.
First League teams still have to play six regular season games each.
After that, the top six teams will play another five games each for the title, while the bottom six teams will play five times in a battle against relegation, with two set to go down.
The four remaining teams in the middle of the table will play for a single spot in the Europa League qualifying rounds.
Reigning champions Slavia Prague are eight points clear of second-placed Viktoria Plzen in the First League.
Witsel to miss Borussia Dortmund’s derby
Former Liverpool star Emre Can and Belgian international Axel Witsel will miss Borussia Dortmund’s derby with Schalke 04 on Saturday as German football makes a tentative return.
As with all other fixtures in the rest of the Bundesliga season, it will be played behind closed doors with the players quarantined for a week before kick-off.
Because Can and Witsel both need treatment to muscle strains, they have had to leave the team’s quarantine ‘bubble’ so cannot play on Saturday.
