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Hearts ask SPFL to postpone Inverness game over virus outbreak among squad

Hearts announce that a request has been made to the SPFL to postpone tomorrow's match against Inverness due to a virus suffered by members of their squad.

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter | 04 April 2016

Hearts have announced that a request has been made to the Scottish Professional Football League to postpone tomorrow's match away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle due to a virus outbreak among the squad.

In a statement via the club's official website, it was revealed that members of the team are suffering with gastroenteritis.

It read: "The club has submitted a formal request to the board of the SPFL to postpone tomorrow night's fixture at Inverness due to an outbreak of a very contagious viral gastroenteritis amongst the squad.

"Until we hear otherwise from the SPFL board, fans should assume the game will go ahead."

Hearts are currently third in the Scottish Premiership table, 16 points adrift of leaders Celtic.

The team have lost their last two league games.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
Championship Group
1	Celtic	1	1	0	0	82	27	55	81
2	Rangers Rangers	1	1	0	0	74	24	50	78
3	Hearts	1	0	1	0	46	34	12	63
4	Kilmarnock	1	0	1	0	43	34	9	52
5	St Mirren	1	0	0	1	39	45	-6	43
6	Dundee	1	0	0	1	45	56	-11	41
Relegation Group
1	Hibernian	1	1	0	0	47	52	-5	42
2	Aberdeen	1	1	0	0	36	49	-13	38
3	Motherwell	1	0	0	1	46	52	-6	37
4	St Johnstone	1	0	0	1	25	49	-24	31
5	Ross County	1	0	0	1	32	58	-26	30
6	Livingston	1	1	0	0	24	59	-35	21

First Phase
1	Celtic	33	24	6	3	80	26	54	78
2	Rangers Rangers	33	24	3	6	72	23	49	75
3	Hearts	33	19	5	9	46	34	12	62
4	Kilmarnock	33	13	12	8	43	34	9	51
5	St Mirren	33	12	7	14	38	43	-5	43
6	Dundee	33	10	11	12	44	54	-10	41
7	Hibernian	33	9	12	12	44	51	-7	39
8	Motherwell	33	8	13	12	46	51	-5	37
9	Aberdeen	33	8	11	14	35	49	-14	35
10	St Johnstone	33	7	10	16	24	46	-22	31
11	Ross County	33	7	9	17	32	56	-24	30
12	Livingston	33	3	9	21	22	59	-37	18

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