Ben Dinnery, of Premier Accidents Ltd, outlined a few of the numbers behind the damage information. As of 10 December 2024:
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Hamstring-related absence (53) accounts for nearly 1 / 4 of all accidents (24%) – and about 42% of all muscle accidents.
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Ankle/foot (34); knee (26); groin/pelvis (23) and calf/heel (21) – are the opposite repeat damage areas.
Nevertheless, evaluating the damage scenario towards the identical stage final season, the general numbers are literally down.
“Yr-on-year there was a few 20% discount within the variety of damage incidents and a few 30% discount within the ‘burden’ on golf equipment – the quantity of days missed by injured gamers,” says Dinnery.
His information is calculated from the opening day of the season, so gamers who had been already injured going into the marketing campaign – such because the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) accidents to Brentford’s Rico Henry, Aston Villa’s Tyrone Mings and Brighton’s Solly March – don’t depend.
Dinnery says season comparisons are difficult by the affect of main summer time tournaments in addition to the December 2022 Qatar World Cup, however believes the info reveals an general “static” development of muscle accidents – particularly hamstrings – in recent times.
“Maybe the narrative [of an increase in injuries] is pushed by some high-profile managers and the prominence of main accidents to higher-status gamers, similar to Manchester Metropolis’s Rodri,” Dinnery says.
“Metropolis often carry out properly on their damage burden and Pep Guardiola manages the squad rather well.
“The damage narrative just isn’t being pushed by Kieran McKenna at Ipswich or Brighton’s Fabian Hurzeler.
“They don’t seem to be utilizing their sidelined gamers as excuses, despite the fact that Ipswich have misplaced some large gamers as they attempt to adapt to the depth and rigours of Premier League soccer.
“Brighton did not have an ideal report final yr, however had European soccer to take care of. The headline numbers are one factor, however soccer is a contact sport. Maybe it’s testomony to their recruitment of a squad with energy and depth that they’re nonetheless doing properly regardless of the variety of accidents.”
