The Premier League currently has 196 injuries recorded in just over three months, with Newcastle and Manchester United suffering more than most - so why this many?
I have no doubt that more games and more minutes aren’t helping. But this article is extremely lacking on actual significant data.
Is a 15% one time event, significant in 4 seasons? Was it a trend going up or something? Why only use 4 years and not a longer trend?
I can’t access the data, since the article doesn’t mention it and the linked site only has current data.
The only thing they mention is this:
This season there has been an increase of about 96% for hamstring injuries compared to the last campaign, with 53 incidents - 26 more than during 2022-23.
Overall, it accounts to a 55% increase compared to the previous four-season average. The previous high was 40 hamstring injuries during the 2020-21 season.
Which is more evidence that 1 data point isn’t really useful. We know that 2020-21 had 40, then 2022-2023 had 26, then 2023-2024 has 53… How can you claim anything with data like that?
I have no doubt that more games and more minutes aren’t helping. But this article is extremely lacking on actual significant data.
Is a 15% one time event, significant in 4 seasons? Was it a trend going up or something? Why only use 4 years and not a longer trend?
I can’t access the data, since the article doesn’t mention it and the linked site only has current data.
The only thing they mention is this:
Which is more evidence that 1 data point isn’t really useful. We know that 2020-21 had 40, then 2022-2023 had 26, then 2023-2024 has 53… How can you claim anything with data like that?