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[BBCSport] There have been 196 injuries in the Premier League season. That's a 15% increase compared with the past four campaigns. Why are so many players getting injured? (www.bbc.com)
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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Longer injury time and the game has become more physical. Now it's normal for players to run 10-12 km, before it was only for specific roles. Even the speed increased.

So while the number of games didn't increase yet, the playtime and intensity has. And if the number of games increases the situation will get even worse

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah I agree its probably because of the high physical intensity of the game these days. I'm not sure about the longer injury time tbh because that's something that hasn't even been around for a year but we've had increasing numbers of injuries for a couple years now.

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