Top of the Injury League

The results of new research into every significant injury suffered by every Premier League footballer in the 2011-12 season reveal that Manchester City came out as clear winners in the injury league – suffering fewer major problems than any other side.

The data has been compiled by analysts at http://www.physioroom.com/, whose link we carry on the left hand side and I would recommend when playing N&R FL.

The PhysioRoom team logged every injury to every player throughout the season, and for the purposes of the headline data, considered a ‘significant’ injury to be one where a player was unavailable for competitive matches for at least 14 days as a result of that specific injury.

The 2011-12 Premier League season findings pinpointed hamstring injuries as the most common (46.5% of all injuries).

Injury-prone QPR midfielder Kieron Dyer was the player out for the longest times. The former England international, 33, broke his foot several minutes into QPR’s opening-day defeat by Bolton and has yet to return. Despite missing 274 days, Dyer has received a one-year contract extension to remain at Loftus Road.