Ranking PL clubs by the no. of games injured players have missed in 19-20

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Planet Football
11th October 2019

Chelsea have been one of the most injury-hit Premier League clubs this season, while Liverpool are one of the least.

Fans often claim that their team has the worst luck with injuries and an injury crisis can lead to relegation or derail a title challenge.

We’ve taken a look at the games missed by players at every Premier League club due to injury and listed them from most to least while also looking at the three players who have missed the most games.

1. Bournemouth – 57

David Brooks – 8

Junior Stanislas – 8

Dan Gosling – 8

Bournemouth are by far and away the club most afflicted by injuries. Their total equates to one and a half season-long injuries and we are only eight games into the campaign.

The fact that Bournemouth are currently level on points with Spurs and above Manchester United looks even more impressive now.

2. Brighton – 43

Jose Izquierdo – 8

Leon Balogun – 7

Ezequiel Schelotto – 7

3. Norwich – 41

Christoph Zimmermann – 7

Timm Klose – 7

Onel Hernandez – 7

📋 Norwich City’s injury list..

❌ Klose
❌ Zimmermann
❌ Hanley
❌ Trybull
❌ Roberts
❌ Leitner
❌ Vrancic
❌ Aarons
❌ Godfrey
❌ Krul

😂 They play Manchester City tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/K2xiCOr0Qr

— Oddschanger (@Oddschanger) September 13, 2019

4. Newcastle United – 38

Florian Lejeune – 8

Dwight Gayle – 7

DeAndre Yedlin – 6

5. Chelsea – 36

Ruben Loftus-Cheek – 8

Antonio Rudiger – 7

Callum Hudson-Odoi – 6

Frank Lampard already had his hands tied behind his back due to Chelsea’s transfer ban, but their injury problems have made things even harder for him. The manager went into the season opener against Manchester United without Rudiger, Reece James, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi and Willian.

6. Arsenal – 32

Konstantinos Mavropanos – 8

Kieran Tierney – 7

Hector Bellerin – 6

7. Manchester United – 31

Eric Bailly – 8

Anthony Martial – 5

Luke Shaw – 5

8. Spurs – 29

Ryan Sessegnon – 8

Juan Foyth – 6

Giovani Lo Celso – 4

These 2 after the international break 😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/G9mntWIzJN

— Elliot (@VivaYids) October 7, 2019

9. Manchester City – 24

Leroy Sane – 8

Benjamin Mendy – 6

Aymeric Laporte – 4

10. Aston Villa – 21

James Chester – 8

Jonathon Kodjia – 7

Matt Targett – 4

11= Crystal Palace – 19

James Tomkins – 5

Mamadou Sakho – 5

Connor Wickham – 4

Wickham has faced an injury nightmare over the last few years and his woes look set to continue this season. The striker hasn’t started a Premier League game since November 2016.

11= Watford – 19

Troy Deeney – 6

Isaac Success – 6

Craig Cathcart – 2

13. Liverpool – 17

Alisson – 7

Naby Keita – 5

Xherdan Shaqiri – 2

📰| Alisson Becker is reportedly doing extra training sessions as he aims to be fit on their upcoming clash against Manchester United.

The Brazilian already missed 7 Premier League games after picking up an Injury during our opening game. #Liverpoolfc pic.twitter.com/iVeHQ9VpfE

— Anything Liverpool (@AnythingLFC_) October 9, 2019

14. Everton – 15

Jean-Philippe Gbamin – 6

Andre Gomes – 3

Fabian Delph – 3

15= West Ham – 13

Michel Antonio – 5

Mark Noble – 2

Carlos Sanchez – 2

West Ham fans feared the worst when Antonio suffered a hamstring injury in August and was ruled out for several months.

However, Andriy Yarmolenko has stood up in his absence and scored three goals in seven appearances this season.

15= Southampton – 13

Moussa Djenepo – 4

Michael Obafemi – 3

Nathan Redmond – 2

15= Burnley – 13

Danny Drinkwater – 4

Robbie Brady – 4

Johann Berg Gudmundsson – 3

“People do get in scrapes it’s one of them things…”

Sean Dyche’s spoken on Danny Drinkwater’s nightclub incident. pic.twitter.com/UBkfenGM4Q

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) September 12, 2019

15= Sheffield United – 13

Kean Bryan – 8

David McGoldrick – 3

John Fleck – 2

19. Leicester City – 5

Ben Chilwell – 2

Wilfred Ndidi – 1

James Maddison – 1

20. Wolves – 4

Diogo Jota – 2

Pedro Neto – 1

Matt Doherty – 1

Despite combining Europa League and Premier League Football, Wolves players have incredibly missed a total of just four matches this season.

Nuno Espírito Santo has had all of his first-team players to chose from in over half of his league matches so far this campaign, which is a luxury most managers don’t often experience.

Research by Catapult Sports and football intelligence agency 21st Club found that Wolves also had the lowest cost of injuries last season so it’s fair to say whatever they are doing down in the Black Country is working well.

Spurs, meanwhile, suffered the most key high-quality player injuries last season, with Erik Lamela, Harry Kane and Dele Alli all missing at least 30% of the season.