Luke Glassford assesses every injury problem Liverpool have suffered over the past eight campaigns.
As with all Premier League clubs, injuries are an ongoing concern for Liverpool—who certainly seem to get their fair share of injuries to key players.
Although there are quite a few ‘injury trackers’ online, there are no good resources that show the actual impact that injuries to certain players have on our season.
Many injuries that are recorded are brief and don’t result in a player missing any games—which can skew the data and not give a reliable account of how a club’s injuries have affected their season.
Therefore we’ve teamed up with CL Legal, who have tracked all the injuries to Liverpool players over the past eight seasons (including 2016/17 so far) which actually forced the player to miss games.
Now we’re looking for your input to help get an idea on how much these injuries may have harmed our chances during that season, or if they had no impact at all.
Have your say in the comments below and we’ll add them to the below injury analysis…
Season 2009/10 Injury Analysis
Total number of injuries: 28
Total lost playing time: 42 months
Most common injury: Knee (6)
Most serious injury: Knee (12 months)
Most injured position: Defender (14)
Most injured player: Fabio Aurelio, Fernando Torres (both 4)
Most lost playing time: Fabio Aurelio (8.5 months)
Most common month of injury: October, January (both 7)
Full list of injuries that led to missed playing time – 2009/10 season:
Season 2010/11 Injury Analysis
Total number of injuries: 20
Total lost playing time: 40.5 months
Most common injury: Hamstring (6)
Most serious injury: Hamstring (12.5 months)
Most injured position: Defender (11)
Most injured player: Daniel Agger, Fabio Aurelio (both 3)
Most lost playing time: Daniel Agger (7.5 months)
Most common month of injury: February (5)
Full list of injuries that led to missed playing time – 2010/11 season:
Season 2011/12 Injury Analysis
Total number of injuries: 18
Total lost playing time: 28.5 months
Most common injury: Hamstring (4)
Most serious injury: Knee (15 months)
Most injured position: Defender (11)
Most injured player: Daniel Agger, Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Martin Kelly, Jack Robinson (all 2)
Most lost playing time: Lucas Leiva (9 months)
Most common month of injury: March (5)
Full list of injuries that led to missed playing time – 2011/12 season:
Season 2012/13 Injury Analysis
Total number of injuries: 21
Total lost playing time: 51 months
Most common injury: Knee (5)
Most serious injury: Knee (21.5 months)
Most injured position: Midfield (7)
Most injured player: Fabio Borini (3)
Most lost playing time: Martin Kelly (11 months)
Most common month of injury: August, September (both 4)
Full list of injuries that led to missed playing time – 2012/13 season:
Season 2013/14 Injury Analysis
Total number of injuries: 23
Total lost playing time: 39.5 months
Most common injury: Ankle (6)
Most serious injury: Knee (20 months)
Most injured position: Defender (13)
Most injured player: Daniel Sturridge (5)
Most lost playing time: Sebastian Coates (9 months)
Most common month of injury: August (7)
Full list of injuries that led to missed playing time – 2013/14 season:
Season 2014/15 Injury Analysis
Total number of injuries: 33
Total lost playing time: 66 months
Most common injury: Knee, thigh (both 9)
Most serious injury: Knee (32 months)
Most injured position: Midfield (12)
Most injured player: Daniel Sturridge (7)
Most lost playing time: Jon Flanagan (whole season)
Most common month of injury: August, December (both 5)
Full list of injuries that led to missed playing time – 2014/15 season:
Season 2015/16 Injury Analysis
Total number of injuries: 31
Total lost playing time: 62 months
Most common injury: Hamstring (13)
Most serious injury: Knee (22 months)
Most injured position: Midfield (15)
Most injured player: Jordan Henderson (3)
Most lost playing time: Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, Danny Ings (all 7 months)
Most common month of injury: October (5)
Full list of injuries that led to missed playing time – 2015/16 season:
Season 2016/17 Injury Analysis
* Data not yet complete
Total number of injuries: 30
Total lost playing time: 38 months
Most common injury: Knee injury (6)
Most serious injury: Knee (8.5 months)
Most injured position: Midfield (13)
Most injured player: Dejan Lovren (5)
Most lost playing time: Danny Ings (5 months+)
Most common month of injury: December (5)
Full list of injuries that led to missed playing time – 2016/17 season:
CL Legal is a law firm based in Liverpool city centre specialising predominately in personal injury and industrial disease law.
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