{"id":144927,"date":"2025-05-30T19:51:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/144927\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T19:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:51:21","slug":"crocked-tottenham-players-spent-twice-as-long-on-the-sidelines-than-liverpools-but-who-topped-the-premier-leagues-injury-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/144927\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocked Tottenham players spent twice as long on the sidelines than Liverpool&#8217;s but who topped the Premier League&#8217;s injury table?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Spurs players spent a combined\u00a01,553 days out injured in the season just gone<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Tottenham had 41 separate injury cases in 2024-25 \u2014 only one club had more<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>LISTEN NOW: <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/its-all-kicking-offDM\">It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/a> Is Ruben Amorim too honest?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-2941\/robert-summerscales.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROBERT SUMMERSCALES<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  14:58 EDT, 30 May 2025   |  Updated:  15:36 EDT, 30 May 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tottenham-hotspur\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49d1e6d0-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> Hotspur were among the hardest-hit clubs in the Premier League this season when it came to player availability \u2014 but they weren&#8217;t the worst off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Spurs lost a staggering 1,553 player-days to injury \u2014 more than double <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/liverpool\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49d08740-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>&#8216;s total \u2014 in a campaign that saw them slump to 17th, their lowest-ever Premier League finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Only <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/brighton-and-hove-albion\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49cf75d1-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" class=\"class\" rel=\"noopener\">Brighton<\/a>\u00a0players, with 1,944, missed more days through injury, while <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ipswich-town\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49d03920-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" rel=\"noopener\">Ipswich<\/a> (1,506 days) and <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/arsenal\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49cf4ec0-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> (1,297 days) also had serious availability issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Gunners endured 36 separate injury cases. Only Brighton (48), Tottenham (41) and Ipswich (41) had more cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The figures, compiled by <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.premierinjuries.com\/injury-table.php\">Premier Injuries<\/a>, include any injury issue that forced a player to miss at least one competitive match. Illnesses and pre-season knocks do not count.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/manchester-united\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49d0ae51-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> (1,295), <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/bournemouth\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49cf75d0-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" rel=\"noopener\">Bournemouth<\/a> (1,185) and <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/manchester-city\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49d0ae50-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> (1,134) all lost in excess of 1,000 player-days to injury, while <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/west-ham-united\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49d20de0-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ham<\/a> (672), <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nottingham-forest\/index.html\" id=\"mol-49d0fc70-3d7b-11f0-8eb8-6d8a3190a4da\" rel=\"noopener\">Nottingham Forest<\/a>\u00a0(673) and Liverpool (765) fared best in terms of player availability.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-939a26db8b5d09bc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98907023-14765987-image-a-23_1748630098850.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Micky van de Ven missed a significant portion of Tottenham Hotspur's season through injury\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Micky van de Ven missed a significant portion of Tottenham Hotspur&#8217;s season through injury<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d2936c399c2e65b9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98907411-14765987-image-a-28_1748630939375.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"In total, Ange Postecoglou's Spurs had 41 injuries, ruling players out for a total of 1,553 days\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">In total, Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s Spurs had 41 injuries, ruling players out for a total of 1,553 days<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8744fe6d3d9d046e\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98907065-14765987-image-a-26_1748630272654.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Liverpool were often without keeper Alison Becker but otherwise had good luck with injuries\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Liverpool were often without keeper Alison Becker but otherwise had good luck with injuries<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Liverpool&#8217;s fitness record was a key part of their title-winning campaign, with 11 outfield players making 30 or more league appearances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">By contrast, only five Arsenal outfielders hit the 30-game mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meanwhile, several Arsenal stars \u2014 including Bukayo Saka and Gabriel \u2014 underwent surgery during the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Gunners manager Mikel Arteta previously admitted his squad had been left &#8216;super-short&#8217;, and has stressed the need for greater depth to handle the physical demands of the modern calendar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Brighton, despite their injury crisis, still managed to finish an impressive eighth. But for others \u2014 like Tottenham and relegated Ipswich \u2014 the toll was harder to absorb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Spurs, who had also been battling a packed schedule, won just 11 league games and came embarrassingly close to relegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, their season ended on a high, as Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s decision to focus on Europe in the second half of the campaign paid off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tottenham won the Europa League with a 1\u20130 victory over Manchester United in the final, salvaging silverware from an otherwise turbulent year.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e4dfd215a98e6371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98907111-14765987-image-a-25_1748630267773.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Brazilian centre back Gabriel missed 17 Arsenal matches due to knee and hamstring problems\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Brazilian centre back Gabriel missed 17 Arsenal matches due to knee and hamstring problems<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f5ab5eb646dbcb8c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98907059-14765987-image-a-27_1748630405118.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Premier League team with the worst injury record in 2024-25 was Brighton &amp; Hove Albion\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Premier League team with the worst injury record in 2024-25 was Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/p>\n<p> DAYS LOST TO INJURY BY PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS IN 2024-25\u00a0    <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Brighton &#8211; 1,944<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tottenham &#8211; 1,553<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ipswich &#8211; 1,506<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Arsenal &#8211; 1,297<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Man United &#8211; 1,295<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Bournemouth &#8211; 1,185<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Man City &#8211; 1,134<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Everton &#8211; 1,120<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Crystal Palace &#8211; 1,041<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Brentford &#8211; 1,027<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Wolves &#8211; 991<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Southampton &#8211; 942<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Leicester &#8211; 878<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fulham &#8211; 851<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chelsea &#8211; 828<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Aston Villa &#8211; 804<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Newcastle &#8211; 779<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Liverpool &#8211; 765<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nottingham Forest &#8211; 673<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">West Ham &#8211; 672<\/p>\n<p>      TOTAL INJURIES SUFFERED BY PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMS IN 24-25   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Brighton &#8211; 48<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tottenham &#8211; 41<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ipswich &#8211; 41<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Arsenal &#8211; 36<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Aston Villa &#8211; 35<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Southampton &#8211; 34<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Man United &#8211; 33<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Man City &#8211; 33<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Wolves &#8211; 31<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Leicester &#8211; 27<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Brentford &#8211; 26<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Everton &#8211; 24<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fulham &#8211; 24<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chelsea &#8211; 24<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Newcastle &#8211; 24<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Bournemouth &#8211; 23<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Crystal Palace &#8211; 23<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">West Ham &#8211; 23<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Liverpool &#8211; 22<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nottingham Forest &#8211; 20<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyMailSport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Crocked Tottenham players spent twice as long on the sidelines than Liverpool&#8217;s but who topped the Premier League&#8217;s injury table?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spurs players spent a combined\u00a01,553 days out injured in the season just gone Tottenham had 41 separate injury&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[161,180,1169,1924,748,92,393,94,4884,179,178,101,93,201,16,15,11505],"class_list":{"0":"post-144927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-bournemouth","10":"tag-brighton","11":"tag-brighton-and-hove-albion","12":"tag-britain","13":"tag-dailymail","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-liverpool","18":"tag-nottingham-forest","19":"tag-premier-league","20":"tag-sport","21":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-west-ham-united"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114598529314771116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}