Last season, Liverpool’s injured players returned to action on average in 26.4 days. Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has struggled with injuries throughout his career Last season, their first using Zone7 technology to spot injury patterns and predict when problems will arise, saw that jump to 86 per cent. In the 2019-21 seasons, around 77-78 per cent of Liverpool’s injured players returned in five games or fewer. And it’s because of this that such a large group of players could feature so frequently. Premier Injuries analysis of Liverpool’s injury data over the past few seasons shows, by and large, their players are not out for too long. It’s not just the physical demands but the psychological effort to prepare yourself.’ĭinnery has a theory, though. They finished the season late, started this one a bit early, and you had those Nations League games in between. ‘The physical demands of putting your body through that two or three times a week has had an impact, and we are seeing slightly jaded players starting the season. ‘Just what did last season’s push to try to secure four trophies take out of the players,’ asks Ben Dinnery, injury analyst at Premier Injuries. ‘Another factor is the commercially driven and far-flung pre-season programmes, which have seen a resurgence following the Covid-induced hiatus and further exacerbated the reduced training time.Ĭentre-backs Ibrahima Konate, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip have all been struggling with injury
This impact was further compounded by the UEFA European Championship being hosted last summer. 'The short pre-season has led to players generally having less time to build tolerance for the physical demands required at the highest levels of club football. This has condensed the pre-season period for many due to scheduling challenges this season.
‘This means more players started pre-season training later due to the need for sufficient mental and physical rest. ‘More clubs competed late into May last season than usual, across both regular-season and European tournament fixtures,’ Zone7 performance director Rich Buchanan told The Mail on Sunday. They access data from thousands of previous injuries to predict when they are likely to occur and so prevent them. Zone7 technology, created by the artificial intelligence company based in Silicon Valley, is used by clubs including Liverpool, Leeds, Rangers and Hull to track the fitness of their players.
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