Premier League injuries: Will Arsenal and Tottenham have the worst injuries in 2024/25? |Football News

Injury-plagued Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur clash at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night – but do the north London rivals have more injuries than others?

The shooter has been confirmed Gabriel Jesus ACL injury He will undergo surgery in the coming days after missing out on Sunday’s FA Cup defeat to Manchester United.

Brazilian becomes first-team regular Bukayo Saka and Ben White On the sidelines, at the same time Takehiro Fuyasu and Ethan Nwaneri Also excluded – with Ricardo Calafioli Take a late physical test.

Spurs enter the game without nine players, including most of the first-choice backline, including goalkeeper and others william vicar, Destiny Udoji, Christian Romero, Mickey van de Ven and Ben Davis Due to contention.

we ask primary injury Analyze the stats on how their injury woes compare to other Premier League teams.

As far as the current situation is concerned, brighton The highest number of injuries, with 12 players missing, followed by bournemouth, Newcastle and tottenham hotspur. arsenal There are six players in the treatment room.

The north London side are one of the worst affected so far this season, with only brighton and aston villa Suffering more injuries that cause players to miss one or more games.

This figure may include the same player twice or more if he or she has suffered more than one injury, or has had the same injury reoccur after returning to play or being included in the first team or U21 matchday squad.

Interestingly, Goofy nottingham forest There were just eight injuries all season — four fewer than any other team. group leader liverpool It is also one of the least affected teams.

How serious is the injury? That’s where the chart below comes in, which shows the total number of days lost to injury for each Premier League club.

brighton Sitting at the top of the list, they were injured 23 times and missed a total of 914 days due to injuries. Tottenham Ranked second with 655 days, arsenal 567 days behind, ranked fifth ipswich and crystal palace.

At the other end of the table, west ham united The fewest days lost, while Newcastle, Manchester United, nottingham forest and fulham Excessive long-term layoffs were also avoided.

That data ignores injuries that carried over from last season to this season. In the case of Manchester United, this includes serious injuries Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malaysia and Lenny Yoro.

Of course, these numbers don’t reflect the importance of the missing players.

When looking at the formation from the last time Arsenal and Tottenham faced off, the affected areas of the team are laid bare: the Gunners’ main right wing and Tottenham’s defence.

Are Arsenal and Spurs suffering more injuries than last season?

Statistics show that Tottenham Hotspur have had fewer injuries this season (-9%) and fewer days without players (-5%) compared to the same period last year.

Conversely, Arsenal’s injuries increased by 33%, but the number of lost days increased by only 1%.