{"id":640128,"date":"2024-05-24T11:23:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=640128"},"modified":"2024-05-24T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:24:56","slug":"injury-stats-manchester-united-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/24\/injury-stats-manchester-united-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Injury Record Highlights Key Erik ten Hag Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United suffered more injuries than any other Premier League club during the 2023\/24 season. Erik ten Hag was consistently limited in his squad selection during his second campaign at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<h2>Injury Stats Highlight Decisive Manchester United Issue<\/h2>\n<h3>Premier League Leaders<\/h3>\n<p>According to data from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.premierinjuries.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier Injuries<\/a>, Manchester United had 45 instances where a player missed at least one game through injury. Closely following the Red Devils are Chelsea, who suffered 43 injuries.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"312\"><strong>Injury Instances <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Manchester United<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Chelsea<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Newcastle<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Brighton<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Aston Villa<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Tottenham<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Crystal Palace<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Nottingham Forest<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Liverpool<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Luton Town<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">35<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/16\/injury-stats-arsenal-and-manchester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Injury Stats Reveal Secret Behind \u2018Historic\u2018 Arsenal And Manchester City Runs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United had 21 separate players suffering injuries, surpassed only by Tottenham with 22. However, in terms of total days lost through injuries, the Red Devils had a better season than Newcastle, Sheffield Utd, Chelsea, Brighton, and Brentford.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"312\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Total Days Lost with Injury<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Newcastle<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Sheffield Utd<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1761<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Chelsea<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Brighton<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1727<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Brentford<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1702<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Manchester Utd<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1620<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Crystal Palace<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1582<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Luton Town<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1428<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Tottenham<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1402<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Liverpool<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">1383<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Ten Hag\u2019s (Justified) Excuse<\/h3>\n<p>Ten Hag has been vocal about United\u2019s injury issues, particularly expressing his frustration over a lack of reliable options in the backline.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference last month, the Dutchman said (via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2024\/apr\/20\/ive-never-had-my-favourite-team-on-the-pitch-erik-ten-hag-defends-manchester-united-tenure\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardian<\/a>): \u201cIn 18 months, I have never had my favourite team on the pitch once, because players were injured \u2013 that concerns me. In fact, there was only one time, against City at home last season. That is the only time I had a full squad to pick my full team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/21\/marcus-rashford-euro-2024-snub\/\" target=\"_self\">Gareth Southgate Explains Excluding \u2018Very Fast\u2019 Forward From Euro 2024 Squad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The manager&#8217;s future at United is far from certain after an eighth-place finish in the Premier League. However, the Red Devils are, nonetheless, expected to have a reaction to their injury problems ahead of the next season.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s Next for United?<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier this month, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/jim-ratcliffe-man-utd-injuries-32769254\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mirror<\/a> claimed Sir Jim Ratcliffe had ordered a \u201cfull-scale investigation\u201d into United\u2019s unprecedented injury crisis. The club will reportedly scrutinize Ten Hag\u2019s training methods, as well as the running distances of players, and their rest time after games.<\/p>\n<p>United\u2019s injury crisis might also affect their transfer market choices, convincing them to opt for less injury-prone targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United suffered more injuries than any other Premier League club during the 2023\/24 season. Erik ten Hag was consistently limited in his squad selection during his second campaign at Old Trafford. Injury Stats Highlight Decisive Manchester United Issue Premier League Leaders According to data from Premier Injuries, Manchester United had 45 instances where a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":637242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1830,30,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-injuries","category-news","category-premier-league"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}