| Injuries 00:09 - Apr 2 with 1256 views | Spaghetti_Hoops |
As our injury rate has been the subject of much criticism this season without anyone apparently knowing how we compare with other clubs I asked AI "What percentage of first team squad players in the EFL Championship are unavailable injured for more than one week at any one time"
This answer came back -
Approximately 12% of a typical first-team squad is unavailable due to injury at any given time during the season in professional football (including data relevant to the EFL Championship). This figure comes from the long-running UEFA Elite Club Injury Study (covering elite professional men's teams over many seasons). It represents the average percentage of squad players absent from training or match selection due to injury across the competitive season for a typical squad of 25 players. A team can expect ~50 time-loss injuries per season (2 per player), with roughly half being minor (absence <1 week), 37% moderate (1–4 weeks), and 16% severe (>4 weeks). The 12% unavailability already accounts for this mix—the shorter minor injuries contribute less to the snapshot prevalence because they resolve quickly.
Specific aggregate data for the EFL Championship (exactly matching “unavailable injured for more than one week”) is not publicly reported in the same standardized way as the UEFA study. However an 11-year study of English professional football (EFL 2nd/3rd tiers, i.e. Championship and League One) found higher injury rates than in elite European clubs: ~82 injuries per team per season, mean absence ~18.4 days per injury, with ~51% of injuries causing ≤7 days absence and ~49% causing >1 week (moderate + major severity). This suggests the average unavailability in the Championship is likely similar to or slightly higher than the 12% UEFA benchmark (potentially 15–20% total when adjusting for more injuries and longer average absences), with the large majority of that figure coming from injuries lasting >1 week.
Real-world trackers (e.g. Dave Carolan’s Championship player-availability updates) show wide weekly variation—any single club can have 0–12+ players unavailable—but no league-wide average % is published. ( https://davecarolan.substack.c
(Sources - germanjournalsportsmedicine.com and eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk)
So if the first team squad have 41 or more injuries of longer than 1 week we are above average according to this Leeds Beckett long term study.
All you need to do is count  or perhaps compare using Carolan's graph. |  | | |  |
| Injuries on 01:10 - Apr 2 with 1143 views | KensalT |
How exactly are you defining "time out"?
Is it:
1. Unable to train, or
2. Unable to play in competitive matches
According to this BMJ article only 2% of injuries are categorised as severe (median absence of > 28 days).
Hamstring injuries are classified as moderate, meaning a median absence of 8-28 days.
This data is from a follow up to the Elite Club Injury Study and therefore probably doesn't include Championship data.
We have certainly had a lot more than 2% injuries of greater than 28 days over this season and last.
Either we are not managing recoveries very well or there are some very specific definitions being used to categorise "time out" in these studies.
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/5
[Post edited 2 Apr 1:12]
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| Injuries on 01:12 - Apr 2 with 1135 views | BrianMcCarthy |
'"How exactly are you defining "time out"?'
He's not. He's using artificial intelligence. |  |
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| Injuries on 01:15 - Apr 2 with 1115 views | KensalT |
| Injuries on 01:12 - Apr 2 by BrianMcCarthy |
'"How exactly are you defining "time out"?'
He's not. He's using artificial intelligence. |
What I meant was how are the studies defining "time out".
This came up from the recent Ben Williams interview where he claims availability of 90% even though a large chunk of the first team squad has been out injured this season. | | | |
| Injuries on 01:44 - Apr 2 with 1080 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Injuries on 01:15 - Apr 2 by KensalT |
What I meant was how are the studies defining "time out".
This came up from the recent Ben Williams interview where he claims availability of 90% even though a large chunk of the first team squad has been out injured this season. |
Sorry, Kensal - I was just cracking a joke.
You're right, of course. | |
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| Injuries on 09:14 - Apr 2 with 895 views | BristolR |
| Injuries on 01:44 - Apr 2 by BrianMcCarthy |
Sorry, Kensal - I was just cracking a joke.
You're right, of course. |
No sniggering at the back McCarthy |  | | |
| Injuries on 12:18 - Apr 2 with 732 views | eastside_r |
All events are linked together in the best of all possible worlds. |  | | |
| Injuries on 12:47 - Apr 2 with 657 views | kensalriser |
Are injury threads the new new stadium threads? |  |
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| Injuries on 13:24 - Apr 2 with 568 views | KensalT |
| Injuries on 12:47 - Apr 2 by kensalriser |
Are injury threads the new new stadium threads? |
If digging down ever becomes the answer to our injury problems we really will be in trouble
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