The effect of results, location and competition on soccer injuries

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The effect of results, location and competition on soccer injuries

Soccer fans might know some of the factors that play a large part on injuries in the sport. We know that tackling causes about half of the injuries that occur in matches. Fouls and dirty play cause more than 10% of injuries. And rates of injuries increase dramatically when teams play more than one match per week.

Now there is evidence that the location of the match, the result (win, loss or draw), and the level of competition affect injuries as well.

A study recently published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine provides some fascinating data on those factors in European professional soccer. Hakar Bengtsson and colleagues collected information on matches and injuries from 26 professional clubs in 10 countries over 9 seasons. They analyzed the 2738 injuries that occurred in the 6010 matches and made some observations on those injuries.

The effect of results, location and competition on soccer injuries

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Do soccer injuries occur more often when teams are at home or on the road? Do players get hurt more often in games their teams win or lose?