Number of injuries by Premier League club (as of 12 November)
Arsenal 5 players
Liverpool 6 players
Aston Villa 4 players
Man City 4 players
Brighton 6 players
Man Utd 7 players
Burnley 4 players
Newcastle 6 players
Chelsea 5 players
Sheffield United 4 players
Crystal Palace 7 players
Southampton 6 players
Everton 2 players
Spurs 4 players
Fulham 4 players
West Brom 5 players
Leeds 6 players
West Ham 3 players
Leicester 6 players
Wolves 2 players
According to Premier Injuries, who compile a database of injuries in the top flight, there have been 103 muscle injuries in total over the first eight matchdays of this Premier League season, a 16% increase compared to the same period last year.
The lack of a normal pre-season this year and a packed fixtures schedule are both factors behind the rise in injuries, says former Arsenal and England physio Gary Lewin.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "If you're not fully recovered from your previous game then fatigue will set in and muscle injuries will go up, because if you have tired muscles and you load them again, they are going to break."
There were seven weeks between the 2019-20 Premier League season ending and the 2020-21 campaign starting, compared to 12 as originally planned, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Clubs involved in European competition had fixtures during that time, while there were also international matches.
There will be no winter break this year and the campaign will be five weeks shorter than a standard season because of the late end to 2019-20 and the rescheduled European Championship, starting on 11 June.
It means there are more midweek fixtures this year and weekend games are spread across Friday to Monday because of broadcast selections.
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