Which Premier League sides are suffering the most?
With seemingly every Premier League manager complaining about injuries right now, here at CaughtOffside we felt it was time that the evidence was put on the table – which teams are really suffering the most?
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With the numbers courtesy of PhysioRoom, this is the Premier League injury table, in ascending order:
20) Leicester City (2 Injuries)
Matthew Upson and Esteban Cambiasso are the Foxes’ only injuries currently – but the Argentina could well return to action this weekend.
19) Hull City (3 Injuries)
Goalkeeper Allan McGregor is one of three Hull players currently ruled out.
18) Manchester City (3 Injuries)
Samir Nasri is one of three City players currently out injured, but all are expected to return shortly.
17) Crystal Palace (3 Injuries)
Crystal Palace also have three injuries, including summer signing Scott Dann.
16) Southampton (4 Injuries)
Young English midfielder James Ward-Prowse is one of four injuries that Saints boss Ronald Koeman has to contend with.
15) West Bromwich Albion (4 Injuries)
Record signing Brown Ideye is currently out for the Baggies, but could feature on Monday night against United.
14) Sunderland (4 Injuries)
Summer signing Ricky Alvarez is one of four Sunderland players that Gus Poyet must currently do without.
13) Tottenham Hotspur (4 Injuries)
Tottenham will be praying that in-form winger Nacer Chadli will be fit to face Manchester City tomorrow.
12) Swansea City (4 Injuries)
Long-serving midfield Leon Britton is one of four Swansea stars currently unavailable to manager Garry Monk.
11) Queens Park Rangers (4 Injuries)
Playmaker Alejandro Faurlin is a long-term injury loss for Harry Redknapp and QPR.
10) Aston Villa (5 Injuries)
Villa have been dealt a blow today with the news that England new boy Fabian Delph is out until 2015.
9) Chelsea (5 Injuries)
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8) Arsenal (6 Injuries)
Arsenal’s injury crisis have been overstated – but they do have long-term concerns including Giroud and Debuchy.
7) Liverpool (7 Injuries)
Academy graduate right back Jon Flanagan has been ruled out until December for Liverpool.
6) Stoke City (7 Injuries)
Stoke City are hoping that dominant centre back Robert Huth will be fit to play this weekend.
5) Everton (8 Injuries)
Everton manager Roberto Martinez is currently without eight, including midfielders Steven Pienaar and Ross Barkley.
4) West Ham United (8 Injuries)
Arsenal loanee Carl Jenkinson is one of eight West Ham players currently sidelined by injury.
3) Manchester United (9 Injuries)
Manchester United are hoping that a number of their nine injuries will have cleared up by the time they face West Brom on Monday.
2) Burnley (9 Injuries)
Newly promoted Burnley have had to contend with losing star strikers Sam Vokes and Danny Ings to injury.
1) Newcastle United (11 Injuries)
Goalkeeper Tim Krul is one of a number of Newcastle players facing a late fitness test this weekend.