How does Huddersfield Town's injury list compare to other clubs?
Michael Duff currently has five players on the sidelines, while others are only just returning to action
The news that Joe Hodge is set for a couple of months out with a groin issue is the latest injury blow to Huddersfield Town — and their list of absentees has been a talking point over the international break. Do Town have worse luck than other clubs, or does it just feel that way?
To a certain extent, there is an availability bias at play. Town fans, on the whole, only pay close attention to their club, so it’s only natural that they’re most aware of the injuries affecting their squad.
Scraping together the injury data for League One is a laborious task — most stats websites don’t tend to track it — but PhysioRoom publish a list of injuries at Premier League clubs, with some of the fittest players and best medical staffs in the country. By their count, 14 of the 20 clubs currently have three or more players out injured.
Fortunately for you, we’re willing to put in the hard graft here. We’ve gone around as many League One clubs as possible looking for injury updates and have kept count to see where Town stand in comparison.
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