Muscle injury rate in professional football is higher in matches played within 5 days since the previous match: a 14-year prospective study with more than 130 000 match observations

The association between match congestion and injury rates in professional football has yielded conflicting results.To analyse associations between match congestion on an individual player level and injury rates during professional football matches.Data from a prospective cohort study of professional football with 133 170 match observations were analysed with Poisson regressions. Associations between short-term match congestion, defined as number...