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It’s remarkable for a team on the verge of winning the Premier League title - with a 13-point margin - just how many changes are expected to the Liverpool squad this summer.
Virgil van Dijk, days before his contract extension was confirmed, said he is expecting a “big summer” and Arne Slot has already admitted upgrades will be sought.
The 1,200 teams STATSports partners with includes Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal, although none of Liverpool’s Premier League rivals have managed to utilize the data as successfully as the would-be champions, while Apex 2.0 is also used by the women’s and junior sides.
“In terms of what we've done, we work with our medical teams and the performance team in trying to manage the load of the individual players.
With Liverpool, they have a great sports science and performance team.
The sports science team and performance team at Liverpool are then able to feed into the wider group and help make decisions on our individual athletes.”
It’s very much a case of STATSports provides the data and it’s up to Liverpool to interpret it.
Virgil van Dijk and Moamed Salah have played in every Premier League game this season
“But reduction in industries and injuries is something that you can work towards.”
Instead, the trio of Van Dijk, Salah and Gravenberch have started every Premier League game this season, while Alexis Mac Allister has missed just one game, Andy Robertson and Dominik Szoboszlai only two
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