Manchester City have the least fresh squad in the Premier League according to our data.
While City did exit the Champions League early, they reached the FA Cup final and also took part in the Club World Cup in June and July.
Most of City’s players are also established internationals – and played an average of 3,780 minutes in the past 14 months, or exactly 42 full games of football. That is double Everton’s total.
And some of City’s summer signings actually increased their average.
Midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, who played for Guardiola’s side in the Club World Cup, has played an incredible 6,032 minutes for AC Milan, the Netherlands and City since last summer – the equivalent of 67 full games.
Our data found Arsenal have the second-least fresh squad, with an average of 3,552 minutes played.
The seven teams who played in Europe topped the list for most games played, along with Championship play-off winners Sunderland.
Chelsea actually played more games than anyone else last season – including on their way to winning the Club World Cup.
However, they rotated their squad in the Conference League – and went out of both domestic cups at the fourth-round stage, so their first-teamers are more rested than City’s… on paper anyway.
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