Leeds United could have a potential advantage when they host Manchester City on Wednesday are they are deemed as the Premier League club most at risk of burnout. That is according to a study done by PA Sport, who discovered that City players played over 1000 thousand more minutes and covered almost 100km more than any other club in the division at the World Cup.
City had 16 players representing their respective nations in Qatar with a number of those going deep into the tournament, including Julian Alvarez who was victorious with Argentina. Members of Pep Guardiola's squad were calculated to have played 5180 minutes during the competition.
To put that into context, Tottenham were the closest to that number with 4107 minutes. That said, only Nathan Ake and the aforementioned Alvarez were in the top 25 for minutes played by Premier League players, suggesting that it was very evenly spread across the squad.
