Table 6

Associations between match load in a match sequence and team performance and injury rates during the same match sequence and the subsequent match sequence

	Same match sequence*			Subsequent match sequence‡
	β†	95% CI	p Value	β†	95% CI	p Value
Team performance
Amount of matches won	−0.002	−0.009 to 0.006	0.629	0.001	−0.007 to 0.008	0.875
Points per match	−0.007	−0.026 to 0.013	0.506	0.003	−0.017 to 0.023	0.759
Training injury rates
Total injuries	−0.068	−0.206 to 0.070	0.334	0.120	−0.022 to 0.263	0.098
Muscle injuries	0.041	−0.032 to 0.115	0.268	0.052	−0.024 to 0.128	0.182
Ligament injuries	0.006	−0.038 to 0.050	0.803	0.069	0.024 to 0.114	0.003
Match injury rates
Total injuries	0.333	−0.369 to 1.034	0.352	0.696	−0.021 to 1.413	0.057
Muscle injuries	0.523	0.114 to 0.932	0.012	0.334	−0.085 to 0.753	0.118
Ligament injuries	−0.111	−0.387 to 0.166	0.433	0.205	−0.073 to 0.482	0.148

*Analyses were adjusted for the distribution of matches depending on the match location (percentage of matches played at the home venue) and type of competition (percentage of league matches) during the same match sequence.
†A positive βvalue indicates an association between increased match load (number of matches per month) and increased team performance (% of matches won) or increased injury rate (number of injuries/1000 h of exposure) during the same, or the subsequent, match sequence from linear regression analysis.
‡Analyses were adjusted for the distribution of matches depending on the match location (percentage of matches played at the home venue), type of competition (percentage of league matches) and match load in the subsequent (second) match sequence.