League Two players exceeded 20 headers 58 times this seasonWarning comes after PFA’s call for reduction of headersProfessional players are heading the ball in league matches with a frequency that is “hugely worrying”, according to a leading academic in the field.
Statistics show that players in League Two have headed the ball more than 20 times in a match on 58 occasions this season. That figure declines higher up the
Football pyramid but even in the
Premier League, where there are an average of 101 headers per game, players have exceeded 20 headers on seven occasions.