Elliot Anderson injury history and updates

Elliot Anderson (#32 Newcastle Utd) (Photo by Richard Callis/MB Media/Getty Images)
Elliot Anderson (#32 Newcastle Utd) (Photo by Richard Callis/MB Media/Getty Images) /
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How often does Newcastle United midfielder Elliot Anderson get injured? Let’s take a look at the Elliot Anderson injury history and updates.

Thankfully for Newcastle fans, the answer is not often. As you’ll see by looking at his injury record, the Newcastle midfielder Elliot Anderson isn’t injury prone in the slightest. This is a big bonus to Eddie Howe, who likes to have many options available to him in the midfield as he plays around with tactics often.

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Elliot Anderson injury history and updates

So, let’s take a look at the Elliot Anderson injury history and provide updates on his current injury.

Elliot Anderson back injury, October 2023

In his only significant injury to date, Elliot Anderson experienced an unfortunate back injury for the Magpies in October of 2023. At the time of writing this, he is still nursing the injury and the current time frame looks to be mid-term.

It’s thought that Elliot Anderson will be missing from action for around two months, if reports from Chronicle Live are to be believed.

Certainly, it came as a big blow to Eddie Howe, who has used Elliot Anderson a lot in recent matches, including some important Champions League fixtures. Hopefully, his team will still be in the competition upon his return, which looks to be after the remaining group stage fixtures.

Elliot Anderson quarantine, October 2020

The year of 2020 was a strange one for football, and Elliot Anderson was involved in the strangeness. Sensibly, football mandated quarantine for players infected with the virus. Elliot Anderson had to quarantine in October of 2020, missing one match for Newcastle.