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By David Dubas-Fisher

Liverpool FC will have had an average of less than three days rest between games over the course of January and December this season, according to research.

The Reds’ punishing schedule means that an average of just 2.9 days separates their fixtures between 2 December 2015 and 26 January 2016.

That’s fewer than any other club from Europe’s four biggest leagues (England, Germany, Italy and Spain) to have qualified for European competitions this season.

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has remarked repeatedly about his surprise at the sheer amount of games his side has had to play.

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Since taking over from Brendan Rodgers, Klopp has overseen no fewer than 20 games in all competitions, a figure will that have risen to 25 by the end of this month with games to come in the Premier League, FA Cup and Capital One Cup.

By contrast, Manchester City have had an average of 3.3 days between games during the same period, Tottenham 3.6 days while Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have all had an average of 4.1 days.

It means that English teams have an average of 3.6 days rest between matches over December and January, the same as Spanish clubs.

La Liga’s traditional winter break has been scaled back this season in order to give the national team more time to prepare for Euro 2016.

As a result, Athletic Bilbao have had an average of just 3.4 days between matches, Real Madrid 4.7 days, and Atletico Madrid, Barcelona Seville, Valencia and Villarreal 3.5 days.

Italian sides will have had an average of 4.9 days between games over December and January. Juventus and Lazio have averaged 4.7 days, Napoli 4.2, Fiorentina 5.2 and Roma 5.2.

German sides have had the most rest between matches at 8.3 days on average.

That figure is heavily influenced by their large winter break though, which runs from 20 December to 22 January this season.

If you remove the winter break, then the average over December and January drops to 3.8 days between matches.

Club | Days between matches in December and January

ENGLAND

Arsenal | 4.1

Chelsea | 4.1

Liverpool | 2.9

Man City | 3.3

Man United | 4.1

Tottenham | 3.6

GERMANY

Augsburg | 7.9

Bayer Leverkusen | 7.9

Bayern Munich | 8.1

Borussia Monchengladbach | 7.9

Dortmund | 7.9

Schalke | 9.3

Wolfsburg | 9.3

ITALY

Fiorentina | 5.2

Juventus | 4.7

Lazio | 4.7

Napoli | 4.6

Roma | 5.2

SPAIN

Athletic Bilbao | 3.4

Atletico Madrid | 3.5

Barcelona | 3.5

Real Madrid | 4.7

Seville | 3.5

Valencia | 3.5

Villarreal | 3.5