Are non‑starters accumulating enough load compared with starters? Examining load, wellness, training/match ratios of a professional team

The aims of the study were to: (i) compare accumulated load and wellness between starters and nonstarters of a European professional soccer team; (ii) analyze the relationships between wellness and load measures and; (iii) compare training/match ratio (TMr) of external and internal load between starters and non-starters.