The Analyst

The Motown sound is a crack of the bat and the whoosh of a fastball this year. The Detroit Tigers are building off last season’s MLB playoff...

The battle for the Lions’ back three is heating up ahead of the 2025 tour to Australia. Using Opta data, we kick off our Lions ‘Squad Builde...

Pep Guardiola will be hoping to win the FA Cup for a third time as a manager following previous successes with Manchester City in 2019 and 2...

Tottenham vs Manchester United will be the sixth all-English final in UEFA competitions, but how many finals have there been that involve tw...

Manchester City and Crystal Palace will compete in the 2025 FA Cup final at Wembley on 17 May. Ahead of the match, we look at the teams with...

Playing one of his favorite courses, Rory McIlroy seeks to add a second major win this year at the PGA Championship, but our FRACAS projecti...

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the Opta Analyst football newsletter. This week’s edition looks at a quirky Barcelona stat, Manchester City’s struggle to...

The 2025 WNBA season is upon us and we’ve brought our TRACR ratings to the league this year. See who projects to be the best in the W....

Crystal Palace are hoping to win their first major trophy in this weekend’s FA Cup final against Manchester City. If they succeed, key man E...

Napoli are favourites for the Serie A title and Scott McTominay has played a vital role. Here, we look at what’s changed for the Scotland in...

We look ahead to the second leg of this Championship play-off semi-final at the Stadium of Light with our Sunderland vs Coventry City predic...

With the NBA Draft Lottery over and the order of picks decided for June 25-26, here’s the first iteration of Opta Analyst’s Mock Draft....

With the PGA Championship’s rich history, we’ve taken a look at all the key facts and statistics to help get you ready for the 107th edition...

What’s standing in the way of an 18-game schedule? It’s the concern over player safety, but how much is it warranted? We looked at the last...

We’re taking a stroll down down the fairway and revealing the champions through the years and the tourney’s all-time rankings (all data from...

As football continues to come to terms with the Super League announcement, we examine the history of the six English clubs who have signed u...

Ahead of Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United tussling in the Europa League final in Bilbao, we look at the history of all-English Europe...

A Kylian Mbappé hat-trick was not enough for Real Madrid as they lost to rivals Barcelona. Check out the best facts and Opta data from this...

Check out the best facts and live Opta data from this Premier League match with our Liverpool vs Arsenal stats page.Our Opta match c...

Check out the best facts and live Opta data from this Premier League match with our Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City stats page.O...

Check out the best facts and live Opta data from this Premier League match with our Newcastle vs Chelsea stats page.Read our Newcast...

We look ahead to the second leg of this Championship play-off semi-final at Bramall Lane with our Sheffield United vs Bristol City predictio...

It’s entertaining to watch a team be steamrolled every now and then.Granted, the team being routed might enjoy it a little less. But an...

The Celtics finally showed their full potential against the Knicks in a critical Game 3 road victory. And it wasn’t just about 3-point shoot...

Check out the best facts, stats and live Opta data from this Premier League match with our Bournemouth vs Aston Villa stats pageOur...