The Analyst

Wolves lacked an impactful centre-forward for several years, but Jørgen Strand Larsen seems to have filled the void amid an encouraging debu...

Spanish football’s most famous rivalry comes to a head once more. Can Hansi Flick take the first step towards a remarkable treble by winning...

With the help of the Opta supercomputer, we provide our Championship match predictions for every fixture on Matchday 45.There are ju...

Mookie Betts has taken a unique path to playing shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In fact, it stands out even in the long history of Ma...

Jamie Vardy, a true Leicester City and Premier League icon, has confirmed he will leave the club this summer when his contract expires. He w...

The Serie A title race is going to the wire. With Inter and Napoli level on points, is the Scudetto heading to Milan or Naples? We run throu...

The Golden State Warriors got out of Houston with a two-game split in their NBA playoff series. But the Rockets defense in Game 2 gives them...

After a seven-year absence, Hamburger SV are four games away from returning to the Bundesliga under the guidance of the youngest manager in...

While any player selected in the 2025 NFL Draft is bound to be impressive, favorites emerge when coupling deep data with the eye test. Here...

We wanted to show some love to goalkeepers, so have gone through the best data we have on the Premier League‘s finest shot stoppers from 202...

With the help of our supercomputer, we’re revealing our MLB power rankings based on our TRACR-powered season-long projections every month th...

Throughout its history, the NBA has been a league of the haves and the have-nots. The have-nots have suffered through some of the longest pl...

Our NFL mock draft was conducted after thorough video scouting and data analysis. It’s important to note that this exercise is based on what...

Given the high financial investment, it’s often “buyer beware” with selecting quarterbacks in the NFL Draft. Passing accuracy in college can...

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the Opta Analyst football newsletter. This week’s edition looks at Trent Alexander-Arnold, Bundesliga bounties, and own g...

Bournemouth have become the first team to set a new club record Premier League points tally in 2024-25, but will any other teams join them?...

Leeds United, Burnley and Birmingham City are all on course to reach 100 points in their respective league campaigns. But how often has that...

Arsenal are heavily backed to defeat Crystal Palace on Wednesday night, but will it be that simple? Look ahead to this Premier League game w...

Travis Hunter saying he plans to be a full-time two-player player in the NFL is a lot different than pulling it off. We’re looking into the...

Many of the greatest players in baseball history are unsurprisingly a significant part of the all-time MLB records. From Nolan Ryan’s st...

The record holders for most hits in a game, season and career in MLB history aren’t the most popular players. But for a day, season or caree...

It’s the time when new rivalries are born, and old ones reach new flashpoints.While the NBA playoffs do bring the best teams together, n...

This will be the second successive season all three promoted clubs are relegated straight back to the Championship from the Premier League....

Will Manchester City be able to hold off their in-form visitors as both teams stake their claim for UEFA Champions League qualification? Loo...

What goes up, must come down. Well, for most teams, anyway. We run through the clubs to have suffered the most relegations from the Premier...