The Analyst

Eintracht Frankfurt have made their best start to a Bundesliga season since 1991-92, sitting just a point behind the pair of Bayern Munich...

Jonas Eidevall resigned from his role as Arsenal Women head coach on Tuesday. But what does the data say about his demise?The Quick...

Though they opted to head into the season without veteran playmakers in the receiver room, the Buffalo Bills decided to change that ahead o...

Well, the New York Jets finally did it.The team traded a conditional third-round pick to the Las Vegas Raiders for three-time All-Pro w...

Here are our suggested fantasy football Week 7 waiver wire pickups. Or, if you already know the players you’re after, skip straight to the...

There were three comeback victories on the last Premier League matchday, continuing a theme we have been seeing more of in recent seasons....

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the Opta Analyst football newsletter. This week’s edition looks at headed goals, full-backs, and tenured Premier League...

We delve into our extensive corner-kick data to see which teams and players have performed best and worst in the Premier League this season...

Our rugby experts at OptaJonny give us a quick stat-hit on the last seven days in the rugby world.The last week of rugby saw the co...

Now we’re seven games into the 2024-25 season, we look at the updated Premier League predictions by the Opta supercomputer.After se...

The matchups between No. 1 and No. 2 have been infrequent in FCS college football history. Perhaps surprisingly, the No. 2 team has the upp...

Baseball’s final four teams have started their own mini-tournament.And it’s time to look at factors other than money – you’ve probably...

Each week, throughout the college football season, alumni, fans, media and the teams themselves look to the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll t...

Opta Analyst’s FCS football coverage includes weekly national player and team honors throughout the regular season and will lead toward the...

There were plenty of eye-catching performances across another busy weekend of action in the Premiership, TOP 14 and United Rugby Championsh...

Stats Perform is bringing a greater spotlight to athletes, students and stories at Historically Black Colleges and Universities through a p...

So far in 2024-25, more games are ending in draws than in any Premier League season in the past 25 years. Here, we try to explain why this...

Our FCS coverage is the home for the Top 25 media poll, FCS National Awards, predictive TRACR model and much more. Here’s a review of Week...

Opta Analyst’s FCS coverage includes the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, which is voted on by a national panel of 56 voters each Monday. Her...

Two of the most entertaining players in the league in Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels have a showdown at M&T Bank Stadium, but is the reig...

England are predicted to get back to winning ways on Sunday. We look ahead to what is now a crucial UEFA Nations League game with our Finla...

Arsenal were crushed by Bayern Munich in midweek and have already slipped up a couple of times in the Women’s Super League. So, how will th...

Do you want to know which men’s leagues are statistically the strongest in the world? Or are you curious about whether Lionel Messi or Cris...

With the help of our trusty supercomputer, we’re providing college football predictions for every game each week.As always, our pro...

As Kansas City heads into its bye week, one has to wonder: How does this team compare to the others in the Patrick Mahomes-Andy Reid era? T...