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Chelsea’s victory over Real Betis in the 2024-25 Conference League final broke quite a remarkable run of victories by Spanish men’s teams in...

With 11 new defensive play-callers making the key decisions, there’s significant change on that side of the ball in the 2025 season. Some of...

In the third instalment of our Lions ‘Squad Builder’ series, we select our starting half-backs for the first Lions Test against Australia....

The record of Spanish men’s teams in major finals since 2002 is quite remarkable. With Real Betis lining up against Chelsea in the Conferenc...

With Spain’s top flight officially done and dusted for the campaign, we look back on it by picking our La Liga Team of the Season for 2024-2...

Will your team be playing in October? We’re revisiting our TRACR-powered projection model to see what its MLB playoff predictions look like...

Manuel Pellegrini has Real Betis on the brink of European glory with only Chelsea standing in the way. It hasn’t been plain sailing this sea...

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the Opta Analyst football newsletter. This week’s edition looks at English teams lifting trophies, some lovely new viz, a...

Matheus Cunha has been Wolves’ best player since signing permanently ahead of the 2023-24 season. Now, he looks like he will be a Manchester...

Which teams managed all-time high or all-time low points tallies for the Premier League in 2024-25? With the dust now settled on the...

Having secured UEFA Champions League football for next season, can Chelsea cap a successful end to their campaign with silverware when they...

The Thunder took the lead in the Western Conference finals by playing elite defense. In Game 4, they had to win a different way but were onc...

We analyse what the 2024-25 Premier League table looks like based on Opta’s expected points model; put crudely, what the table ‘should’ look...

Redemption was the theme for the New York Knicks in their NBA Eastern Conference finals Game 3 win over the Indiana Pacers. Here’s how they...

With the campaign officially done and dusted, we look back on it by picking our Premier League Team of the Season for 2024-25…Liverp...

Thanks to the brilliant team at OptaJoe, we looks back on the 2024-25 campaign with the best Premier League facts of the season.Augu...

Derby County suffered relegation from the English top-flight on 29th March 2008 – the earliest that a team have ever dropped down to the sec...

Analyse all the stats from Tottenham vs Brighton on the final day of the Premier League season with our Opta-powered match centre and chalkb...

Which clubs will qualify for European competition via the Premier League this season? Follow the live Premier League table complete with Opt...

Karl-Anthony Towns sat out much of the fourth quarter in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. But the Knicks need a lot more from him to...

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We look ahead to Monday’s League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium with our AFC Wimbledon vs Walsall prediction and preview. Who will ea...

Can Eddie Howe’s side secure their top-five place in the Premier League? We look ahead to Sunday’s final-day clash with our Newcastle United...

It’s a crucial Premier League finale in the Champions League race on Sunday. Look ahead to the game at the City Ground with our Nottingham F...

We look ahead to Sunday’s Premier League clash at Craven Cottage with our Fulham vs Man City prediction and preview. Can the visitors confir...