The Analyst

Find out which teams and leagues across Europe have used the most, and the fewest, substitutes in 2023-24.To celebrate the launch of Pa...

Manchester City go into this weekend’s derby on a 10-game winning streak in the Women’s Super League. At this stage in 2022-23, they shared...

Not surprisingly, many of the best players in history are a big part of the all-time NBA records, from Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points...

With the help of our TRACR model, we’ve calculated the probabilities of advancement for each team in the field. So if you’re looking for 20...

England play friendlies against Brazil and Belgium during the last international break before Gareth Southgate has to announce his squad fo...

It feels good to beat the crowd — to a great band, to a cool restaurant, to the next style that everyone is about to be wearing.The con...

Toni Kroos is back in the Germany squad ahead of their hosting of UEFA Euro 2024. He doesn’t want to be seen as a ‘saviour’ for an underper...

Some say it’s college basketball free agency. Some say it empowers players to take control of their careers. Others insist it’s destroying...

Which three teams will be the last to make it to this summer’s European Championships? We look over the Euro 2024 play-off predictions from...

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the weekly Opta Analyst football newsletter. Our latest edition includes numbers on Manchester United, Coventry City, an...

The stakes continue to rise with each and every edition of the Indian Premier League. This year is no different, and the blockbuster tr...

With the help of our TRACR model, we’ve calculated the probabilities of advancement for each team during March Madness. So if you’re lookin...

We reveal our bracket projections and probabilities of advancement for the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Our projections are powered by our TRACR m...

With the help of our TRACR model, we’ve calculated the probabilities of advancement for each team in the field. So if you’re looking for 20...

There have already been 642 goals scored by substitutes across the top four tiers of English league football this season, more than ever be...

Changes to the laws of the game combined with new approaches to refereeing matches have seen Premier League substitutes take on even greate...

Following confirmation of their four-point deduction for financial breaches, we fired up the Opta supercomputer to see what it means for No...

Harry Kane is enjoying a record-breaking start to life at Bayern Munich but, as was the case at Tottenham, his goals may not be sufficient...

Tight matches had been a theme of the first four rounds of action in this year’s Guinness Men’s Six Nations, so it was no surprise to s...

College basketball expert Ryan Fagan breaks down his 2024 NCAA bracket picks with a little help from our TRACR model.The NCAA Tourn...

An FA Cup semi-final spot is up for grabs as bitter rivals clash at Old Trafford on Sunday. Follow the action with our Manchester United vs...

The lowest seeds to reach the Final Four represent what the NCAA Tournament is truly about, no matter how many brackets they ruined....

Just eight remain in the Champions League. After Friday’s draw for the quarter- and semi-finals, we look at how the pairings impacted every...

There is nothing quite like March Madness. And there’s nothing quite like the unforgettable all-time NCAA Tournament records. Three wee...

We look ahead to Saturday’s 2024 Guinness Men’s Six Nations match at Groupama Stadium, Lyon with our France vs England prediction and previ...