The Analyst

With the Six Nations entering its first fallow week, we’re revisiting our pre-tournament predictions and analysing the standout stats from t...

As soon as a team wins the Super Bowl, the attention turns to whether it can triumph again. Are the Philadelphia Eagles equipped to run it b...

Kai Havertz is the latest Arsenal player to suffer a serious injury, leaving Leandro Trossard, Raheem Sterling and Ethan Nwaneri as Mikel Ar...

The NFL Combine can be a difference maker for former FCS college football players on the road to the annual draft. Scouts have reason to tak...

We look ahead to Saturday’s Premier League game at the Etihad Stadium with our Man City vs Newcastle prediction and preview. Can Pep Guardio...

Tottenham have endured terrible problems with injuries this season, but how much are manager Ange Postecoglou’s tactics to blame?The...

Ao Tanaka might not be the name you see on the scoresheet or assist list week by week, but he’s the orchestrator of the choir. We analyse wh...

We look ahead to Friday’s Premier League game at the Amex Stadium with our Brighton vs Chelsea prediction and preview. Enzo Maresca’s men wi...

Manchester United are now Chelsea’s closest challengers in the Women’s Super League, so do they and their coach Marc Skinner deserve more cr...

UCLA women’s basketball team is already a national title contender. But more consistent offensive play from an unheralded elite defender cou...

We’re unveiling the pitchers with the most no-hitters in baseball history, along with the game’s no-hit kings in various scenarios (individu...

Liverpool began their Merseyside derby against Everton without a single English player in their starting XI, creating club history.W...

Kai Havertz is the latest Arsenal player to suffer a serious hamstring injury, leaving their attack stretched to its limits. Is this injury...

The goalkeeper position is hardly Manchester City‘s biggest problem at the moment, but neither Ederson nor Stefan Ortega has been convincing...

Ousmane Dembélé has scored 18 goals in his last 11 games, including 10 in his last four. Is the Paris Saint-Germain star finally fulfilling...

We’ve heard some of the postgame reaction: Are the 2024 Eagles one of the best NFL teams of recent memory? And where does their defense rank...

Manchester City’s late collapse against Real Madrid was nothing new. But it was yet another sign that this once-great team can no longer mai...

Manchester City conceded twice in the final six minutes as Real Madrid snatched a dramatic 3-2 victory in the first leg of their Champions L...

Ousmane Dembélé scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain comfortably beat Brest 3-0 in the first leg of their knockout play-off tie. Look back at...

Everton and Liverpool will do battle on the hallowed turf of Goodison Park for one final time on Wednesday. We take a data-packed look at th...

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the Opta Analyst football newsletter. This week’s edition looks at the Champions League, the FA Cup, and Barcelona....

The influence of set-piece coaches in the Premier League seems to have grown significantly in recent years, but how much of an impact have t...

Celtic are in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2013. We preview their huge first-leg clash with our...

The Eagles have played in the Super Bowl three times in the last eight seasons, and each time they’ve been built differently by general mana...

We’ve partnered with Urban Edge Network to highlight the best players in HBCU Division I men’s and women’s basketball each week.We’v...