The Analyst

Can Pep Guardiola’s team climb into the Premier League’s top four? We look ahead to Saturday’s late kick-off with our Manchester City vs Che...

Which teams have been in winning positions for the longest and who seem to have got used to losing? We look at Premier League game states in...

The remainder of the new-look league phase of the Champions League needs some explaining. Here, we run down everything that can happen with...

Arsenal are clear favourites with the Opta supercomputer to take three points in the Premier League on Saturday against a struggling Wolves’...

There were seven goals scored by substitutes in the Premier League last weekend, the most on a Premier League matchday since the 2022-23 sea...

Without Ola Aina’s goal-line clearances, Nottingham Forest would have five fewer points. Is this kind of fine margin keeping them in their l...

With the help of our supercomputer, we’re revealing our NBA power rankings based on our TRACR-powered season-long projections each week down...

Manchester City threw away a two-goal lead to lose 4-2 in Paris, leaving them on the brink of league phase elimination. Look back at the gam...

Chelsea are on the brink of making Naomi Girma the first million-dollar player in women’s football, but what will she add to the Blues’ rank...

Two sides in the middle of terrible domestic runs meet in Europe this week. Look ahead to the game with our Hoffenheim vs Tottenham predicti...

Crystal Palace’s recent return to form has gone slightly under the radar, but 11 months into his time as head coach. the signs suggest that...

In the doldrums of the baseball offseason, right when the free agency intrigue lulls us into a deep winter stupor, MLB Network has a tried a...

Which match holds the record for the most goals in a Champions League game? We list the highest-scoring matches in the competition’s history...

Barcelona somehow managed to scrape a 5-4 win away to Benfica on Tuesday in one of the maddest games in Champions League history.Aft...

UEFA Europa League action returns as the league phase enters its final stages. Look ahead to one of the matches of the round with our Man Ut...

Arne Slot’s men made it seven wins from seven in the Champions League to secure top spot in the league phase. Re-live the game with the best...

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...

Opta Analyst’s Ryan Fagan, former national MLB writer for The Sporting News, has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2016. He breaks do...

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the Opta Analyst football newsletter. This week’s edition looks at Barcelona, Martin Ødegaard, and metres run per touch....

Nottingham Forest’s rise up the Premier League has occurred in conjunction with them shunning the wider competition’s association with posse...

After coming in for plenty of recent criticism, Darwin Núñez rose to the occasion when Liverpool needed him most in their 2-0 win at Brentfo...

Uzbekistan will become the 19th different nation to have exactly one Premier League player when Abdukodir Khusanov plays for Man City. Here,...

Fewer home Premier League games are being won than in any other season when fans have been in the stadiums. We take a look at the numbers an...

We’ve got four questions to keep in mind for Ohio State vs. Notre Dame Monday night, and which way they tilt will likely tell us how much of...

After four rounds, this season’s Champions Cup pool standings are set in stone, with some mouth-watering clashes to look forward to when the...