The Analyst

Wembley hosts Sheffield United vs Sunderland on Saturday, with the Championship play-off final providing the last route to Premier League pr...

The Knicks had Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals won. Until they didn’t. Here’s how the Pacers pulled off their latest incredible come...

The Thunder dominated the second half en route to a Game 1 victory in the NBA Western Conference finals. Can the Timberwolves adjust to thei...

Follow the 2025 UEFA Europa League final in Bilbao with our Tottenham vs Manchester United stats page, where you can analyse all the Opta da...

There are college quarterbacks we’ve already seen play, but not enough to know for sure how they’ll impact the national title race. We answe...

Pep Guardiola caused something of a stir on Tuesday when threatening to quit Manchester City if his squad isn’t made smaller. Here, we look...

Who makes the Opta Eredivisie Team of the Season for 2024-25? It’s time to find out…Well, what an end to the season it was in the Ne...

In the second instalment of our Lions ‘Squad Builder’ series, we select our starting centres for the first Test against the Wallabies....

The Kings of the K: From Nolan Ryan to Pedro Martinez to Max Scherzer, here’s a look at the most dominant strikeout pitchers in MLB history....

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the Opta Analyst football newsletter. This week’s edition looks at Crystal Palace’s historic FA Cup win, a pair of busy B...

Who makes the Opta Bundesliga Team of the Season for 2024-25? It’s time to find out…Bayern Munich won the title, overcoming last sea...

In the 2025 NFL season, there are 12 new offensive play-callers on teams that range from the Super Bowl champions to four-win also-rans. Lik...

With Tottenham’s scoring run coming to an end, we chart the teams to have found the net at least once in the most consecutive Premier League...

Using the Opta Index we pick our European Rugby Team of the Week from across the Premiership, TOP 14 and URC – find out who made the cut....

Look back on the infamous sides who began Premier League seasons in dreadful form; can you guess who has made the worst start to a Premier L...

Gareth Barry holds the record for the most Premier League appearances with 653 games played, but which players follow him in the top 20 rank...

Chelsea broke the record for the most cards in a Premier League season by a team in 2023-24. We look back at the stats from that campaign, a...

Bilbao plays host to an all-English UEFA Europa League final on Wednesday. Both teams have endured poor seasons in general, but one player h...

Having endured terrible domestic seasons, Tottenham and Manchester United face off for European silverware and UEFA Champions League qualifi...

Ahead of Wednesday’s UEFA Europa League final between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, we identify seven key elements that could be...

New blood has been the theme of the NBA playoffs. There will be fresh faces in the NBA Finals but how can each team win the conference final...

With a trip to the Stanley Cup Final on the line, the NHL’s conference finals are set to get underway. We’re breaking down both matchups and...

Tottenham are no longer playing the football that Ange Postecoglou had insisted he would never veer from, but his new pragmatism has them on...

Sure, giving is a good thing in life. But with the top returning defensive statistical leaders in FCS football, it’s better to take away fro...

It took seven games, but the Thunder finally got by the Nuggets with a blowout Game 7 win in the Western Conference semifinals. It was a gam...