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Declan Rice’s sensational strike ended Arsenal’s wobble and fired them back into the Champions League. Check out the best facts and Opta dat...

Follow the 2024-25 FA Cup final from Wembley Stadium with our Crystal Palace vs Man City stats page, featuring all the key Opta data....

The Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder have traded blows and turned in what could go down as an all-time great NBA playoff series thro...

The last piece of domestic silverware of the season is up for grabs at Wembley on Sunday as Chelsea take on Manchester United in the Women’s...

With the race for European places the only aspect of the Premier League still keeping fans engaged at this point of 2024-25, we look at how...

Is Haliburton’s impact on winning as marginal as some people think? Or do his naysayers just not understand how the Pacers star is leading t...

As the 2024-25 season nears its conclusion, we look at who can still qualify for next season’s Champions League from Germany, France, Italy...

Everton’s men’s team will play at their historic and iconic Goodison Park for the last time on Sunday. Here, we go through the record books...

Ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final between Crystal Palace and Manchester City, we identify five key elements that could be decisive at Wembley...

It’s Rivalry Weekend in MLB, and none of the other star players in the Subway Series compare like Yankees slugger Aaron Judge to the greates...

Whether through run, pass or catch, the top returning offensive statistical leaders are set to light up the scoreboard again in the 2025 FCS...

We look ahead to Saturday’s FA Cup final at Wembley between Crystal Palace and Manchester City with our Opta supercomputer prediction and pr...

Aston Villa are rated as clear favourites to beat Tottenham as they look to significantly enhance their Champions League hopes on Friday. Lo...

We look ahead to Friday’s Premier League game at Stamford Bridge with our Chelsea vs Manchester United prediction and preview. It means far...

The nominees for the 2024-25 Premier League Player of the Season have been announced. On 24 May, the prize will be awarded to the most outst...

Which teams are expected to endure the most difficult schedules in 2025? And which ones hope to benefit from the softest schedules in the le...

The highest-seeded teams in the 2025 NBA playoffs have not had much success. This follows a pattern started in 2023.The Oklahoma Cit...

As reports link Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong with a move to Liverpool, we look at the data to see if the Netherlands international wo...

The Motown sound is a crack of the bat and the whoosh of a fastball this year. The Detroit Tigers are building off last season’s MLB playoff...

The battle for the Lions’ back three is heating up ahead of the 2025 tour to Australia. Using Opta data, we kick off our Lions ‘Squad Builde...

Pep Guardiola will be hoping to win the FA Cup for a third time as a manager following previous successes with Manchester City in 2019 and 2...

Tottenham vs Manchester United will be the sixth all-English final in UEFA competitions, but how many finals have there been that involve tw...

Manchester City and Crystal Palace will compete in the 2025 FA Cup final at Wembley on 17 May. Ahead of the match, we look at the teams with...

Playing one of his favorite courses, Rory McIlroy seeks to add a second major win this year at the PGA Championship, but our FRACAS projecti...

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the Opta Analyst football newsletter. This week’s edition looks at a quirky Barcelona stat, Manchester City’s struggle to...