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2024-25 season after MD11
vs
2025-26 season after MD11
Who's better off (and worse off) than this time last year?
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2024-25 season after MD11
vs
2025-26 season after MD11
Who's better off (and worse off) than this time last year?
🔗 theanalyst.com/articles/pre...
✍️ @rbenson92.bsky.social
🥉Crystal Palace 3rd
📉Spurs, Villa and Sunderland battling relegation
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 ‘𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞’ 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞?
We use our expected points model to try to answer that very question.
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🥉Crystal Palace 3rd
📉Spurs, Villa and Sunderland battling relegation
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 ‘𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞’ 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞?
We use our expected points model to try to answer that very question.
theanalyst.com/articles/pre...
Does your team create most of their chances from left, right or centre of the pitch?
And where do opponents create opportunities against your team?
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Does your team create most of their chances from left, right or centre of the pitch?
And where do opponents create opportunities against your team?
We have the answers: theanalyst.com/articles/pre...
That's all changed in 2025-26 under new boss Andrée Jeglertz.
That's all changed in 2025-26 under new boss Andrée Jeglertz.
@davidsegar.bsky.social has had a big dive into the numbers. 👇
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@davidsegar.bsky.social has had a big dive into the numbers. 👇
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This week's Opta Analyst newsletter is packed with lovely football data, including on:
🎂 Pep Guardiola's 1,000th game
⚽️ Ageless Robert Lewandowski
💪 Game-state experts
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This week's Opta Analyst newsletter is packed with lovely football data, including on:
🎂 Pep Guardiola's 1,000th game
⚽️ Ageless Robert Lewandowski
💪 Game-state experts
Click/tap below to read and subscribe for free. 👇
theanalyst.com/articles/foo...
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🆘 Curtains for Liverpool
🏆 Igor Thiago at the World Cup
👁️ Déjà vu for Newcastle
We're back with our latest dose of hasty reactions to the weekend's action... theanalyst.com/articles/pre...
🆘 Curtains for Liverpool
🏆 Igor Thiago at the World Cup
👁️ Déjà vu for Newcastle
We're back with our latest dose of hasty reactions to the weekend's action... theanalyst.com/articles/pre...
Since his Bundesliga debut for Bayern Munich, he's scored 21 goals more than any other player in the German top flight.
Since his Bundesliga debut for Bayern Munich, he's scored 21 goals more than any other player in the German top flight.
United extend their unbeaten Premier League run to 5 under Ruben Amorim. 🔴📈
Our data-packed post-match report: theanalyst.com/articles/tot...
United extend their unbeaten Premier League run to 5 under Ruben Amorim. 🔴📈
Our data-packed post-match report: theanalyst.com/articles/tot...
Three goals in 12 frenzied minutes and the game ends 2-2.
How on earth did we see four goals in that game!
Three goals in 12 frenzied minutes and the game ends 2-2.
How on earth did we see four goals in that game!
Chelsea are now unbeaten in 33 WSL games (W28 D5) - matching their own record for the longest unbeaten run in league history (set between Feb 2019 & Jan 2021).
#BarclaysWSL
Chelsea are now unbeaten in 33 WSL games (W28 D5) - matching their own record for the longest unbeaten run in league history (set between Feb 2019 & Jan 2021).
#BarclaysWSL
Brighton - 5
Southampton - 5
Tottenham - 5 🆕
West Ham - 4
Brighton - 5
Southampton - 5
Tottenham - 5 🆕
West Ham - 4
W1, D1, L3
4 points
17th in the table
😄Spurs PL away form:
W4 D1
13 points
1st in the table
Which Tottenham will we see today?
W1, D1, L3
4 points
17th in the table
😄Spurs PL away form:
W4 D1
13 points
1st in the table
Which Tottenham will we see today?
That famous line no longer applies, as United are winless in their last seven matches against Spurs.
Can they change their fortunes today?
Our preview contains:
- Head-to-head stats
- Opta facts
- Opta supercomputer prediction
theanalyst.com/articles/tot...
That famous line no longer applies, as United are winless in their last seven matches against Spurs.
Can they change their fortunes today?
Our preview contains:
- Head-to-head stats
- Opta facts
- Opta supercomputer prediction
theanalyst.com/articles/tot...
Sunday's big Premier League encounter will be Pep Guardiola's 1,000th game as a manager, and we've looked at five things that could decide it, including:
⚽️ Haaland vs Salah
💨 Doku vs Bradley
🪄 Foden vs Wirtz
#MCILIV
theanalyst.com/articles/man...
Sunday's big Premier League encounter will be Pep Guardiola's 1,000th game as a manager, and we've looked at five things that could decide it, including:
⚽️ Haaland vs Salah
💨 Doku vs Bradley
🪄 Foden vs Wirtz
#MCILIV
theanalyst.com/articles/man...
✅ TreVeyon Henderson
✅ Alec Pierce
🚫 Baker Mayfield
🚫 Nico Collins
Find out who else our projections value differently than the expert consensus rankings to get an edge in your matchup this week.
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✅ TreVeyon Henderson
✅ Alec Pierce
🚫 Baker Mayfield
🚫 Nico Collins
Find out who else our projections value differently than the expert consensus rankings to get an edge in your matchup this week.
theanalyst.com/articles/nfl-...
Hansi Flick's tactics came under scrutiny again last night after Club Brugge terrorised Barcelona's high line.
But is it fair to call it a problem?
theanalyst.com/articles/bar...
Hansi Flick's tactics came under scrutiny again last night after Club Brugge terrorised Barcelona's high line.
But is it fair to call it a problem?
theanalyst.com/articles/bar...
In the summer, it looked as though Leandro Trossard was fourth choice on Arsenal's left.
A departure was on the cards.
Now, he has started Arsenal's last six PL games and has become a key man for Mikel Arteta.
theanalyst.com/articles/lea...
In the summer, it looked as though Leandro Trossard was fourth choice on Arsenal's left.
A departure was on the cards.
Now, he has started Arsenal's last six PL games and has become a key man for Mikel Arteta.
theanalyst.com/articles/lea...
José Mourinho has lost his last six matches in the Champions League, going back to December 2019 during his time at Spurs.
That is as many defeats as he suffered in his previous 32 matches in the competition combined (W18 D8 L6).
#UCL
José Mourinho has lost his last six matches in the Champions League, going back to December 2019 during his time at Spurs.
That is as many defeats as he suffered in his previous 32 matches in the competition combined (W18 D8 L6).
#UCL