As each regular season winds down, Best XI conversations tend to surface. Who stood out above the rest and delivered a year-long level of performance that’s deserving of the accolade? It’s largely a ...

Design: Eamonn Dalton/The Athletic; Photos: Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images Anyone not plugged into football’s online discourse may have missed it, but the analytics community was rocked by a seismic ...

Liverpool head into their latest Premier League meeting with Newcastle United under pressure, searching for momentum after an inconsistent run of domestic form. However, fresh data from Opta suggests ...

Liverpool head into their latest Premier League clash with Manchester City carrying the weight of expectation — and, crucially, the backing of data. According to OPTA’s predictive model, the Reds ...

Liverpool’s agreement for Jeremy Jacquet has been analysed by Opta Analyst, with the data-led verdict suggesting we are buying a defender who already matches several of the traits Slot values most.

We know what you're thinking: "At this early stage of the season, the title race is just too hard to call." If only we had access to a supercomputer which could assess the remaining fixtures, crunch ...

Dominic Solanke has scored 13 goals in his last 19 home Premier League starts (4 in 6 for Bournemouth, 9 in 13 for Spurs), while he has netted in each of his last three appearances against Newcastle ...

A friend of mine is engaged to a mathematician, a lovely girl who’s pursuing a doctorate in number-crunching. Over lunch on Thursday afternoon, I brought up the partnership MLS has with Opta, the rise ...

Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored nine Premier League goals this season, only twice before reaching double figures in a single campaign (13 in 2019-20, 16 in 2020-21). The last Englishman to score 10 ...

Liverpool’s chances of success in the final Champions League league-phase game are clearer than the mood suggests after Bournemouth. The defeat on the south coast hurt momentum but Europe has been a ...

You can talk to the chatbot like it's a friendly acquaintance, and it'll help you get a lot done. Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and ...

Which club will win the 2025-26 Champions League? Paris Saint-Germain are the holders after their stunning 5-0 win against Inter in last season’s final, the biggest margin of victory in the ...