Only three players (Anthony Gordon, Viktor Gyökeres & Cole Palmer) have more goal involvements in all competitions that Florian Wirtz this year. In #FPL challenge, all Forest and Liverpool players earn double. Is Wirtz going into your squad?? theanalyst.com/articles/fpl...

Prior to their victory over Manchester City last month, Bodø/Glimt were given just a 0.3% chance of making the last 16 of the Champions League by the Opta supercomputer. After last night's 3-1 play-off first leg win over Inter, they now have a 57.4% chance of doing so. 👀 #UCL

David Raya's pass maps from the first and second half of the Wolves game last night. Panic.

Man Utd have hit the woodwork 18 times, four more than any other team this season. So what would the Premier League table look like if all shots that hit the post/crossbar had actually gone in?

Igor Tudor was perhaps a surprising option to be tasked with helping Tottenham avoid relegation. @alitweedale.bsky.social has taken a look at the Croatian's record and what impact he might be able to have in north London. #THFC theanalyst.com/articles/igo...

Wolves 2-2 Arsenal Only Crystal Palace and West Ham (both 8) have dropped more points from winning positions in the Premier League in 2026 than Arsenal (7). A damaging night for the league leaders.

Goal: Piero Hincapié Assist: Gabriel Magalhães Arsenal's defenders getting it done at both ends of the pitch

Arsenal have prevented the opposition from having a shot on target in the first half in 14 different Premier League games this season, at least four more times than any other side.

Bukayo Saka has scored his first Arsenal goal in all competitions since December (vs Brentford). He'd gone 15 games without scoring in between.

A historic night for Anthony Gordon🚨 The Newcastle forward scored four goals as the Magpies crushed Qarabag 6-1 in the UCL knockout play-off first leg. He's only the second player in #UCL history to net 4 before half-time. Our full data-led recap: theanalyst.com/articles/qar...

Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle Newcastle have one foot (and four toes) in the round of 16. Across 90 minutes, the Magpies generated 5.4 expected goals, a total only bettered this season by Liverpool (5.9) in their Champions League encounter with … Qarabag.

Bukayo Saka starting at No. 10 again, is it? 👀

Newcastle racked up 4.5 expected goals in the first half against Qarabag - the most ever generated in the first half of a Champions League match on record.

Newcastle racked up 4.5 expected goals in the first half against Qarabag - the most ever generated in the first half of a Champions League match on record.

Ahem... theanalyst.com/articles/big...

15 minutes in and this very much looks like No. 11 vs No. 150 in the Opta Power Rankings ... #UCL

Most goals + assists in the #UCL this season: Kylian Mbappé 14 Anthony Gordon 9 🔥 Fermín López 8 Dominik Szoboszlai 8 Marcus Rashford 8 Harry Kane 8

Top scorers for Newcastle in the Champions League: Anthony Gordon 7 🆕 Alan Shearer 6 Harvey Barnes 5 Faustino Asprilla 3 Shola Ameobi 3

Anthony Gordon makes his 15th appearance in the Champions League for Newcastle United, overtaking Shay Given to become the outright top appearance maker for the club in the competition. #UCL

Bayern Munich wingers Michael Olise and Luis Díaz have been compared to the iconic pair of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry, so @davidsegar.bsky.social has looked into the data to see how valid those comparisons are. theanalyst.com/articles/mic...

All the journeys made by Real Madrid, Liverpool, Man Utd and Arsenal in #UCL history.

Is the new manager bounce actually a thing? Or merely a myth? We analysed every mid-season appointment for the last six years and measured the uplift. Start reading below, and subscribe (for free) to unlock the full breakdown 👇 newsletter.theanalyst.com/p/stat-viz-q...

Tonight, Newcastle play a #UCL game after a longer journey than any other English team has made (2,529 miles). Explore our interactive map detailing all journeys made in #UCL history, created by the brilliant @petermckeever.bsky.social 👇 theanalyst.com/articles/cha...

PSG have battled back from 2-0 down to be level at half-time. Fair to say they've generally controlled proceedings...

1:59 Roughly two minutes after replacing Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué has PSG back in the contest.

Two shots Two goals Folarin Balogun has the defending champions PSG on the ropes.

Who are the most impactful dribblers in the Premier League? Jérémy Doku has certainly staked his claim...

𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐯𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 Arsenal visit Wolves on Wednesday as top of the Premier League face bottom. There have been four instances of bottom beating top, though, including Wolves themselves. We run through them to give Rob Edwards' side some hope. theanalyst.com/articles/top...

📬 This week’s Opta newsletter: • Is the new manager bounce real? • 500 goals visualised onto one shot map • A brutal promotion stat Get signed up before we send it out later today: theanalyst.com/sign-up

Is the “new manager bounce” real, or just a football saying? We analysed every mid-season Premier League appointment for the last six years. Full breakdown in this week’s newsletter. Sign up below to get on the list before it drops tomorrow 👇 theanalyst.com/sign-up

Ninety-three countries have had a player score at least five goals in the Premier League. How many can you name? theanalyst.com/articles/pre...

𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝟏-𝟏 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 Noni Madueke put the Gunners ahead but Keane Lewis-Potter equalised at the Gtech Community Stadium to earn the Bees a point. It was only the second time Arsenal dropped points in a Premier League game in which they scored first this season (after 2-3 vs Man Utd). #BREARS

It's goalless at the break at the Gtech Community Stadium. Arsenal had just one shot in the opening 45 minutes, the fewest they have had in the first half of a Premier League game since August 2021 (also 1 vs Man City). #BREARS

Teams at the bottom of the table are going through their remaining fixtures, trying to work out where the points will come from get them to the magic number 40. But what if 40 points isn't enough? theanalyst.com/articles/pre...

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞 Since Sean Dyche was hired by Nottingham Forest, only 11 teams have won more points than them in the PL. But with West Ham resurgent and Tottenham sacking Thomas Frank, Forest hit the panic button. theanalyst.com/articles/not...

Thomas Frank departs Tottenham with the worst win rate in the club's Premier League history. Of the worst 10 Spurs managers for PL win rate, Juande Ramos was the most recent before Frank, and he departed in 2008.

West Ham 1-1 Manchester United United finished this game with just 0.63 xG - their lowest total in a Premier League match this season (also 0.63 vs Spurs in November)

Everton 1-2 Bournemouth Everton have lost a Premier League game having led at half time for the first time since September 2024 (3-2 v Aston Villa)

Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle Boos ring out for Thomas Frank. Spurs have failed to win in their last 8 games in the Premier League. Their last longer winless streak was between May-October 2008 October 2008, a run of 9 games.

Chelsea 2-2 Leeds What a turnaround for Leeds - but how have Chelsea thrown that away? Leeds scored with their only two shots on target, while Chelsea had 19 shots overall.

Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle at HT No less than the visitors deserve

Everton 1-0 Bournemouth Ndiaye has scored all four of his penalties for Everton in the Premier League

Chelsea 1-0 Leeds at half-time First 20 mins: lots of fouls Second 25 mins: the Cole Palmer show #CHELEE

João Pedro has been involved in five goals in his last five home Premier League appearances for Chelsea (4 goals, 1 assist) #CHELEE

Chelsea are winless in their three midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games this season (D1 L2), including a 3-1 loss at Leeds in December. #CHELEE

Locked and loaded for Matchday 26 🍿 The Opta supercomputer's predictions are in... What stands out?

Following their 3-2 win at Newcastle United at the weekend, Brentford have 39 points, their best return in a Premier League campaign after 25 games. 🐝 How has Keith Andrews done it? @davidsegar.bsky.social takes a closer look at the rise of the Bees. theanalyst.com/articles/bre...

Goal difference after MD23: Man City +26 Arsenal +25 Goal difference now: Arsenal +32 Man City +27 Arsenal’s defence is the bedrock of their title charge, but might it be their attack that wins them the title? GD is worth an extra point after all... theanalyst.com/articles/ars...

Dominant.

Liverpool, the reigning Premier League champions, have conceded at least two more result-altering goals (6) in the 90th minute than any other team in the Premier League this season.