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From more late John Stones heroics to Rasmus Højlund kickstarting Manchester United’s season, we react (all too quickly) to Matchday 8 in the Premier League. Every Monday, we bring you a bunch of knee-jerk reactions to the weekend of Premier League football which we, as data people, should perhaps put a little more thought into. […]
There have only been 11 instances of teams going 30+ games unbeaten in English top-flight league history, of which six have come in the Premier League era. We look back over each of those unbeaten runs. Arsenal: 49 Matches7 May 2003 to 16 October 2004 The longest unbeaten run in English top-flight history is held […]
Can Andoni Iraola’s Cherries put a dent in Arsenal’s title hopes? Follow along with the best facts and live Opta data in our Bournemouth vs Arsenal stats page. Read our match preview Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Bournemouth vs Arsenal stats from their Premier League meeting at the Vitality Stadium. The match […]
Off to a solid start with his new team, Barkley will try to show his former team what it’s missing in his highly anticipated return to the Meadowlands this Sunday. During this past summer’s third episode of HBO’s Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants, general manager Joe Schoen and co-owner John Mara discussed […]
We’re previewing the key games and storylines each week throughout the 2024 college football season. Our FCS coverage is the home for the Top 25 media poll, FCS National Awards, predictive TRACR model and much more. Week 8 is a highlight on the schedule. A half-dozen teams in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll […]
The Premier League, the Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and La Liga: they may be considered the top five leagues in the world, but how different is the football that’s played in them? We delved into the numbers… Throughout the history of football, certain styles of play or philosophies have become associated with specific countries. […]
The matchups between No. 1 and No. 2 have been infrequent in FCS college football history. Perhaps surprisingly, the No. 2 team has the upper hand. Fittingly, the 2023 FCS championship game was a matchup of the No. 1 (South Dakota State) and 2 (Montana) ranked teams, but that’s been an uncommon scenario in the […]
So far in 2024-25, more games are ending in draws than in any Premier League season in the past 25 years. Here, we try to explain why this might be happening. There’s plenty in football that can be explained. At least, as a website that prides itself on using data to give reasons for all […]
Our FCS coverage is the home for the Top 25 media poll, FCS National Awards, predictive TRACR model and much more. Here’s a review of Week 7 of the 2024 college football season, featuring a number of key conference matchups. If your seat belt needed more tightening during the wild ride that was the first […]