Written by 
Norwich City’s form may have suffered after a bright start to the 2024-25 Championship season, but Borja Sainz remains on course for campaign to remember. When Borja Sainz first started being linked with a move to Norwich City towards the end of the 2022-23 season, it’s fair to say the vast majority of Canaries supporters […]
Arsenal already trail Premier League leaders Liverpool by nine points. It’s a hefty gap, but one that teams have bridged in the past on the way to the title. When the 2024-25 Premier League season began, it was Arsenal who were seen as the likeliest to threaten Manchester City’s monopoly on the English top-flight title. […]
Which teams will make it through the league phase of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League and into the knockouts? You can find the Opta supercomputer’s Champions League predictions and points projections on this page. The UEFA Champions League is back, although Europe’s elite club competition has a very different look for the 2024-25 season. Not […]
Chelsea have made an encouraging start to the 2024-25 season despite having comfortably the youngest starting XI average age of all teams in the Premier League. When Todd Boehly and the Clearlake consortium bought Chelsea from Roman Abramovich in 2022, their approach in the transfer market quickly became clear. They set out to buy as […]
Rúben Amorim is Manchester United‘s new manager, replacing Erik ten Hag. Following his appointment, we identify players who might benefit from his arrival and those who may need to adapt. Change is in the air once again at Manchester United. Following Monday’s dismissal of Erik ten Hag, the club have wasted little time in moving […]
Timo Werner has more critics than most Premier League players, and quite possibly doesn’t have a long-term future at Tottenham, but there is still value to having him around. With a nightmare performance against AZ Alkmaar last week, many of Timo Werner’s remaining defenders gave up on him. Last Thursday night, the Tottenham forward put […]
It has been well over a year since Arsenal last had to play a Premier League game without William Saliba. The numbers suggest they could really miss the French centre-back against Liverpool on Sunday. This Sunday, Arsenal host Liverpool in one of the biggest games of the 2024-25 Premier League season so far. The match […]
Which teams will make it through the league phase of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League and into the knockouts? You can find the Opta supercomputer’s Champions League predictions and points projections on this page. The UEFA Champions League is back, although Europe’s elite club competition has a very different look for the 2024-25 season. Not […]
Game state – factors that include whether a team is winning, drawing or losing, or down to 10 men – can dictate how a team plays in a given match. By isolating every team’s expected goals numbers based on game state, we can get a better sense of how they respond when taking the lead […]
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. […]