The Analyst

Chelsea are favourites with the Opta supercomputer to claim three points in the Premier League on Sunday, but Everton have a good recent hom...

Even though he’s having arguably the best season of an already Hall of Fame-worthy career, Lamar Jackson isn’t considered the leader in the...

Only two NFL players have four or more MVP awards. Despite his seven Super Bowl wins, Tom Brady is not one of them. So who sits ahead of him...

In our Week 16 fantasy football start and sit, we let the data give another perspective that likely varies from the expert consensus....

After back-to-back promotions, Ipswich Town now have a battle on their hands to stay in the Premier League. Three years on from his appointm...

We look ahead to Saturday’s Premier League game at Selhurst Park with our Crystal Palace vs Arsenal prediction and preview. Can the Gunners...

We look ahead to Saturday’s Premier League game at Villa Park with our Aston Villa vs Man City prediction and preview. Pep Guardiola’s men w...

As 2024 approaches its end, we wanted to take a look at some of the Premier League‘s calendar year records to see if any are likely to be br...

With the help of our supercomputer, we’re revealing all our predictions for every game each week of the 2024 NFL season.Our projecti...

A lot has changed, but a lot has stayed the same since the announcement of the 2024 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team. Quite simp...

We provide one big question to track and reveal our model’s college football playoff predictions for all four first-round games. Wel...

Can Ange Postecoglou get another result against the Red Devils? We look ahead to Thursday’s EFL Cup quarter-final with our Tottenham vs Man...

Not many Premier League players split opinion more than Nicolas Jackson, but the Chelsea striker is beginning to show signs of becoming a to...

The fantasy football playoffs are here. If your team is still alive, here’s who to pick up on the Week 16 waiver wire. Or, skip straight to...

The power teams have risen in the 2024 FCS playoffs as the four-highest seeds have advanced to the semifinals. Top-seeded Montana State and...

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the Opta Analyst football newsletter. This week’s edition looks at Leicester City’s chance concession, Son Heung-min’s la...

In a world full of tactical innovation, Antonee Robinson is a welcome throwback. His blistering speed, lung-busting overlaps, and growing de...

Wolves and Southampton have both decided to sack their managers after poor starts to the season, but will a change at the top be enough to s...

Amad Diallo began 2024 battling injury problems and facing an uncertain future. He looks set to end 2024 as the most notable discovery of Ru...

It’s time to test yourself. The 2024 Opta Analyst Football Quiz is here.As we come to the end of 2024, we figured people would enjoy...

What started as jockeying for Juan Soto, who spurned the Bronx Bombers for $765 million from the New York Mets, has turned into a headline-g...

We’ve partnered with Urban Edge Network to highlight the best players in HBCU Division I men’s and women’s basketball each week.Ther...

We look at the top players from the second round of this season’s Champions Cup, in the latest Opta Rugby team of the week.The Champ...

We’re back with our weekly dose of hastily made conclusions based on one weekend of Premier League fixtures. Here’s what we made of Matchday...

The 2024 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team foreshadowed a number of key players from the Division I subdivision who have been ear...