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Our Opta Power Rankings now include:
📈 Highest risers & fallers
⚖️ Team comparison
🌍 16,000 men's and women's teams ranked
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Biggest win?
Matches with the Most Goalscorers?
Game with Two Hat-Tricks?
Most Impressive Comeback?
With the 1,500th @BarclaysWSL game set to be played this weekend, we look back at some of the matches that hold statistical significance its history.
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How every different possible points deduction would affect Manchester City's 2026-27 season, according to the Opta supercomputer.
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How big a points deduction would it take for Manchester City to be (as good as) guaranteed to be relegated?
🤖Let the Opta supercomputer explain: theanalyst.com/articles/manc…
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Two tight ends, a cornerback, a defensive lineman and an offensive lineman. We wrote about some of the less obvious players behind the strong starts of the five unbeaten NFL teams:
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There's little to split Tottenham and London City Lionesses right now.
🏆 One point apart in the WSL table. One place apart in the Opta Power Rankings
Sunday's showdown could have a big say in the race at the top.
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We preview one of the weekend's most finely balanced clashes 👇
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Man City have averaged over 3.0 expected goals (xG) per game this term, putting up a tally of 12.2 (only bettered by Chelsea’s 12.4) across the first four WSL matchdays.
Will they enjoy another goals fest against a struggling Arsenal on Sunday?
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We preview a high-stakes clash for the Gunners, who are looking to avoid extending their winless run and equalling their second-worst start to a WSL season after five matches:
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Is Florian Wirtz Receiving Unfair Criticism?🤔
@DavidSegar_ joins @jord_coll for a deep dive into his data to see what it's saying about his performances👀
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Cristiano Ronaldo has more caps (234) and goals (146) than anyone else in the history of men's international football.
But is his time with the Portugal national team at an end?
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If Ronaldo has indeed represented Portugal for the last time, it feels like a needlessly fractious end.
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2025-26: record numbers of goals from corners
2026-27: near record-low rates of goals from corners
Are the changes in how referees are looking at grappling at corners responsible for the drop-off?
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In the blink of an eye, the 2026 NFL season is almost a quarter complete.
With the help of the Opta supercomputer, we’re revealing all the Week 4 predictions.
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Arsenal are taking more shots than ever, but the quality of those chances tells a very different story. 📉
Their 0.085 non-penalty expected goals (xG) per shot is one of the lowest they have recorded in a single season since Opta's xG data began in 2017.
The Gunners are also averaging 39 shots per WSL goal this season, their poorest conversion rate on record.
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Are Arsenal simply failing to convert their chances, or are they creating the wrong kinds of chances in the first place?
We break down the Gunners' issues this season under Renée Slegers.
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There hasn't been a single penalty awarded at a corner in the Premier League this season.
Meanwhile, more free-kicks are being awarded to the defending team.
What can this tell us about the changes in refereeing?
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Have corners been 'fixed'?
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