As each regular season winds down, Best XI conversations tend to surface. Who stood out above the rest and delivered a year-long level of performance that’s deserving of the accolade? It’s largely a ...

Design: Eamonn Dalton/The Athletic; Photos: Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images Anyone not plugged into football’s online discourse may have missed it, but the analytics community was rocked by a seismic ...

Friday's defeat to Middlesbrough coupled with results over the weekend have seen Albion sucked deeper into trouble. They are just four points clear of the relegation zone now - and take on Norwich ...

A defeat would have plunged Salop into the League Two relegation zone, but they rose to the occasion when it mattered most. The win over struggling Harrogate puts Town four points clear of the drop ...

Sunderland are looking to complete the Premier League double over West Ham for just the second time, previously doing so in 2010-11 when the Hammers were relegated. West Ham have lost just one of ...

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The Opta SuperComputer is sticking with Arsenal to win the 2025/2026 Premier League title, despite a 3-2 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday. Matheus Cunha ended the Gunners’ unbeaten home record ...

It's top versus bottom in the Champions League table and, with Arsenal scoring 20 goals across their seven matches to Kairat's five, the visitors' goalkeeper should get plenty of opportunities to make ...

The 2025–26 Premier League title very much came alive during Gameweek 23, with leaders Arsenal losing for the first time in over a month. Manchester United went into the Emirates Stadium and handed ...

Two of England's clubs are expected to crash out of the Champions League top eight in Wednesday's manic league phase finale. The Premier League currently has five representatives in the top eight, ...

As it is so often proven, a week is an awfully long time in football. Just last weekend, Arsenal’s mentality was being openly derided—by friends and foes alike—opening the door for Manchester City and ...

Here are two potentially profound but separate words for football fans anywhere in the world: 'Opta', and 'Supercomputer'. It could make for very concerning and awkward reading for certain fan bases ...