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1Jan 4, '25Ethan Nwaneri's yellow card was Arsenal's ninth for time wasting this season in the Premier League. That's more than any other team in the competition.62.2ร—3.3M7.7k998457
2Sep 24, '25View post on X39.5ร—2.1M2.9k261452
3Sep 14, '25Since MD12 of 2024-25 (Ruben Amorim's first game in charge of Man Utd), no ever-present Premier League team have performed worse than Manchester United (31 points from 31 games, -135.9ร—1.9M4.6k1.7k657
4Jan 25, '23Only one team (Man City's 21 vs Leeds in December) have had more shots inside the box in a Premier League match this season than Arsenal did vs. Manchester United on Sunday (20).32.8ร—1.7M11k2k130
5Oct 1, '25Premier League fixture difficulty for the next 5 matches ๐Ÿ‘‡ Arsenal = the easiest Liverpool = second-hardest It's on ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฟ25.7ร—1.4M1.7k185304
6Feb 4, '23Of the 1,360 Premier League games that have seen a team lead 2-0 at half-time, 1,256 have been won by that side (92.4%). Just 34 have lost and 70 have drawn.24.7ร—1.3M5.9k338265
7Jan 22, '23Arsenal had 63 touches in the Manchester United box in this match. No side have had as many in a single Premier League game in 2022-23 so far. #AFC #ARSMNU22.8ร—1.2M12k3.7k240
8Jan 8, '24๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ž ๐†๐จ: The Fab 5 ๐Ÿ“ Nobody has their finger on the pulse in the football transfer world quite like @FabrizioRomano, so we asked him to give us five Premier League tran16.7ร—878k1.7k7813
9Oct 23, '25Reece James: that's a whole lot of attacking output you've got there16.3ร—856k2.4k354200
10Dec 1, '22With 17.7% of the ball, Japan have won a World Cup game with the lowest possession figure in recorded WC history. #FIFAWorldCup16.3ร—013k4k190
11Jul 2, '24Cristiano Ronaldo's major tournament free-kick success? 1/60 (1.7%)15.3ร—806k2.6k406263
12May 16, '25View post on X14.7ร—773k20k1.1k326
13Oct 4, '25Overall, just six players in Premier League history have reached 100 goal involvements at a younger age than Bukayo Saka.13.9ร—733k4.3k794189
14Apr 14, '23Arsenal are six points ahead of Man City having played a game more, plus they still have to face Man City at the Etihad Stadium. All current PL table predictions:12.8ร—675k1.3k14124
15Sep 16, '25If Arsenal win tonight's game versus Athletic Club, they will become the first side in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history to win six consecutive matches against Spanish sid12.2ร—643k6.4k894192
16Feb 2, '25Ethan Nwaneri's goal ended a passing sequence of 36 uninterrupted passes in a move that lasted one minute & 54 seconds and involved every Arsenal outfield player. It was the lo12.2ร—643k14k3.6k827
17Aug 30, '24๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“: Fixture Difficulty ๐Ÿ—“ Following the Champions League draw, weโ€™ve used the Opta Power Rankings to work out the difficulty of each team11.9ร—629k1.2k286347
18Apr 25, '23The current top 10 Asian clubs in the Opta Power Rankings: 1: Al Ittihad (@ittihad) ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 2: Al Hilal (@Alhilal_FC) ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 3: Al Nassr (@AlNassrFC) ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 4: Al Shabab (@AlShababSaudiFC11.3ร—594k1.1k51951
19Jan 17, '25The ultimate guide to the top Premier League goalscorer for all 51 clubs to have played in the competition.11.1ร—586k3.1k227763
20Sep 30, '25Declan Rice leads all Arsenal players this season for: Carries (97) Line-breaking passes (52) Possession Won (26) Chances created (9) Is he becoming the most complete midfielder in10.7ร—561k3.9k632206
21Aug 14, '25There was some talk last season that the Premier League was weak compared to previous years, but five English teams won major trophies for the first time ever, and according to the10.5ร—555k1.3k211143
22Sep 29, '25Declan Rice vs Newcastle: ๐Ÿ”ด 105 touches (1st) ๐Ÿ”ด 75 passes completed (1st) ๐Ÿ”ด 17 line-breaking passes (1st) ๐Ÿ”ด 260m carried (1st) ๐Ÿ”ด 11.3km covered (1st) Arsenalโ€™s midfielder is d9.2ร—485k5.7k935258
23May 18, '22We don't talk about Bruno. #MUFC9.1ร—08.7k1.4k159
24Nov 29, '23Most competitive goal involvements (goals & assists) by players for Premier League clubs since Bruno Fernandes' debut at Man Utd on 1 Feb 2020: Mohamed Salah: 157 Harry Kane: 131 B8.7ร—460k975153135
25Aug 21, '25Arsenal are set to sign Eberechi Eze. After seven summer signings, does Arteta finally has the squad depth to win it all?๐Ÿ”ดโšช๏ธ8.5ร—448k4.1k401260
26Jun 6, '25"How two-footed is Rayan Cherki"? Well, of the 44 shots he took with his feet in Ligue 1 last season... 22 came with his left, 22 came with his right.7.8ร—409k12k736276
27Jul 26, '23Kylian Mbappรฉ's record since his debut in each competition: World Cup: 14 goals involvements in 14 games (12 goals, 2 assists) - the most. Champions League: 63 in 61 games (40 goal7.1ร—377k1.9k32156
28Jan 4, '23It was actually 51:23. 33 Premier League games in 2022-23 have seen the ball in play for less time than Arsenal vs. Newcastle last night. It was 'in play' for 52% of total match ti7.0ร—368k1.2k17029
29Sep 11, '24Across the 12 years that Barclays sponsored the Premier League, these were the leading chance creators per 90 (1,000+ mins): Dimitri Payet - 4.2 Mesut ร–zil - 3.7 Kevin De Bruyne, S6.3ร—331k1.4k206106
30Jan 18, '25Liverpool's 37 shots vs Brentford is the most an away team has had in a Premier League game in recorded history (since 03-04)6.0ร—316k3.9k549115
31Jun 14, '24Toni Kroos' first 50 passes of the match have all successfully found a teammate, and water is wet. #GERSCO #Euro20245.6ร—297k1.1k25739
32Sep 24, '22Goals scored at The Valley @Vikkstar123: 2 (in 3 games) Cristiano Ronaldo: 0 (in 3 games) #sidemenCharityMatch5.5ร—07.3k29221
33Feb 17, '24Since the start of last season, Bukayo Saka is one of just five players to score at least seven Premier League goals with both feet. Bukayo Saka - 7 R, 18 L Ollie Watkins - 15 R, 75.1ร—267k99119959
35Jul 5, '24Farewell, Toni Kroos.4.6ร—243k4.5k687142
36Jan 22, '23What position was he playing, again? What an engine. No player made more touches than Oleksandr Zinchenko (85) in today's match.4.3ร—228k2.3k54929
37Aug 26, '25Liverpool have won more Premier League games via last-minute goals than any other side in the history of the competition, with Rio Ngumohaโ€™s winner versus Newcastle being the 46th.4.1ร—216k2.9k491172
38Mar 6, '22Manchester United's attacking output in the second half today vs. Manchester City. #MUFC4.0ร—03.7k72454
39Aug 26, '25Every single Liverpool player on the pitch was involved in Rio Ngumoha's match-winning goal against Newcastle last night. The only involvement that Ngumoha had in the move was the 3.6ร—188k4k636220
40Sep 21, '25Manchester City's 32.8% possession figure in today's game against Arsenal was the lowest that a team managed by Pep Guardiola has had in a top-flight league game.3.5ร—186k1.3k33475
41Nov 23, '24Arsenal have attempted 11 shots in the first half versus Nottingham Forest. Eight of those have been attempted or created by Bukayo Saka (5 shots, 3 chances created).3.5ร—182k1.5k22924
42Oct 3, '25Arsenal have gone TOP of the Opta Power Rankings ๐Ÿ‘€ Analyse and filter the full list of 13,000+ global teams below:3.4ร—180k1.2k16192
43May 16, '23๐ŸคŒ๐ŸคŒ๐ŸคŒ3.4ร—179k1.3k7611
44Oct 3, '24There have been 92 instances of a player scoring 20+ goals in a single Premier League season. Michael Owen never did it.3.4ร—179k4.1k53672
45Jun 6, '25Among all Premier League defenders, since his debut Gabriel has: Most Goals (17) Most Headers (12) Most Clean Sheets (57) Rock.3.2ร—169k3.3k48745
46Sep 14, '25Manchester United now have a higher chance of being relegated from the Premier League this season (11.0%) than they do of finishing inside the top five (7.3%) according to the Opta3.1ร—165k1.1k261105
47Nov 27, '24Curtis Jones (93.1%) had the best passing accuracy of any midfielder or forward to start the Liverpool vs Real Madrid game. A lovely symmetry to his pass viz, too. #LFC | #LFCRMA3.1ร—163k2k27541
48Mar 4, '24Kai Havertz's goal tonight (Arsenal's fourth) was the 150,000th goal scored in English top-flight league history.3.0ร—156k1.3k21221
49Aug 17, '25Viktor Gyรถkeres' Premier League debut for Arsenal saw him attempt 0 shots, create 0 chances for his teammates and complete just four passes in 60 minutes.3.0ร—155k1.2k18579
50Mar 30, '24Brentford had 85 touches in the Manchester United box tonight - the most by a team in any Premier League match across the last three seasons. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ #BREMUN #MUFC2.9ร—155k1.2k26864
51Oct 26, '25It had to be. Eberechi Eze's first Premier League goal for Arsenal comes against Crystal Palace. And it was from a set-piece, taking Arsenal onto 11 PL goals from dead-ball situati2.9ร—152k1.8k20935
52Sep 21, '22Premier League 2022-23 ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Most open play attacking sequence involvements2.8ร—02.5k44063
53Jul 6, '24Tell me Bukayo Saka's actually playing on the right without telling me Bukayo Saka's actually playing on the right...2.8ร—149k2.1k45068
54Aug 17, '24Mohamed Salah now has 300 goal involvements (212 goals, 88 assists) in all competitions for Liverpool after 350 games. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‘‘2.7ร—140k1.4k36458
55Nov 8, '22Still got it.2.6ร—02.6k35458
56Oct 4, '25Arsenal 2-0 West Ham Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool Arsenal end the day top of the Premier League table.2.5ร—132k1.1k10813
57Jan 18, '25Mohamed Salah has created 7 chances for Liverpool so far today, which is already more than anyone else has done in a PL game for the Reds this season2.5ร—131k5.1k47587
59Dec 16, '212000 up for @LFC ๐Ÿ‘2.4ร—02.6k3628
60Jul 24, '25La Liga's best one-on-one defender has joined Arsenal. We took a look at Cristhian Mosquera's impressive data from his time at Valencia โคต๏ธ2.4ร—124k1.9k344169
62Sep 14, '25Burnley didn't have a single touch in the opposition box in the second half of the game versus Liverpool today. Liverpool had 41 in the Burnley box, with the last of those being Mo2.3ร—123k1.9k32170
63Sep 16, '25Liverpool spent 966 seconds of their late 1-0 win over Burnley in build-ups against the hosts' low block. That is the longest time any team has faced a low block in their build-up 2.3ร—123k1k10891
66Oct 3, '25The Premier League's best defensive sides in terms of xG conceded through six games. Bournemouth ๐Ÿ‘€2.2ร—115k3.6k32265
67Oct 25, '22Bruno Fernandes ๐Ÿ‘€ #MUFC2.1ร—01.8k35570
68May 25, '24Kobbie Mainoo is the first teenager to score in an FA Cup final since.... Alejandro Garnacho 10 minutes ago ๐Ÿ˜‚ #EmiratesFACup2.0ร—105k1.4k44435
69Dec 3, '22Wins by African nations at #FIFAWorldCup tournaments (updated): 1978: 1 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ 1982: 2 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ 1986: 1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 1990: 3 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ 1994: 2 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ 1998: 3 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 2002: 4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ธ2.0ร—02.1k29130
70Nov 4, '22La Liga 2022-23: Top Chance Creators ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿฅ‡ @Pedri ๐Ÿฅˆ @vinijr ๐Ÿฅ‰ @dembouz1.8ร—01.7k29257
71May 16, '21One touch. Just one. #LFC @Alissonbecker1.8ร—02k25418
72Jun 11, '21Ugurcan ร‡akir prevented 11.9 goals from shots faced on target in the Turkish Super Lig 2020-21 - the best of any goalkeeper in the league. We're seeing his quality so far tonight f1.8ร—01.6k33217
73Sep 16, '25Six in a row โœ…1.7ร—87k2.9k39732
74Dec 3, '22A 35-year-old man leads the tournament in xG and open-play chances created.1.6ร—01.6k30030
75Mar 1, '23Zinchenko has put on a passing clinic tonight. Slide rule ๐Ÿ“1.6ร—86k1.4k2157
76Oct 25, '22Fenerbahรงe 2022-231.6ร—02.1k7336
77Nov 4, '25Bukayo Saka has had 5 shots on target in a single match for the first time in his career #UCL1.6ร—84k1.6k11820
78Sep 22, '22The four Premier League central defenders to carry the ball out from defence (progressive carries) the most often in 2022-23 so far: Rรบben Dias: 88 Prog. Carries William Saliba: 721.6ร—01.5k27426
79Nov 6, '22Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo in 2022-23. An age-old rivalry between two greats. It's a one-sided battle this season, however.1.5ร—01.7k16934
80May 28, '22Liverpool in cup finals across 2021-22 (before penalty shootouts): 330 minutes 0 goals 61 shots 17 shots on target 5.7 expected goals1.4ร—01.1k32612
81Nov 23, '22Japan have won a World Cup game while having the second-lowest possession figure in history (26.2%) The record? South Korea's 26% possession against Germany in 2018 ๐Ÿ˜ฒ #FIFAWorldCu1.4ร—01k38323
82Nov 4, '25Florian Wirtz created five chances against Real Madrid in the first half. He's the first Liverpool player to do that in any game this season. #UCL1.4ร—72k1.3k19034
83Oct 6, '25Estรชvรฃoโ€™s dramatic added-time goal for Chelsea vs Liverpool saw 10 different Blues' players involved in the move, which lasted only 28 seconds. Only one Premier League goal this se1.3ร—70k1.5k20062
84Sep 14, '22An Enzo Fernรกndez stan account? Quite possibly.1.3ร—01.5k14218
86Oct 5, '25Only two players have scored more goals inside their team's opening seven games of a Premier League season than Erling Haaland has in 2025-26 (9). Erling Haaland in 2022-23 and Erl1.2ร—62k1.3k16658
87Jan 19, '22Leicester 2-3 Tottenham Spurs with the HIGHEST xG in a PL game this season and it looked to be all for nothing.... until Steven Bergwijn did a madness.1.2ร—01.1k16031
88Oct 25, '22Man Utd 2022-231.1ร—01k16041
89Oct 30, '22100 Manchester United goals for Marcus Rashfordโญ๏ธ Here's the location of each one ๐Ÿ”ฝ1.1ร—01.2k14518
90Sep 16, '25Viktor Gyรถkeres (4) and Noni Madueke (3) have taken 100% of Arsenal's shots (7). They are clearly Arsenal's biggest threats so far. #UCL1.1ร—56k4.6k25521
91Sep 24Everyone's favourite page just got better. Our Opta Power Rankings now include: ๐Ÿ“ˆ Highest risers & fallers โš–๏ธ Team comparison ๐ŸŒ 16,000 men's and women's teams ranked ๐Ÿ”—Go exp1.1ร—56k801322
92Dec 10, '24Liverpool in 2024-25 ๐Ÿ“ˆ Stepping it up a gear in the second half of matches.1.1ร—56k1.2k17137
93Sep 21, '25Manchester City have never had as few touches in the opposition box in a Premier League game under Pep Guardiola (347 games) as they did today versus Arsenal (8).1.0ร—55k1.6k32584
94Sep 14, '2218 seconds 8 passes 8 different players involved 1 lovely goal ๐Ÿ‘1.0ร—01.2k9216
95Nov 22, '22Robert Lewandowski received just 16 passes in the first half against Mexico - half of those were from goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. A difficult 45 minutes for one of the world's be1.0ร—01.1k9520
96May 27, '21Marcelo Bielsa has turned Leeds United into a monster. More data, here:1.0ร—097818034
97Apr 26, '25๐ŸŽจ Cole Palmer has created more chances than any other Premier League player this season. #CHEEVE1.0ร—53k1.1k16638
98Nov 10, '22Spurs have had nine open play shots after Yves Bissouma has regained possession from an opponent - two more than any other Premier League player in 2022-23... ... he's played 581 m1.0ร—01.1k10017
99Apr 27, '25Liverpool win their 20th English top-flight league title, drawing level with Manchester United.0.7ร—38k1.1k20425
100Sep 16, '25Athletic Club 0-2 Arsenal Arsenal win a sixth consecutive UCL match versus Spanish opponents (an all-time record) thanks to goals from substitutes Gabriel Martinelli & Leandro Tros0.7ร—35k1.2k17022
101Nov 4, '25Liverpool's most common passing combination so far tonight? Wirtz to Ekitike (8). Great link-up play between the pair. #LIVRMA #UCL0.4ร—22k1.1k7319

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