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Mohamed Salah had 22 goal involvements after 18 appearances for Liverpool last season but this campaign he's been involved in just 8 across his first 18 in all comps. He's scored eight goals in his last seven Premier League apps vs newly promoted sides, so can he get back onโ€ฆ

OptaAnalyst's tweet image. Mohamed Salah had 22 goal involvements after 18 appearances for Liverpool last season but this campaign he's been involved in just 8 across his first 18 in all comps.

He's scored eight goals in his last seven Premier League apps vs newly promoted sides, so can he get back onโ€ฆ

๐๐ž๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ ๐“๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ฆ Spurs end their three-game losing streak in dramatic style. Cristian Romero scored twice for the first time in a single game in one of Europe's top five leagues, including a late leveller.

OptaAnalyst's tweet image. ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ ๐“๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ฆ

Spurs end their three-game losing streak in dramatic style.

Cristian Romero scored twice for the first time in a single game in one of Europe's top five leagues, including a late leveller.
OptaAnalyst's tweet image. ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ ๐“๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ฆ

Spurs end their three-game losing streak in dramatic style.

Cristian Romero scored twice for the first time in a single game in one of Europe's top five leagues, including a late leveller.
OptaAnalyst's tweet image. ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ ๐“๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ฆ

Spurs end their three-game losing streak in dramatic style.

Cristian Romero scored twice for the first time in a single game in one of Europe's top five leagues, including a late leveller.

๐‡๐“: ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ŸŽ-๐ŸŽ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง Other than Eli Kroupi's disallowed goal just before half-time, Bournemouth managed a single shot in the first 45 mins vs Everton.

OptaAnalyst's tweet image. ๐‡๐“: ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ŸŽ-๐ŸŽ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง

Other than Eli Kroupi's disallowed goal just before half-time, Bournemouth managed a single shot in the first 45 mins vs Everton.

๐‡๐“: ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ Erling Haaland already has the headlines after becoming the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League goals. Otherwise it's been straightforward aside from Emile Smith Rowe's excellent header just before the break.

OptaAnalyst's tweet image. ๐‡๐“: ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

Erling Haaland already has the headlines after becoming the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League goals.

Otherwise it's been straightforward aside from Emile Smith Rowe's excellent header just before the break.

๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”... The youngest starting XI in the Premier League this season (23 years, 254 days), and Bournemouth's youngest ever in the top flight.

OptaAnalyst's tweet image. ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”...

The youngest starting XI in the Premier League this season (23 years, 254 days), and Bournemouth's youngest ever in the top flight.

Sunderland have made the best start by any newly promoted club to a Premier League season in 20 years, with Wigan Athletic (25 in 2005-06) the last to win more from their opening 13 games of a season. #Ad | @BoyleSports

OptaAnalyst's tweet image. Sunderland have made the best start by any newly promoted club to a Premier League season in 20 years, with Wigan Athletic (25 in 2005-06) the last to win more from their opening 13 games of a season.

#Ad | @BoyleSports

Matchday 14 of this season's Premier League kicks off tonight, ahead of which, we've looked at every club's supposed fixture difficulty between now and the halfway point of the campaign. How tricky will your team's December be? ๐Ÿค” theanalyst.com/articles/premiโ€ฆ


Chelsea points per PL game in 2025-26 - ๐Ÿ˜„with 11 men for 90 minutes: 2.2 ๐ŸŸฅwhen they've had a man sent off: 1.3 Arsenal (0 red cards) points per PL game in 2025-26: 2.3 Is ill-discipline the only barrier to Chelsea mounting a title challenge? theanalyst.com/articles/chelsโ€ฆ


Is ill-discipline the only thing preventing Chelsea from mounting a proper title challenge? ๐Ÿ”— theanalyst.com/articles/chelsโ€ฆ

OptaAnalyst's tweet image. Is ill-discipline the only thing preventing Chelsea from mounting a proper title challenge?

๐Ÿ”— theanalyst.com/articles/chelsโ€ฆ

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9 - Australia are undefeated in their last 9 men's Ashes Test matches in Brisbane (W7, D2), England last winning there in 1986. Gabbatoir. Read our 2nd Test preview on the @OptaAnalyst here: theanalyst.com/articles/ashesโ€ฆ


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ICYMI โ€“ 12 different teams were represented in our most recent European club rugby Team of the Week, with @SFParisRugby, @UlsterRugby and @UBBRugby each having two representatives in the side. Elite. ๐Ÿ”ฝRead more๐Ÿ”ฝ theanalyst.com/articles/europโ€ฆ

OptaJonny's tweet image. ICYMI โ€“ 12 different teams were represented in our most recent European club rugby Team of the Week, with @SFParisRugby, @UlsterRugby and @UBBRugby each having two representatives in the side. Elite.

๐Ÿ”ฝRead more๐Ÿ”ฝ
theanalyst.com/articles/europโ€ฆ

๐—”๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜…๐—š Villa are on course to break the record for goals scored outside the box in a PL season. Sustainable? Who knows, but they've turned a statistical quirk into a competitive edge. theanalyst.com/articles/astonโ€ฆ

OptaAnalyst's tweet image. ๐—”๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜…๐—š

Villa are on course to break the record for goals scored outside the box in a PL season.

Sustainable? Who knows, but they've turned a statistical quirk into a competitive edge.

theanalyst.com/articles/astonโ€ฆ

Opta Analyst reposted

๐…๐๐‹ ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ: Gameweek 14 ๐Ÿ“ˆ Who are the players to add to your Fantasy Premier League team for GW14 of 2025-26? @BassTunedToRed assesses the Opta data to reveal our top under-the-radar picks ahead of the midweek action. theanalyst.com/articles/fpl-pโ€ฆ


Opta Analyst reposted

๐Ÿค–๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ We've worked out which teams have the easiest and toughest run of six games to take us up to the midway point of the 2025-26 season. It's good news for Liverpool and Man City... theanalyst.com/articles/premiโ€ฆ


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