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You can now find player stat pages on @OptaAnalyst within our competition & team stats hubs. โ Seasonal & Match Viz ๐ In-Depth Seasonal Stats ๐ค Career Stats ๏ธโฝ๏ธ Player Radars Come & have a look... โฌ๏ธ
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 onโฆ
๐๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐-๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ฆ 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.
๐๐: ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐-๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง Other than Eli Kroupi's disallowed goal just before half-time, Bournemouth managed a single shot in the first 45 mins vs Everton.
๐๐: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐-๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ 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.
๐ผ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐... 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
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? ๐ค theanalyst.com/articles/premiโฆ
Chelsea points per PL game in 2025-26 - ๐with 11 men for 90 minutes: 2.2 ๐ฅwhen 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/chelsโฆ
Is ill-discipline the only thing preventing Chelsea from mounting a proper title challenge? ๐ theanalyst.com/articles/chelsโฆ
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/ashesโฆ
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. ๐ฝRead more๐ฝ theanalyst.com/articles/europโฆ
๐๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ 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/astonโฆ
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ค๐ฌ: Gameweek 14 ๐ 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-pโฆ
๐ค๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ 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/premiโฆ
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