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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We’ve updated the Opta Power Rankings to now utilise xG where available. This provides a more accurate measure of team quality when it comes to predicting future performance. theanalyst.com/articles/who...

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Here is the time spent in each Phase of Play for England and Argentina in the 30 minutes between the opener and equaliser. Importantly England had 0.5 seconds more time in a counter attack.

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Nils Mackay @nilsmackay.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Talked a bit about the origin story of the "Momentum" graphic you might have seen during this World Cup with the @sport.nos.nl (Dutch). Got to be honest, when we made this in 2019 I _really_ didn't expect this to become a 'thing' ha.

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Wat is dat 'match momentum' dat we tijdens het WK telkens in beeld zien?

Hoe wordt nou bepaald welk team het ongrijpbare 'momentum' heeft? En spelen de drinkpauzes tijdens het WK hierin nog een rol?

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Yash @odriozolite.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Canada 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina | #FIFAWorldCup The hydration breaks (unavoidable) have essentially split the games into four quarters at this World Cup. The momentum often seems like it shifts after these breaks almost abruptly & will be interesting for more games to come.

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Yash @odriozolite.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Bro wtf is this kid? 12 sixes and 5 fours??

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Yash @odriozolite.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

What was in the air today Some incredible chases in the #IPL

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Yash @odriozolite.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Is WSL the best league in the world? I tried to look at the numbers behind what makes a league competitive & eventful •WSL is very eventful but has a top group of teams above the rest •NWSL is very balanced in both metrics •Liga F is a fairly competitive w/o Barcelona

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Yash @odriozolite.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

🚨For @espn.com Young players are exciting due to the heights they can reach in the future. I ranked 21 of the best U21 players in WoSo based on their performances last year! Before reading the piece, can you guess the top 10? Brownie points if in order👀 www.espn.in/football/sto...

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López, Caicedo, Thompson lead best U21 women's soccer players

Welcome to the next generation of women's stars aged 21 or under, with representatives from the NWSL, WSL and across Europe.

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Yash @odriozolite.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

When Rohit Sharma gets going like that you just have to sit and admire #IPL #MIvKKR

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

A brutal week for English clubs in the Champions League causing some serious Power Ranking hits for innocent bystanders throughout the country

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Yash @odriozolite.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

What an innings from Harry Brook! Looked in control, accelerated and stabilized the innings after early loss of wickets. Clutch!

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Peter McKeever @petermckeever.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Been a long time since I’ve worked on some #dataviz for the site. A small scrolly for a piece by @alitweedale.bsky.social 🛩️

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

What a final! The only negative was that winning delivery not being a hit wicket

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The mighty Sunderland up to 34th globally in the Opta Power Rankings! Their highest position since the rankings began in 2010 (lowest was 1072nd after relegation to League One).

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Adil Rashid has taken at least 1 wicket in his last 35 matches (when he's actually bowled) for England in white ball cricket (17 T20's, 18 ODI's). In total thats 64 wickets at 21.37.

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Opta Analyst @optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 30/01/2026

The Premier League isn't 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 certain of a fifth #UCL spot next season, but it's getting pretty likely. In 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season by the Opta supercomputer, the Premier League earned a bonus ticket 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

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Which Leagues Are on Track for Bonus Champions League Spots in 2026-27? | Opta Analyst

With the league phases of the three UEFA competitions done, we analyse which nations are leading the race for an extra Champions League qualification spot.

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Nils Mackay @nilsmackay.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🇳🇱 Netherlands is going to drop to 7th, losing a Champions League ticket to 🇵🇹 Portugal. While technically they are still ahead, League Stage bonus points will change this. 🇳🇱 will likely see 5/6 (!) teams eliminated in the group stage, 🇵🇹 instead, will see 4/4 teams qualify.

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

After their loss last night, Real Madrid have dropped outside of the top 10 in the Opta Power Rankings for the first time in over 5 years. theanalyst.com/articles/who...

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Heck of an innings from Harry Brook...crazy acceleration. Goes from 46(39) to then take 90 runs from his next 27 balls faced!

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The first 100 in the Women's Premier League comes from Nat Sciver-Brunt off just 57 deliveries. The top scoring shot being the straight drive as it always should! #WPL2026

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A great opportunity to showcase your skills to the wider sports analytics industry! We've had multiple recent presenters go on to join the Opta data science group. ⚽📐🐍

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Just 6861 positions between Crystal Palace and Macclesfield in the Opta Power Rankings

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

⚽ Join the Data Science team at Opta! 🧮 Looking for an experienced Data Scientist who is passionate about applying AI and machine learning to solve complex problems in sports 📍In Europe, flexible to remote or office-based work ❓Drop me a message if you have any questions! tinyurl.com/3pdety28

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Overview Stats Perform is the market leader in sports tech.   We provide the most trusted sports data to some of the world's biggest organizations, across sports, media, and broadcasting.   Through th...

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Opta Analyst @optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 16/12/2025

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐅𝐂𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 Sunderland's survival blueprint is working well. But they will lose twice as many players to the Africa Cup of Nations as any other Premier League team. It promises to test Régis Le Bris. theanalyst.com/articles/sun...

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Low Blocks, Long Balls and Belief: Sunderland’s Survival Blueprint Is Working But AFCON Absences Will Test Them | Opta Analyst

Sunderland have been the surprise package of the 2025-26 Premier League season, but AFCON-enforced absences will test them over the next month.

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

New data science job opportunities in our team! ⚽📐

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Opta Analyst @optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 01/12/2025

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: Pre-Draw Predictions 📈 Ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw on Friday 5 December, the Opta supercomputer has produced its early predictions for this summer’s tournament in North America. Here are the results.

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

After beating Chelsea at the weekend, the mighty Sunderland are back inside the top 50 of the Opta Power Rankings. It's their first time inside the top 50 since 1st February 2011 before they lost 4-2 at home, also to Chelsea...

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Nils Mackay @nilsmackay.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Champions League update! 🔹 Arsenal still on top! PSG joins the fight for first after an away win at Barca. 🔹 Qarabağ with 2 wins! Now 75% likely to make the next round. 🔸 Both Dutch teams in bottom 6 teams — heading towards elimination. 🔸 Athletic Club with 2 losses heading towards an early exit.

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Interesting insights from the Opta Supercomputer himself

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Great to see the WSL added to @optaanalyst.optajoe.com, with detailed stats alongside fixture and season level predictions. theanalyst.com/competition/...

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Szoboszlai's high workrate against Arsenal was highlighted on MoTD www.reddit.com/r/soccer/com... For this 23 second interval, we labelled 2 off-ball runs with our new Playing Styles framework A 82.3m cross option run (max speed 34.48 kph) and a 76.8m tracking back to position run (max 30.96 kph)

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Ali Tweedale @alitweedale.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

A deep dive into the Donnarumma vs Ederson debate, how much worse GD's passing really is, and what it all means for the role of Premier League goalkeepers. Pep has revolutionised the role once, but is he following a trend this time around? theanalyst.com/articles/gia...

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From Ederson to Gianluigi Donnarumma: Pep Guardiola's Choice Shows Role of Goalkeeper is Changing Again | Opta Analyst

Pep Guardiola and Ederson revolutionised the role of the goalkeeper in the Premier League, so is Manchester City signing Gianluigi Donnarumma a sign of things to come?

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Nils Mackay @nilsmackay.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

New year, new coefficients simulation! ⚠️This year is the first time I've seen where the Big 4 might actually be challenged, as 🇫🇷 France _could_ overtake 🇩🇪 Germany. Being Top 4 gives you 4 direct UCL spots, which are now at risk for Germany, after some poor seasons in Europe.

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Nils Mackay @nilsmackay.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Finally, here's our Conference League predictions. Again an English team favourites to win the League Stage — just like Chelsea was last year. Top 24 achievable for all, even lowest rated teams Shelbourne/Aberdeen with a ±20% chance!

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Nils Mackay @nilsmackay.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

In the Europa League, English teams are once again favoured to make an impression. Here's how we estimate each teams' likelihood of Top 8 and Top 24 in the League Stage.

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Nils Mackay @nilsmackay.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A new #ChampionsLeague season is upon us! Here's each team's likelihood of qualifying for Top 8 or 24, according to our predictions:

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It's only been 1 gameweek, but Mbeumo is continuing his incredible off-ball work rate at United. So far he's completed the most runs in behind the opposition (whilst his team has possession), a metric which he topped last season at Brentford.

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

What an innings from Jordan Cox. He went from scoring 8 runs off his first 8 deliveries, to scoring 78 from his next 21.

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

An incredible first international 100 from Dewald Brevis, from just 41 deliveries!

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v Sweden 🇸🇪 penalty shootout at #WEURO2025 🥇 worst total xGoT (1.23) of a shootout with >12 pens 🥇 worst conversion rate (0.38 goals per pen) of a shootout with >12 pens (last 381 men's and women's shootouts, Opta)

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

So close to a new world record from Wiaan Mulder! Just the 220 runs in boundaries

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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

An interesting graphic considering his absence for much of last season. Timber offered a lot in defence but in attack Arsenal missed Ben White on the overlap.

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Opta Analyst @optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 26/06/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐄𝐅𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓? 🏆 Women’s Euro 2025 is about to take centre stage in Europe, but who are the favourites to lift the trophy come the end of July? We look at the Opta supercomputer’s pre-tournament predictions: theanalyst.com/articles/uef...

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Opta Analyst @optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 25/06/2025

With reported interest from Bayern Munich and summer transfer speculation brewing, Arsenal face a decision on Gabriel Martinelli. Their attack needs a refresh, but does that mean moving on from the talented Brazilian? ✍️ @orbinho.bsky.social theanalyst.com/articles/gab...

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As Arsenal Hunt for More Creativity Out Wide, Should They Stick or Twist With Gabriel Martinelli? | Opta Analyst

Arsenal face a decision on Gabriel Martinelli. Their attack needs a refresh, but does that mean moving on from the talented Brazilian?

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

alternative: 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟮𝟱 eligibility: ✅ <=21 y.o. at start of season ✅ 1500+ minutes ✅ first 1500+ minute season in a top tier league

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

On 9-5-2011 we had FK Bodø/Glimt ranked 2212 in the world. They had taken 2 points from the first 5 games in the Norwegian 2nd tier and were sat in the relegation zone. Today they are ranked 68 and Europa League Semi-Finalists. An incredible turnaround.

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

At 14 years old I was doing this on Brain Lara Cricket to be fair, not that impressive 😪

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Nils Mackay @nilsmackay.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

After Lazio's 2-0 loss last night, the battle for the Champions League bonus ticket is just about over. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England's #5 is guaranteed a CL ticket 🇪🇸 Spain's #5 is 99.8% sure For 🇩🇪 and 🇮🇹 having 8 teams didn't help, but in the end they also didn't perform at the level needed.

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