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1 - Questions about our event definitions? If you want to know what is and is not an assist, how shots on target differ from blocked shots or want to know the full range of data we collect, you can find explanations here. Information. statsperform.com/opta-event-def…

29 days to go - Cristiano Ronaldo has had 29 shots in the knockout stages at the @FIFAWorldCup - he hasn't scored a single goal with any of those. Blank. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

For the first time since Arne Slot arrived, Liverpool's six-game rolling average non-penalty xG against in the Premier League has been higher than their rolling average non-pen xG for across more than one game. #LFC

30 days to go - Of the eight occasions a player has scored on their birthday at the @FIFAWorldCup, two have done so on their 30th birthday - Aldo Serena in 1990 and Patrick Vieira in 2006. Candles. 🎂 #OptaWorldCupCountdown

1 + 1 - Hull's Mohamed Belloumi last night became the first substitute to score and assist in an EFL play-off match since Blackpool's Stephen Dobbie against Nottingham Forest in 2010. Unshackled.

1 - One month today, the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Mexico City 🇲🇽 📈 In anticipation, and using an unrivalled historical database, Opta has built the ultimate World Cup player based on 60 years of data. 📖 Read here: theanalyst.com/articles/fifa-… & watch below. Creation.

1 - Since her Arsenal debut in May 2017, Beth Mead ranks first in the @BarclaysWSL for assists (50), chances created (351) and big chances created (64). Legend.

The last 40 Scottish top-flight league seasons have been won by either Celtic or Rangers.

Only four goalkeepers have played 50+ games for a Premier League club and kept a clean sheet in a higher proportion of them than David Raya at Arsenal (44.3%).

31 days to go - There were 31 passes in the build-up to Mohammed Kudus' goal for 🇬🇭 Ghana against 🇰🇷 Korea Republic at the 2022 @FIFAWorldCup. That's the most passes before a goal scored by an African nation in World Cup history. Slick. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

1 - Marcus Rashford has won a league title for the first time in his senior career. Toast.

1 - Marcus Rashford is the first Barcelona player to score a free-kick against Real Madrid since Lionel Messi in October 2012. Classic.

24 - With her brace against Chelsea today, Manchester City's Khadija Shaw is the top scoring WSL player across all competitions this season (24 - Alessia Russo, 22). Window.

3 - Arsenal have won each of their last three Premier League games, the longest active winning streak in the English top-flight. Squeaky.

1-0 - The only scoreline to happen more frequently in the Premier League this season than Arsenal winning 1-0 (7 times) is Manchester City winning 3-0 (8). Appropriate.

13 - Emiliano Martínez (17) is the only goalkeeper to win more fouls in the Premier League this season than Arsenal’s David Raya (13). Drama.

82:06 - Arsenal’s winner today was timed at 82 minutes and six seconds, their latest goal in a 1-0 Premier League win since November 2023 against Brentford (Kai Havertz in 89th minute). Relief.

26 - Leandro Trossard has scored his first goal in his last 26 appearances for Arsenal in all competitions since netting against Aston Villa in December 2025. Bedlam.

2 - Chelsea have lost a game they led by 2+ goals in across all competitions for the first time since a 4-3 loss to Liverpool in August 2013 in the Women's Super League. Disbelief.

60 - On Sunday, Arsenal will become the first team from Europe's Top 5 leagues to reach 60 matches in all competitions this season. Marathon.

32 days to go - Lionel Messi had the most shots of any player at the 2022 @FIFAWorldCup (32). He scored with his 32nd and last shot at the tournament in the final against France. Productive. #OptaWorldCupCountdown