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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…

14 - Raúl Jiménez has scored all 14 of his Premier League penalties, only Matt Le Tissier (23 in April 2000), Mohamed Salah (15 in December 2021) and Harry Kane (15 in May 2022) have enjoyed longer scoring runs from the spot in the competition's history. Formality.

10 – Reigning Premier League champions to lose 10+ games in a season: Leeds United in 1992-93 (15) Blackburn Rovers in 1995-96 (13) Manchester United in 2013-14 (12) Chelsea in 2015-16 (12) Leicester City in 2016-17 (18) Chelsea in 2017-18 (10) Liverpool in 2025-26 (10) Feeble.

12:37 - There were 12 minutes and 37 seconds between Shaw's first and third goals, also making it the quickest treble scored by a player in the @BarclaysWSL. Rapid.

21 - Khadija Shaw's hat-trick in the opening 21 minutes of Man City v Spurs is the earliest scored from the start of a match in @BarclaysWSL history. Record.

82 days to go - Paolo Rossi's hat-trick for Italy in 1982 against Brazil was... 🇮🇹 Italy's most recent FIFA World Cup hat-trick 🇧🇷 The most recent scored against Brazil at the FIFA World Cup Memories. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall faces former club Chelsea later today, with a point to prove. He spoke exclusively to us about enjoying his football once again at Everton, and his hope of giving fans European football at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. theanalyst.com/articles/kiern…

EFL Cup Final 2025-26: Arsenal vs Man City Where will the EFL Cup final be won & lost? We pick out the crucial aspects of Sunday’s showpiece event at Wembley between Arsenal and Manchester City that could decide the game. theanalyst.com/articles/arsen…

8 - Andoni Iraola has faced Manchester United eight times in his career as a manager (W2 D4) and a player (W2), and has still never lost against the Red Devils. Number.

100 - Bruno Fernandes has created 101 chances in 28 Premier League games this season; the fewest appearances to reach 100+ by a @ManUtd player in a single campaign on record (since 2003-04), ahead of Ryan Giggs in 2006-07 (29). Catalyst.

2 - Manchester United are the first team to take the lead more than once in both meetings with a side in a Premier League campaign but win neither, since Crystal Palace vs Southampton in 2004-05. Mirage.

2 - Bournemouth's Junior Kroupi is the fourth teenager to score home and away against Manchester United in a Premier League campaign after Nicolas Anelka in 1998-99, Jermain Defoe in 2001-02 and Matty Longstaff in 2019-20. Kicks.

10 - Since Michael Carrick's first Premier League game back with the club (January 17th), Manchester United have made the fewest changes to their starting XIs in the competition (10). Stability.

2 - Per 90 minutes, Kobbie Mainoo is one of only two players in the Premier League this season averaging... 50+ successful passes (52) 50+ high-intensity pressures (61) 5+ possession won (5.1) Recall.

1 - James Garner ranks top among English players for both tackles (89) and interceptions (49) in the Premier League this season. Call-up.

83 days to go - The highest overall passing accuracy at a FIFA World Cup tournament since 1966 was achieved in 2022... 📈 83.2% passes were completed across the board. Secure. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

1 - Shakhtar Donetsk are the first Ukrainian side to reach a UEFA quarter-final since Shakhtar themselves in the 2019/20 Europa League. Tonight was their 16th European fixture of the season, with every single match played outside of Ukraine. Resilient 🇺🇦

9 - Nine different nations are represented among the 24 remaining clubs in UEFA's three men’s club competitions this season. Spain (6 clubs) and England (5 clubs) account for 46% of the teams: 6 - Spain🇪🇸 5 - England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3 - Germany🇩🇪 Portugal🇵🇹 2 - France🇫🇷 Italy🇮🇹 1 - Greece🇬🇷 Netherlands🇳🇱 Ukraine🇺🇦 Geography.

9 - John McGinn has scored his ninth goal for Aston Villa in major European competition, with no player netting more for the club (level with European Cup winner Peter Withe). Skipper.

1979 - @CPFC are the first English team to reach the quarter-finals in their first ever campaign in a major UEFA competition since Nottingham Forest in 1978-79, who went on to win the European Cup that year. Omen.

84 days to go - At Spain's victorious 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament, Xavi completed 84 passes per 90 minutes. That was the most by a player on record since 1966 at a single edition (min. 500 minutes played). Tiki-taka. #OptaWorldCupCountdown