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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…

78 days to go - 78 of the 104 matches at World Cup 2026 will be held in the United States. The other 26 are split between... 🇨🇦 Canada - 13 🇲🇽 Mexico - 13 Welcome. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

Ahead of the play-off semi-finals on Thursday, who does the Opta supercomputer see progressing? theanalyst.com/articles/world…

There's plenty of incredible stats from Mohamed Salah's Liverpool career. So, given today's news that Salah will leave the club at the end of the season, @DavidSegar_ has gone through some of them. #LFC theanalyst.com/articles/moham…

Mohamed Salah has 281 Premier League goal involvements for Liverpool (189 goals, 92 assists), the most of any player in the competition for a single club. #LFC

1 - Since 2017-18, Mohamed Salah ranks 1st in the Premier League for: Goals (189) Assists (92) Open Play Chances Created (534) Shots (1,104) Shots on Target (480) Touches in the Opposition Box (2,717) Relentless.

281 - Mohamed Salah has 189 goals and 92 assists in 310 Premier League appearances for Liverpool, the most goals and assists combined any player has for a single club in Premier League history. King.

3 - Chelsea went winless in their two WSL meetings with Arsenal this season (D1 L1), but they haven’t played 3+ games against the same side in a campaign without winning at least one since 2018-19 (D2 L2 vs Man City). Forebode.

2 - Tonight against Chelsea will be Arsenal’s second @UWCL tie against a fellow English side, previously losing both legs of their 2013-14 quarter-final tie to Birmingham City (0-1 away, 0-2 home). Compatriots.

79 days to go - Germany have had 79 different scorers at the FIFA World Cup - the most of any European nation. Five of them have scored 10 goals - the most of any nation: Klose (16) G Müller (14) Klinsmann (11) T Müller (10) Rahn (10) Prolific. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

10 - Chloe Kelly’s hat-trick was the 10th by an Arsenal player in @BarclaysWSL history. It ended a 1,980-day wait for a Gunner to score 3+ goals in a WSL match, a feat last achieved by Vivianne Miedema in October 2020. Nets.

50 - Players to create 50+ chances in the Premier League this season: 101 Bruno Fernandes 100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 Anton Stach, Declan Rice, Dominik Szoboszlai 57 56 55 54 53 52 Bukayo Saka 51 Enzo Fernández 50 Florian Wirtz Outlier.

80 days to go - Among nations to score 5+ goals at the FIFA World Cup, the highest percentage of goals scored by one player is 80% by Slovakia's Robert Vittek. He netted four of their five goals in 2010. Central. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

3 - Including today's 0-0 draw with Brighton (0.87), three of the four @BarclaysWSL games this season to see a combined xG of less than one have involved Liverpool. Humdrum. #OptaOnWSL

1 - Aston Villa won a @BarclaysWSL away game after trailing at half-time for the first time, losing 20 of their 22 previous matches in the competition when behind at the break (D2). Bandits. #OptaOnWSL

5 - With their 1-1 draw at The Den, London City Lionesses became the fifth newly promoted team to avoid defeat against Chelsea in a @BarclaysWSL game, and first since Liverpool in September 2022 (2-1). Gratifying. #OptaOnWSL

410 - Arsenal’s defeat to Manchester City was their first by a margin of 2+ goals in 410 days (0-2 v Newcastle in the League Cup, Feb. 2025). It also marked their largest xG deficit in a cup tie this season (0.63 for, 1.51 against). Blow.

16 - Following Arsenal's 5-0 win over West Ham United, Renée Slegers became the first manager in @BarclaysWSL history to stay unbeaten in each of their first 16 home matches. Fortress. #OptaOnWSL

93:46 - Melvine Malard scored Manchester United's latest ever winning goal in a @BarclaysWSL game yesterday against Everton, while the Red Devils also conceded the latest equaliser in the competition's history by a team who went on to win (89:47). Dramatic. #OptaOnWSL

15 - Khadija Shaw's hat-trick yesterday took her to 15 league goals against Tottenham Hotspur, now the most goals one player has against a single opponent in @BarclaysWSL history. Favouritism. #OptaOnWSL

15 - Manchester City now boast 15 wins at the new Wembley Stadium as a neutral venue since it opened in 2007 – now the most such victories of any side in that time at the national stadium, overtaking Chelsea’s 14. Locals.