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1 week ago | 
theanalyst.com | RYAN BENSON |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Jonathan Manuel
With this season’s Premier League entering its final stages, we look back over 2024-25 to date and see who’ve been the most threatening teams at set-pieces. An area of the game arguably once neglected, set-piece productivity is now in vogue, and effectiveness in such scenarios is broadly seen to reflect progressive and holistic coaching principles. Many teams now leave no stone unturned in their quest for success, and the better utilisation of set-pieces has come into that.
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1 week ago | 
theanalyst.com | Oliver Hopkins |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
As Arne Slot and Liverpool march towards the 2024-25 Premier League crown, we take a look at the rare group of coaches who have won the Premier League title in their first season in charge of a club. With Arne Slot potentially guiding Liverpool to a Premier League title in his very first season at the helm, attention naturally turns to the elite company he could soon join. Only a select few managers have ever lifted the Premier League trophy at the first time of asking with a single club.
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1 week ago | 
theanalyst.com | David Segar |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
Ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt’s UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg against Tottenham Hotspur, we look at the rise of star striker Hugo Ekitiké. Hype can build quickly in football. A hot streak from a player can soon lead to links with the biggest clubs, which can lead to pressure and, ultimately, people concluding that the hype was misplaced.
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1 week ago | 
theanalyst.com | Oliver Hopkins |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
With Liverpool’s impending Premier League glory in 2024-25, discover which clubs have won the most top-flight English league titles in history. Liverpool are closing in on a landmark moment in English football history. With the 2024-25 Premier League title now within touching distance, the Reds are set to claim their 20th top-flight crown, drawing level with Manchester United at the top of the all-time list.
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1 week ago | 
theanalyst.com | Taylor Bechtold |Craig Haley |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
The Negro Leagues lasted for nearly four decades and included over 2,300 players, many whom were denied the chance to play in Major League Baseball. We’re comparing some of the greats whose accomplishments matched or exceeded future MLB players. When Shohei Ohtani returns to the mound, we’ll again be in awe of his two-way excellence. His elite offensive skills are jaw-dropping on a daily basis, and he’s a shutdown pitcher when healthy – sometimes dazzling in ways that have never been done before.
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1 week ago | 
theanalyst.com | Matt Furniss |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Jonathan Manuel
You might have your own ideas about how each Premier League team play football, but what does the Opta data say? Having recently added a load more statistics to our already-bulging Opta data pages on Opta Analyst, we’re here to explain what some of those new metrics actually mean.
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1 week ago | 
theanalyst.com | RYAN BENSON |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Jonathan Manuel
Daniel Muñoz has stood out for his lung-busting displays down Crystal Palace’s right flank this season, though the extent of his athleticism will still be a shock to many. Crystal Palace fans would have been forgiven for rolling their eyes and expecting the worst. Roy Hodgson, then Palace manager, addressed the media in January 2024 and was asked about a player the club had been heavily linked with.
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2 weeks ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
Paige Bueckers is the clear top prospect in the 2025 WNBA Draft. But with the selections wide open behind her, we’re identifying who our model likes as the other top players. There’s no rest for women’s basketball players transitioning from the NCAA to the WNBA. Paige Bueckers won a national championship in her final NCAA Tournament game on April 6 and will find out where she starts her WNBA journey on April 14. The 2025 WNBA regular season is scheduled to begin just over a month later on May 16.
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2 weeks ago | 
theanalyst.com | Ali Tweedale |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Peter McKeever
Usually, at least one of the three promoted sides avoids relegation, but Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich are all heading back to the Championship at the first time of asking. For the second season in a row, the three teams who had earned promotion to the Premier League only a year before will be heading straight back down to the Championship.
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2 weeks ago | 
theanalyst.com | Tyler Greenawalt |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Robbie Dunne
We’re using our model to discover which NFL players most resembled this current batch of prospects at the time they were coming out of college. It may not be the cleanest way to do it, but it gives a glimpse of a possible future for a player. Or, at least, a goal for a player to reach and/or surpass. Comparing draft prospects to NFL players is a natural part of the evaluation process. And at no position is this more prevalent than quarterback.
