29 - Mohamed Salah has scored 29 league goals in the last two seasons - more than any Liverpool player in the PL in… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 20 Jun

39% - 43 of Ryan Giggs' 109 @premierleague goals were match-winners, the highest % in the competition's history (mi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 22 hours ago

7 - Diego Maradona had seven shots against England on this day 31 years ago: six with his left foot, one with his l… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 23 hours ago

107 - Kelechi Iheanacho has the best mins per goal ratio (107 mins) of any player to have scored 10+ goals in the P… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 22 Jun

23 - Tammy Abraham scored more goals than any other teenager in the @EFL in 2016/17 (23). Prodigious. https://t.co/ZPDOXfGEuX 21 Jun

.@oilysailor's book 'Outside the box: A Statistical Journey through the History of Football' is out soon:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 20 Jun

6 – Fulham have won six of their last seven home league games against Norwich City, keeping clean sheets on five occasions. Routine. 21 Jun

1955 – Nottingham Forest haven’t lost an opening day game at home in the second tier since August 1955 (W8 D5). For… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 21 Jun

5 - Sheffield United have won five of their last seven opening day games in the second tier at Bramall Lane, drawin… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 21 Jun

1 - Portsmouth have won just one of their last 10 opening day games in the Football League (D5 L4). Sluggish. 21 Jun

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30 May 2017

As the exclusive collection and distribution partner for the UK professional football leagues, Opta will be acting as supplier of the Lea...

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NEWS Outside the Box: A Statistical Journey through the History of Football to be published

24 May 2017

Following the success of 'OptaJoe's Football Yearbook 2016', Duncan Alexander's second book is set to be published.

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    Football goals scored

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    Rugby Union tries scored

  • 3,549

    Rugby League tries scored

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