50% - Five of the top 10 speeds recorded among defenders in the @premierleague last season were by Kyle Walker. Pep. https://t.co/QoQSUV5Se6 9 hours ago

9 - Liverpool hold the record for the fewest matches played on a Saturday in a Premier League campaign (2010-11). Rescheduled. 11 hours ago

11 - @ManUtd played the fewest matches on a Saturday of any team in the 2016-17 Premier League. Rearranged. 11 hours ago

27 - Hull City played the most games on a Saturday in the 2016-17 Premier League. Traditional. twitter.com/92O_Blanco/sta… 11 hours ago

76% - @PetrCech saved 76% of shots faced in @premierleague 2016/17, the best of any keeper facing 100+ shots. Shiel… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 17 hours ago

5 - No defender assisted more goals in the @premierleague last season than Kyle Walker (5). Marauding. https://t.co/rPS7bGZwo8 12 hours ago

433 - Gylfi Sigurdsson (433 km) covered more distance in the Premier League than any other player in 2016-17. Energ… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 13 hours ago

30 - @IanWright0 scored more @premierleague goals after turning 30 than any other player in the competition (93). W… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 16 hours ago

28 - Only two players made more interceptions than Tiemoué Bakayoko in the Champions League last season (28). Disru… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 19 hours ago

31 - The record number of defeats in a single top-flight campaign is 31, set by Stoke City in 1984-85. Vanquished. 12 Jul

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Next Tuesday (11th July) will see Opta hosting an event at the May Fair hotel, entitled “Beyond Heatmaps: What’s next for football data.”

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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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In the last 12 months, Opta has collected

  • 139,297

    Football goals scored

  • 79,466

    Yellow cards given

  • 5,589

    Red cards given

  • 18,827

    Wickets taken

  • 7,324

    Rugby Union tries scored

  • 3,549

    Rugby League tries scored

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