4 - @LCFC striker Jamie Vardy has now scored four goals in his last five @premierleague appearances against Arsenal… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 5 minutes ago

2 - Alexandre Lacazette scored with his second touch in the @premierleague, with his first touch coming from kick-o… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 17 minutes ago

160 - There were just 160 seconds separating Alexandre Lacazette & Shinji Okazaki's goals in this match. Drama. #ARSLEI 25 minutes ago

1 - Alexandre Lacazette has scored his 1st Premier League goal on his first shot. Dream. https://t.co/qQebYfRvRZ 31 minutes ago

7 - Alexandre Lacazette is just the 7th @Arsenal player to score on his Premier League debut for the club. Rapid. https://t.co/bBtvo51yDG 32 minutes ago

1 - Arsenal have won only one of their last seven opening day @premierleague fixtures, losing three of the last fou… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 58 minutes ago

.@BBCSport have written an article on Opta's new expected goals metric. bbc.in/2usE4Sm. Analytic. youtube.com/watch?v=w7zPZs… 10 Aug

1.66 - Arsenal's expected goals conceded with a back three was 1.66 per game compared to 1.18 per match with a back four. Lucky. 1 hours ago

0.63 - In 2016-17, Arsenal conceded just 0.63 goals per game with a back three compared to 1.3 per match with a back four. Tighter? 1 hours ago

3 - Jamie Vardy has scored Leicester City's last three goals against Arsenal in the @premierleague, scoring the ope… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 2 hours ago

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NEWS Beyond Heatmaps: What's next for football data

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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NEWS Opta Match Experience Review

On Wednesday (5th July), Opta held The Opta Match Experience, an 11-a-side fixture that was hosted at Sutton United’s Knights Community S...

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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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