Premier League 
UNITED WERE IMPERIOUS AT THE AMEX, BUT BRIGHTON STILL GOT WHAT THEY CAME FOR
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Brighton
Most active shot-takers combined for six attempts without a single one registering….
The Half Spaces
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Premier League Premier League WOLVES FINISH BOTTOM AFTER FLEMMING'S EQUALISER DENIES THEM THE POINT THAT MATTERED MOST
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from winning positions
control → collapse
Premier League 
ARSENAL WERE CROWNED CHAMPIONS AT SELHURST PARK, AND THE SCORELINE BARELY CAPTURED THEIR DOMINANCE
—
Crystal Palace
Premier League FULHAM CONTROLLED EVERY PHASE; NEWCASTLE NEVER THREATENED AND BARELY SHOWED UP
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Fulham
Best chance of the entire match was a speculative Willock effort that a goalkeeper….
Premier League 
LIVERPOOL DOMINATED, KELLEHER FRUSTRATED THEM, AND A FAREWELL DAY ENDED WITHOUT THE WIN IT DESERVED
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Liverpool
Premier League 
WATKINS PUNISHED CITY TWICE AS VILLA'S RELENTLESS SECOND HALF UNDID A SENTIMENTAL FAREWELL
90
Manchester City
Premier League HAALAND'S INJURY-TIME EQUALISER KEPT CITY'S TITLE HOPES ALIVE BUT BOURNEMOUTH DESERVED MORE
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Bournemouth
Premier League 
CHELSEA HELD ON TO WIN A MATCH TOTTENHAM LARGELY CONTROLLED BUT COULD NOT FINISH
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Chelsea
Premier League 
ARSENAL'S SET-PIECE DOMINANCE FRAMED A WIN BURNLEY COULD NEVER SERIOUSLY THREATEN
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Arsenal
Premier League OUATTARA BRACE RESCUES A POINT BRENTFORD'S EUROPEAN HOPES DESPERATELY NEEDED
94
Brentford
Premier League SUNDERLAND'S SECOND-HALF BLITZ BURIES EVERTON'S EUROPEAN HOPES IN THREE RUTHLESS GOALS
1.32 xG
Everton
Premier League CALVERT-LEWIN'S 95TH-MINUTE SMASH-AND-GRAB ROBS BRIGHTON OF EUROPEAN DESTINY
95
Leeds
Premier League 
UNITED OUTPLAYED FOREST AT 4.34 XG TO 1.84 — THE SCORELINE FLATTERED NOBODY
2.32 xG
Manchester United
Premier League OSULA'S BRACE DID THE DAMAGE EARLY; WEST HAM NEVER HAD THE XG TO ANSWER
8
Newcastle United
Premier League A FAIR POINT ON PAPER, A BRUTAL ONE IN REALITY FOR RELEGATED WOLVES
0.97 xG
Wolverhampton Wanderers
ONE ON TARGET
1
Chelsea
EIGHTH FA CUP
8
Manchester City
ZERO SAVES
0
clean sheets in 34 matches
of 34
Premier League 
WATKINS DISMANTLED LIVERPOOL'S SET-PIECE SHAMBLES AS VILLA BOOKED THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPOT…
6
Aston Villa
Premier League CITY CRUISE PAST PALACE 3-0 WITH FODEN PULLING THE STRINGS ALL NIGHT
0.09 xG
Manchester City
Biggest chance of the match was a 0.
Premier League 
CALVERT-LEWIN'S 74TH-MINUTE PEN CANCELS TEL'S OPENER IN A GAME LEEDS DESERVED MORE FROM
4
Tottenham
Premier League A FAIR 2-2 THAT HANDS VILLA A DAMAGING DROPPED POINT IN THE CL RACE
5
from winning positions
control → collapse
Premier League PALACE DOMINATED FOR 90 MINUTES AND STILL COULDN'T WIN — CLASSIC UNJUST DRAW
6
Crystal Palace
Premier League ANDERSON'S 88TH-MINUTE EQUALISER
0.61 xG
Nottingham Forest
Premier League 
TROSSARD AT 83, RAYA AT THE DEATH — ARSENAL GRIND OUT A TITLE-DEFINING THREE POINTS
1.30 xG
West Ham
Premier League CITY PUT BRENTFORD TO THE SWORD WITH 4.44 XG AND SIX BIG CHANCES
2.29 xG
Manchester City
Premier League ARSENAL FIVE CLEAR, NEED EIGHT FROM NINE
5
lead over City
Arsenal
City
+5 pts 
Serie A 
INTER'S TWELVE-POINT GAP
12
22 clean sheets in 35 matches
Most efficient season yet.
Premier League EXPECTED GOALS
2.97 - 0.43
Arsenal
Premier League SHOTS ON TARGET
9 - 1
Premier League
Arsenal 9
Opposition 1
Premier League 
SAKA — IN AT 45'
1G + 1A · rating 9.3
Arsenal
La Liga 
ATLÉTICO BREAK THE SLIDE
2-0
La Liga
Atletico Madrid 2
Opposition 0
Bundesliga BAYERN STALL AGAINST 17TH
3-3
Bundesliga
Bayern München 3
Opposition 3
PORTO PULL CLEAR — BENFICA WAVER
82 vs 76
FC Porto
Ligue 1 PSG DROP POINTS AT LORIENT
2-2
Ligue 1
Paris Saint Germain 2
Opposition 2
Champions League ARSENAL'S CORNER COUNT
1
Arsenal
Lowest in any Champions League fixture this season.
Champions League xG GAP
+0.72
lead over rival
Atletico Madrid
rival
+0.72 pts Champions League ARTETA'S FIVE SUBS
5
Arsenal
Champions League 
NEUER'S SAVES
0
Bayern Munich
Champions League GOALS PREVENTED
-4.7
Champions League
The worst combined goalkeeping night in any UCL fixture this season.
Champions League 
PSG'S 22 MINUTES
4 in 22'
PSG
Champions League ARSENAL OUT-SHOT, STILL LEVEL
18-11
Arsenal 18
Opposition 11
Most opposing tactical philosophies.
Champions League 9 GOALS, 5 LEAD CHANGES, ONE-GOAL CUSHION
5-4
Paris Saint-Germain 5
Opposition 4
The highest-scoring Champions League semi-final 1st leg in the competition's modern….
Premier League ARSENAL'S DEFENSIVE FLOOR
16
clean sheets in 34 matches
of 34
The most in the Premier League.
La Liga 
BARCELONA'S LA LIGA CUSHION
11
lead over Real Madrid
Barcelona
Real Madrid
+11 pts The largest pre-final-stretch lead at this point in the season since 2017-18.
Bundesliga 
KANE'S BUNDESLIGA NUMBERS
33
Kane's tally
The highest single-season total by a Bayern striker since Lewandowski in 2020-21.
Premier League WHEN PL GOALS HAPPEN
26%
of all goals
The highest single-bucket share of any league in the top five.
Ligue 1 FRANCE'S TIGHTEST RACE
6
lead over Lens
The smallest pre-final-stretch margin since 2011-12.
Premier League 
SUNDERLAND'S LATE-GAME PATTERN
58%
of Sunderland's goals after 60'
The highest late-game scoring share in the Premier League.
Premier League POINTS DROPPED FROM LEADS
9
from winning positions
control → collapse
Bundesliga BAYERN'S LATE-GOAL HABIT
30%
of Bayern Munich's goals in 76-90'
The highest single-bucket share for any top-five-league side.
xG CONCEDED, CONMEBOL CYCLE
0.74
expected goals conceded / match
0 0.74 xGA 3
The lowest figure of any CONMEBOL nation since the metric started being tracked.
Serie A SERIE A SIDES IN A BACK THREE
12 of 20
12 of 20 clubs build out from a back three