How Consistent Was Every Premier League Lineup This Season?What our newest metric STABLE can tell us about Arsenal’s surprising title challenge — and Chelsea’s face-plant. By Ryan Best Before the 2022-23 Premier League campaign kicked off, there was a buzz around St. James’ Park that hadn’t been felt in quite some time: optimism. After years […]
In international football, England’s Harry Kane is as stellar as they come. As his team prepares to take on Senegal in the Round of 16 at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, he needs just three more strikes to pass Wayne Rooney’s mark of 53 and become the country’s all-time leading goal scorer. And if the […]
The English Premier League is filled with elite Black talent. Manchester City pair Raheem Sterling and Kyle Walker, Manchester United duo Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold, Chelsea’s Reece James, Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka — all are excelling on the pitch. Ten players on the England squad that reached the final of the UEFA […]
Professional soccer in England is on hold until at least April 3 because of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, though even that date is far from certain: It’s unclear at the moment if and when play will resume — and how leagues will handle matters of promotion and relegation if it does not. What […]
Aston Villa is in danger of being relegated from the Premier League to the second division of the English soccer pyramid for the second time in five years. The Villans have amassed just 25 points from a possible 75 and sit in 17th place, just 1 point clear of the relegation zone. FiveThirtyEight’s model doesn’t […]