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We preview Spurs' 2026-27 with five key questions for Roberto De Zerbi here:
We preview Spurs' 2026-27 with five key questions for Roberto De Zerbi here:
Only one of the FA Community Shield winners have then gone on to also win the Premier League title since 2011-12.
Arsenal 3-0 Manchester City
Arsenal win the 2026 FA Community Shield with a comfortable win over rivals Manchester City.
A first-minute goal from Riccardo Calafiori was followed by further strikes from Kai Havertz and Martin Ødegaard.
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Only one of the FA Community Shield winners have then gone on to also win the Premier League title since 2011-12.
Nostalgic promoted teams, José Mourinho's return, Barcelona going for a three-peat.
We've identified some key narratives ahead of La Liga 2026-27 starting this weekend...
There are plenty of questions to be asked of Real Madrid this season with José Mourinho back in charge.
We've picked five of them ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign. ⚪️
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🚨 The Opta supercomputer Premier League projections are in...
Arsenal won the 2026-27 Premier League title across 38.0% of the pre-season simulations, with Manchester City their closest rivals (20.5%).
Liverpool are deemed the third most likely team to win the title (9.2%), with Manchester United, Aston Villa and Chelsea following behind.
Read about all of the Opta supercomputer's pre-season predictions.
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Who will win the Premier League? Who will qualify for the Champions League? And which clubs are likeliest to be relegated to the Championship?🤔
We answer all the key questions with our Premier League 2026-27 season predictions via the Opta supercomputer👀
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There are plenty of questions to be asked of Real Madrid this season with José Mourinho back in charge.
We've picked five of them ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign. ⚪️
Show more
Nostalgic promoted teams, José Mourinho's return, Barcelona going for a three-peat.
We've identified some key narratives ahead of La Liga 2026-27 starting this weekend...
🚨 The Opta supercomputer Premier League projections are in...
Arsenal won the 2026-27 Premier League title across 38.0% of the pre-season simulations, with Manchester City their closest rivals (20.5%).
Liverpool are deemed the third most likely team to win the title (9.2%), with Manchester United, Aston Villa and Chelsea following behind.
Read about all of the Opta supercomputer's pre-season predictions.
🔗
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🚨The Opta 2026 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament is here.
The XI features four players from Spain's World Cup-winning side, and we have shuffled Kylian Mbappé out to the left wing to accommodate the excess of attacking talent present at the tournament.
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Shots before hydration break:
Netherlands - 4
Sweden - 1
Shots after hydration break:
Netherlands - 1
Sweden - 8
