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Like walking into a football world of James Bond
The FWA goes behind the scenes at Opta who have made statistics into an art form...By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
DID you know Queens Park Rangers striker Bobby Zamora was a more consistent finisher than Lionel Messi or Ronaldo?
True, you can prove just about anything with statistics, but there is not a stat worth knowing that Opta cannot produce within seconds. Their offices, a corner kick from Waterloo Station, are an anorak’s dream, like walking into a football world of James Bond. If you could enlist the help of any of the Opta team for a football quiz night it ...
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