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Five Assists, Zero Goals, a Perfect 10: Ørjasæter's Afternoon at Excelsior
Sondre Ørjasæter set up five of FC Twente's nine goals away at Excelsior without scoring himself, walking off with a match rating of 10.0.
Sixteen Minutes, Two Goals: Buryan's Cameo Sinks Hradec Králové
Jan Buryan needed barely a quarter of an hour off the bench to score twice and hand Mladá Boleslav a 3-1 win over FC Hradec Králové.
Nine Without Reply: Twente Demolish Excelsior
FC Twente put nine past Excelsior without reply in the biggest margin of the Eredivisie weekend.
O'Connell Finds Space Everywhere as Stockport Edge Wimbledon
Eoghan O'Connell completed 171 of his 178 passes to set the tempo in Stockport County's 2-1 League One win over AFC Wimbledon.
Changelog - Week 44
The Dutch second tier joins BSD, alongside a week of speed work on live scores and player pages and clear answers on what's coming next.
155 Matches, Both Nets Rippling: Football's Wildest Share-The-Points Day
Across 155 games worldwide both sides scored, and eight results in particular turned defence into an afterthought.
Six Goals, One Lopsided Afternoon: CSKA 1948 Sofia Thrash Spartak Varna
CSKA 1948 Sofia produced the day's heaviest scoreline, beating Spartak Varna 6-1 in the Parva Liga.
Nagasawa Sets Up All Three as Wellington Phoenix Rout Newcastle Jets
Kazuki Nagasawa supplied three assists and five key passes as Wellington Phoenix beat Newcastle Jets 3-0 in the A-League Men.
Six Saves, One Clean Sheet: Furlan's Busy Night Behind Reggiana's Win
Jacopo Furlan made six saves to preserve a 2-0 win over Sambenedettese, finishing with an 8.7 rating in Serie C Girone B.
Stuck on Zero: Eight Teams Across the Game Without a Point in Five
From the 2. Bundesliga to Allsvenskan to two continental tournaments, eight sides share an identical, miserable run: five games, five losses, zero points.
Ten Games, Zero Goals: Côte d'Ivoire Head the World's Stingiest Defences
A look at the numbers behind the toughest defences in world football right now, led by an Ivorian backline that has yet to be beaten this qualifying campaign.
3.31 Goals a Game: The Numbers Behind a Wild 30 Hours of Football
Across 72 matches in the last 30 hours, goals flowed at a rate of better than three a game, yet 29 sides still kept a clean sheet.