What is Stats Zone?

More than an app, Stats Zone is a way of life. Powered by Opta statistics updated live during the match, Stats Zone changes the way you watch football. Basically, it makes you smarter.

The multi-award-winning app allows you to find out things you didn't know and prove the things you suspected. It entertains and educates, and because the screens are sharable via social media, it allows you to become a palmtop pundit.

With Stats Zone, you can go into amazing detail to analyse matches in the Premier League, Champions League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga & Ligue 1 – all COMPLETELY FREE, in association with Coral.

And as if that weren't enough, there's also a special Europa League version, also free, in association with Western Union – and once you've downloaded it, you can access it via the main app.

• Download the Stats Zone app FREE
• Download the Europa League Stats Zone app FREE

So what does Stats Zone allow you to do?

Track every pass, tackle, shot, foul and assist
Dozens of different categories
Compare player v player, team v team or even team v player – in different games and competitions
See how each player’s influence changes through the game
Limit the data to any time you specify: how did that red card change things?
Check data to create the perfect fantasy football team

It's ideal "second-screen" information, and it could also prove you right at the game. And whatever you discover, you can instantly share your screens with the world via Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinboard, Instapaper, LinkedIn, Google Reader, Pocket, Evernote, Readability, Diigo, Vknotakte or good old email.

The dozens of different data categories include:

shots – on/off target, blocked, inside/outside the area, woodwork hits, from set plays
passes – with completed %, plus passes received, attacking third, assists, long/short, forward/backward/square, chances created and backpasses
attack – crosses, take-ons, corners, offside passes
defence – tackles, interception, blocks, clearances, headed clearances, aerial duels
fouls – committed, suffered, yellow cards, second yellows, straight reds
player influence – the bigger the name, the bigger the influence; plus average position
best in class – players compared by shots, passes, attacking-third passes, take-ons, tackles, etc etc

Throughout the game, Stats Zone constantly updates the data to show you the best in each category, so you can see who's running the show. And don't forget you can choose what period of time you analyse, so you can see how your mob tailed off in the second half or that brilliant substitution changed the game.

You can also use Stats Zone's alerts system to keep you up to date with major events – whichever you choose out of starting line-ups, goals, red cards, half-times and final scores – for up to five teams in any league. Handy when you're unavoidably detained elsewhere.

Never content to rest on laurels, we're always looking to improve the app via updates. During the 2012/13 season, we've introduced:

pass combinations – the players who link up the most in any given game
goal build-ups – a screen showing every pass in the move before a goal
more info on Key Events – assists, missed penalties, reasons for cards
team dashboards – track every attacking and defensive action
blocked crosses – one for the full-backs

And it doesn't end there, with further exciting developments to come later in 2013. But don't wait – check out the app that has won several industry awards:

Innovation of the Year, British Society of Magazine Editors Awards
Use of Mobile, AOP Digital Publishing Awards
Innovation award, AOP Digital Publishing Awards
Grand Prix award, AOP Digital Publishing Awards
App of the Year, PPA Digital Publishing Awards

The Stats Zone app is a free download which instantaneously updates as the Premier League games are in action. It's also pre-packed with all the statistics from the season so far – plus Premier League and Champions League data going back to 2010 – so you can play with the info and compare across the years.

And completists rejoice! You can also have the special-edition Euro 2012 and Africa Cup of Nations 2012 apps, available separately via those links.