Selenium Python Xpath how to select the correct span text from many nested div tags - python-2.7

Question

I have a web page with a left hand menu. It is made up of many div tags.
I have noticed when my Selenium Python script runs it is not clicking the text I want clicked from the left hand menu. It is clicking something else.
My Xpath is not correct.
I would like to locate the text "Statistics" (it is in a div\span tag) which has the parent div text "Analysis"
It is not clicking the correct text "Statistics" because there maybe another "Statistics" somewhere in the HTML source. If i start from the div tag which has the text "Analysis" and then find the text "Statistics" then I will get the correct element.
My Xpath is:
.//div//span[#title="Analysis"]/following::div[5]//span[text()="Statistics"]
The HTML is:
<div>
<span class="" title="Analysis"
style="white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;empty-cells:show;display:block;">Analysis</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="overflow: hidden;">
<div>
<div>
<div aria-selected="false" role="treeitem" aria-setsize="3" aria-posinset="1" aria-expanded="false"
aria-level="2">
<div class="GJPPK2LBIF" style="padding-left: 16px;">
<div class="GJPPK2LBIF GJPPK2LBKF" style="padding-left: 16px;position:relative;" onclick="">
<div class="GJPPK2LBJF" style="left: 0px;width: 15px;height: 15px;position:absolute;">
<img border="0"
style="width:15px;height:15px;background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA8AAAAPCAYAAAA7/HbnjJn53wAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==) no-repeat 0px 0px;"
src="http://test1:8080/clearcore/ClearCore/clear.cache.gif"
onload="this.__gwtLastUnhandledEvent=" load";"/>
</div>
<div class="GJPPK2LBLF">
<div style="padding-left: 22px;position:relative;zoom:1;">
<div style="left:0px;margin-top:-8px;position:absolute;top:50%;line-height:0px;">
<img border="0"
style="width:16px;height:16px;background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAABmJLR0QA/wD/AP+gvaekJggg==) no-repeat 0px 0px;"
src="http://test1:8080/clearcore/ClearCore/clear.cache.gif"
onload="this.__gwtLastUnhandledEvent=" load";"/>
</div>
<div>
<span class="" title="Statistics"
style="white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;empty-cells:show;display:block;">Statistics</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Thanks,
Riaz

Answer 1

If you have FireFox with FirePath you can test the xpath and see how many and which matches you get. For instance:
//span[text()="Statistics"]
This may result in 1 matching node but also in more. Let's assume there's two matches and the one you want is the second one. Then you'd choose:
//span[text()="Statistics"][2]