Yeah but its still down toQuote:
Originally Posted by toptoon
4 minimum, but and extra spot, making it 5 IF prem teams perform well enough across all European competions which didnt happen last season
The other 2 are only possible if a Prem club wins the Europa League and Conference League competitions then they get additional places in the extended competition, which dont result in one of the league finishing (4 or 5) being superseded by the winner of either of those competitions.
Points are awarded for each game, same in any competition (so Europa and Conference count just as much as CL) 2 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
That total is divided by the number of teams a country had in the completions from that start which is 7 in our case (City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Villa, Spurs, Man Utd, Chelsea).
At the minute we lead the table:
1. England, 20.892 - (6/7)
2. Spain, 19.035 - (6/7)
3. Italy, 18.187 - (4/8)
4. Portugal, 16.050 - (2/5)
5. Germany, 16.046 - (4/8)
6. Belgium, 15.250 - (3/5)
7. France, 14.857 - (3/7)
8. Netherlands, 14.750 - (4/6)
9. Greece, 11.687 - (2/4)
10. Czechia, 10.350 - (1/5)
So Spain will definitely lose a team in the next round (Real v Athletico) and Germany will too (Bayern v Leverkusen).
So, for example, if all the English teams win their respective games well have an additional 12/7=1.714 added to our points co-efficient 20.892+1.714=22.606.
Thats why teams progressing is good for us, means there is that extra league position, which already looks very likely, and Im in a very conflicted space wanting Man Utd to win as they play Real Sociedad and given Spain are second, the more teams they lose from Europe the better for us, making 5 spots for league finishing more likely.
