🔥 MOST WINS in this European season: 🇵🇱 Poland, 17-5-4 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 14-5-6 🇸🇪 Sweden, 14-4-6 🇩🇰 Denmark, 13-8-3 🇵🇹 Portugal, 13-4-3 🇷🇴 Romania, 12-4-9 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 11-1-7 🇧🇪 Belgium, 10-3-4 🇳🇴 Norway, 10-5-9 🇮🇪 Ireland, 10-4-6

🚨 TWO CHANGES occurred in the projections to finish in the Europa League - Top 24 after Matchday 1. ✅ 🇧🇬 Ludogorets ✅🇬🇷 Panathinaikos ❌ 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz ❌ 🇸🇪 Malmö 📢 Check our Page (☝️ in bio) for latest UCL / UEL / UECL projections, with Top 8/16/24 % chances!

🏆 To Win the Europa League: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa - 22% 🇮🇹 AS Roma - 16% 🇫🇷 Lille - 10% 🇫🇷 Lyon - 9% 🇵🇹 Porto - 7% 🇩🇪 Stuttgart - 5% 🇮🇹 Bologna - 5% 🇪🇸 Real Betis - 5% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest - 5% 🇩🇪 Freiburg - 4% 🇳🇱 Feyenoord - 3% 🇵🇹 Braga - 2% 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe - 2% (% per @EuroClubIndex)

🚨 ONE CHANGE occurred in the projections to finish in the Europa League - Top 8 after Matchday 1. ✅ 🇩🇪 IN - Stuttgart ❌ 🇳🇱 OUT - Feyenoord 📢 Check our Page (☝️ in bio) for latest UCL / UEL / UECL projections, with Top 8/16/24 % chances!

🥳 🇳🇴 SK Brann are celebrating their 117th birthday today, as they were founded on 26 September 1908! 📢 🇳🇴 SK Brann made a Europa League comeback last night, and this week they are featured in a 'Club Profile' section on our Page (☝️ in bio)!

🚨 To Secure an Extra Champions League spot: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - 91% 🇮🇹 Italy - 39% 🇩🇪 Germany - 28% 🇪🇸 Spain - 22% 🇫🇷 France - 15% 🇵🇹 Portugal - 3% 🇵🇱 Poland - 2% ✅ Top 2 nations will secure an extra Champions League spots! (% per @LukaszBoz)

🚨 Race for an extra Champions League spot! 🔥 🇵🇹 Portugal entered the Top 2! 💥 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England added +0.222 pts in a direct duel win vs 🇮🇹 Italy! 💥 🇩🇪 Germany added +0.286 pts (+ overtook 🇵🇱) in a direct duel win vs 🇪🇸 Spain! ✅ 🇫🇷 France added +0.571 pts with two wins tonight!

🚨 Europa League Standings! 1⃣ 🇬🇷 Panathinaikos - 3 pts 2⃣ 🇭🇷 Dinamo Zagreb - 3 pts 3⃣ 🇩🇰 Midtjylland - 3 pts 4⃣ 🇮🇹 AS Roma - 3 pts 5⃣ 🇧🇬 Ludogorets - 3 pts 6⃣ 🇫🇷 Lille - 3 pts 7⃣ 🇩🇪 Freiburg - 3 pts 8⃣ 🇩🇪 Stuttgart - 3 pts

🔥 🇬🇷 Panathinaikos are the first with a 3+ win, 4-1 at 🇨🇭 Young Boys! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa def. 🇮🇹 Bologna 1-0 🇩🇪 Stuttgart def. 🇪🇸 Celta Vigo 2-1 🇧🇪 Genk def. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Rangers 1-0 🇵🇹 Porto def. 🇦🇹 Salzburg 1-0 🇫🇷 Lyon def. 🇳🇱 Utrecht 1-0 🔸 Only one draw: 🇨🇿 Plzeň vs. 🇭🇺 Ferencváros 1-1

🤨 🛑 Donald Trump administration working to stop 🇮🇱 Israel being banned from the 2026 World Cup, per reports! 🥴 🇮🇱 Israel are currently given less than a 0.5% chance to secure the 2026 World Cup spot at all! 💥 Next two fixtures: 🇳🇴 Norway vs 🇮🇱 Israel 🇮🇹 Italy vs 🇮🇱 Israel

🚨 🇷🇴 Romania back to 21st! 📈 🇷🇴 Romania moved back ahead of 🇭🇷 Croatia, as FCSB added them +0.500 points tonight!

🚨 Europa League Standings. 1⃣ 🇭🇷 Dinamo Zagreb - 3 pts 2⃣ 🇩🇰 Midtjylland - 3 pts 3⃣ 🇮🇹 AS Roma - 3 pts 4⃣ 🇧🇬 Ludogorets - 3 pts 5⃣ 🇫🇷 Lille - 3 pts 6⃣ 🇩🇪 Freiburg - 3 pts 7⃣ 🇷🇴 FCSB - 3 pts 8⃣ 🇵🇹 Braga - 3 pts

🚨 🇫🇷 Lille scored a late winner for 2-1 over 🇳🇴 Brann, who were on the brink of a surprise draw in their Europa League comeback! 💥 🇷🇴 FCSB with a huge 1-0 win away at debutants 🇳🇱 Go Ahead Eagles in a direct duel to move forward early on in the Top 24 Race!

📊 Latest projections for 🔵 UCL / 🟠 UEL / 🟢 UECL are always available at our Page (☝️ in bio)! ✅ Predicted Standings, xPts, xGD ✅ Top 8/Top 16/Top 24 % Chances ✅ Projected Knockout Brackets 🆕 Updated after each round (☝️ in bio)!

🚨 🇳🇴 Norway would be on the brink of the 2026 FIFA World Cup if 🇮🇱 Israel are KICKED OUT of qualifiers! ❌ 🇮🇱 Israel's matches at 🇳🇴 Norway and 🇮🇹 Italy would be cancelled, giving 🇮🇹 Italy less chance to overtake 🇳🇴 Norway!

🚨 🇮🇱 Israel are likely to be SUSPENDED by UEFA next week! ❌ 🇮🇱 Israel should be BANNED as majority of Executive Committee and Federations are in favour of ban! ❌ 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Avid are set to be KICKED OUT of the Europa League! Source: @martynziegler

✅ To Secure the UEL Semifinals: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa - 53% 🇮🇹 AS Roma - 44% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Forest - 34% 🇫🇷 Lyon - 29% 🇫🇷 Lille - 28% 🇮🇹 Bologna - 23% 🇵🇹 Porto - 23% 🇩🇪 Stuttgart - 16% 🇪🇸 Real Betis - 15% 🇳🇱 Feyenoord - 15% 🇩🇪 Freiburg - 14% 🇵🇹 Braga - 12% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic - 12% (% per @OptaAnalyst)

📈 Top 4 nations keep moving towards the top positions in the Race for an extra UCL spot! 💥 Two direct duels tonight: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa vs 🇮🇹 Bologna 🇩🇪 Stuttgart vs 🇪🇸 Celta Vigo 🔥 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England by far in the best position, with a 90% chance to finish in the Top 2!

💥 Huge Thursday Night in the Europa League, with plenty of interesting direct duels! 🆕 🇳🇱 Go Ahead Eagles will DEBUT in the Europa League as they host 🇷🇴 FCSB! 📢 Check our Page (☝️ in bio) for detailed Europa League projections, and Top 8/16/24 % chances!

🪀 🇳🇴 SK Brann were such a 'Yo-yo club' that for two decades they held a world record for consecutive relegations and promotions! 📢 🇳🇴 SK Brann are now stable and back in the Europa League tonight, so we've released a detailed 'Club Profile' on them at our Page (☝️ in bio)!

📊 Format of the potential 2030 FIFA World Cup with 64 nations? ✅ 16 groups with four nations in each, with the top two going through to the knockouts, seems most likely. ❌ FIFA is unlikely to either approve or dismiss this proposal by CONMEBOL anytime soon.

🚨 🇲🇪 Arsenal Tivat from Montenegro will be BANNED from European competitions for SEVEN YEARS! ❌ 🇲🇪 Arsenal Tivat were first banned for 10 YEARS due to fixing a 2023/24 Conference League - QR1 match: 🇲🇪 Arsenal Tivat vs 🇦🇲 Alashkert 1-6 ✅ Ban was reduced after an appeal.

🚨 Race for an extra Champions League spot. 📈 🇩🇰 Denmark overtook 🇨🇾 Cyprus! 📈 🇩🇪 Germany overtook 🇪🇸 Spain! 📈 🇮🇹 Italy overtook 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan!

🚨 Country Ranking Update. 📈 🇩🇰 Denmark overtook 🇵🇱 Poland! 📈 🇭🇷 Croatia overtook 🇷🇴 Romania!

🚨 Europa League Standings. 1⃣ 🇭🇷 Dinamo Zagreb - 3 points 2⃣ 🇩🇰 Midtjylland - 3 points 3⃣ 🇮🇹 AS Roma - 3 points 4⃣ 🇧🇬 Ludogorets - 3 points 5⃣ 🇩🇪 Freiburg - 3 points 6⃣ 🇵🇹 Braga - 3 points 7⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest - 1 point 8⃣ 🇪🇸 Real Betis - 1 point

🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest DEBUTED with a 2-2 draw at 🇪🇸 Real Betis! 🇭🇷 Dinamo def. 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe 3-1 🇵🇹 Braga def. 🇳🇱 Feyenoord 1-0 🇩🇪 Freiburg def. 🇨🇭 Basel 2-1 🇮🇹 AS Roma def. 🇫🇷 Nice 2-1 🇧🇬 Ludogorets def. 🇸🇪 Malmö 2-1 🔸 One more draw: 🇷🇸 Crvena zvezda vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic 1-1

📌 Early Europa League Standings. 1⃣ 🇩🇰 Midtjylland - 3 points 2⃣ 🇬🇷 PAOK - 1 point 3⃣ 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv - 1 point ... 3⃣6⃣ 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz - 0 points

🔝 🇩🇰 Denmark are now holding FIRST PLACE in the Race for an extra Champions League spot! 📈 🇩🇰 Denmark overtook 🇨🇾 Cyprus, as Midtjylland added them +0.500 points by winning tonight!

🚨 🇩🇰 Denmark OVERTOOK 🇵🇱 Poland on the Country Ranking, moving up to the 13th place! 📈 🇩🇰 Denmark continued with a strong opening, as Midtjylland added them +0.500 points! ✅ 🇵🇱 Poland still have all 4/4 clubs alive, but all four start in October in the Conference League.

🚨 🇩🇰 Midtjylland are the FIRST CLUB that won the Europa League match this season! 💥 🇩🇰 Midtjylland def. 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz 2-0 in a direct duel between two clubs in the Top 24 Race! ❌ Goalless draw between two clubs projected to get eliminated: 🇬🇷 PAOK vs 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-0

🚨 Projected Europa League Knockout Bracket ahead of Matchday 1! ✅ 1st-8th: Directly to Round of 16 📈 9th-24th: Into the KO Play-offs ❌ 25th-36th: Eliminated from UEL 📢 Check our Page (☝️ in bio) for early projections & updated brackets for all three European competitions!

🏁 Top 24 Europa League Race starts today! 📈 Predicted to finish just above: 🇳🇴 Brann 🇸🇪 Malmö 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz 📉 Predicted to finish just below: 🇬🇷 PAOK 🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzeň 🇬🇷 Panathinaikos 📢 Check our Page (☝️ in bio) for all the % chances to finish in the Top 8/16/24!

💥 Three direct Top 4 leagues duels in the Race for an extra Champions League spot this week: 🇪🇸 Real Betis vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Forest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa vs 🇮🇹 Bologna 🇩🇪 Stuttgart vs 🇪🇸 Celta Vigo 🇫🇷 France are the only other nation that can realistically join Top 4 nations in the Top 2 Race!

🟢 Conference League start on 2 October, but we have four UECL clubs playing each other tonight! 💥 Four Polish clubs playing in the Conference League will play against each other in the league tonight! 🇵🇱 Raków vs 🇵🇱 Lech 🇵🇱 Legia vs 🇵🇱 Jagiellonia

🚨 EIGHT CLUBS predicted to finish in the Top 8 and enter the Europa League - R16 directly: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa 🇫🇷 Lyon 🇮🇹 AS Roma 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest 🇫🇷 Lille 🇵🇹 Porto 🇮🇹 Bologna 🇳🇱 Feyenoord 📢 Check our Page (☝️ in bio) for all the % chances to finish in the Top 8/Top 16/Top 24!

🚨 UPDATED projections for all three European competitions are available at our Page: www.patreon.com/c/FootballRa... 🔵 2025/26 Champions League 🟠 2025/26 Europa League 🟢 2025/26 Conference League 🚨 Projected Knockout Brackets are available as well: www.patreon.com/c/FootballRa...

🔸 FIFA discussed the 2030 World Cup expansion to 64 nations on Tuesday! 🔹 Proposal was pitched by a delegation of South American leaders. 🔸 This could be a one-off decision to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1930 World Cup. 🔹 UEFA has already opposed this idea.

🏆 To Win the Europa League: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa - 19% 🇮🇹 AS Roma - 14% 🇫🇷 Lille - 10% 🇫🇷 Lyon - 7% 🇪🇸 Real Betis - 6% 🇮🇹 Bologna - 6% 🇵🇹 Porto - 6% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest - 5% 🇩🇪 Stuttgart - 5% 🇳🇱 Feyenoord - 5% 🇩🇪 Freiburg - 4% 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe - 3% 🇵🇹 Braga - 2% (% per @EuroClubIndex)

🚨 Europa League opens with an Exclusive Week! 🔸 Nine matches on Wednesday! 🔸 Nine matches on Thursday! 🆕 One DEBUTANT playing tonight: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest (starting away at 🇪🇸 Real Betis)

🏆 To Secure the Europa League Final: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa - 37% 🇮🇹 AS Roma - 23% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest - 19% 🇫🇷 Lille - 16% 🇫🇷 Lyon - 14% 🇮🇹 Bologna - 12% 🇵🇹 Porto - 11% 🇳🇱 Feyenoord - 11% 🇩🇪 Stuttgart - 7% 🇪🇸 Real Betis - 7% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic - 5% 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe - 4% (% per @OptaAnalyst)

🏆 To Secure the Champions League Final: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool - 35% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal - 28% 🇪🇸 Barcelona - 20% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Man City - 19% 🇫🇷 PSG - 19% 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich - 14% 🇪🇸 Real Madrid - 14% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea - 9% 🇮🇹 Inter - 7% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle - 5% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham - 5% 🇩🇪 Dortmund - 3% (% per @OptaAnalyst)

🏆 To Secure the Conference League Final: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace - 66% 🇫🇷 Strasbourg - 22% 🇮🇹 Fiorentina - 21% 🇩🇪 Mainz - 16% 🇪🇸 Rayo Vallecano - 14% 🇳🇱 AZ - 11% 🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk - 5% 🇵🇱 Legia Warszawa - 5% 🇬🇷 AEK Athens - 4% 🇵🇱 Lech Poznań - 4% (% per @OptaAnalyst)

🚨 Europa League is opening on Wednesday with an Exclusive Week! 🔸 Nine matches on Wednesday 🔸 Nine matches on Thursday ❌ No other competitions this week! 📢 Check our Page (☝️ in bio) for detailed Europa League projections, including all the % chances!

📌 NINE CLUBS from Summer Leagues secured their spots in the 2026/27 European competitions: 🇮🇸 Vestri 🇱🇻 Riga FC 🇱🇻 FC RFS 🇫🇮 HJK Helsinki 🇰🇿 Kairat 🇰🇿 Astana 🇫🇴 KÍ Klaksvik 🇫🇴 NSÍ Runavík 🇫🇴 HB Tórshavn

✅ 🇫🇷 To Secure the Top 5: 🇫🇷 PSG - 99% 🇫🇷 AS Monaco - 72% 🇫🇷 Marseille - 69% 🇫🇷 Lyon - 58% 🇫🇷 Lille - 57% 🇫🇷 Strasbourg - 39% 🇫🇷 Stade Rennais - 33% 🚨 🇫🇷 France are given a 20% chance to enter the Top 5 into the Champions League (*one in qualifiers).

✅ 🇩🇪 To Secure the Top 5: 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich - 99% 🇩🇪 Dortmund - 83% 🇩🇪 Leverkusen - 63% 🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt - 57% 🇩🇪 Leipzig - 52% 🇩🇪 Freiburg - 27% 🇩🇪 Stuttgart - 24% 🇩🇪 Wolfsburg - 22% 🚨 🇩🇪 Germany are given a 21% chance to enter the Top 5 into the Champions League!

✅ 🇪🇸 To Secure the Top 5: 🇪🇸 Real Madrid - 99% 🇪🇸 Barcelona - 99% 🇪🇸 Atlético Madrid - 74% 🇪🇸 Athletic Club - 70% 🇪🇸 Villarreal - 45% 🇪🇸 Real Betis - 28% 🚨 🇪🇸 Spain are given a 23% chance to enter the Top 5 into the Champions League!

✅ 🇮🇹 To Secure the Top 5: 🇮🇹 Napoli - 93% 🇮🇹 Inter - 88% 🇮🇹 Juventus - 82% 🇮🇹 AS Roma - 60% 🇮🇹 AC Milan - 59% 🇮🇹 Atalanta - 43% 🇮🇹 Lazio - 20% 🇮🇹 Bologna - 16% 🚨 🇮🇹 Italy are given a 40% chance to enter the Top 5 into the Champions League!

✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 To Secure the Top 5: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool - 97% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal - 92% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Man City - 70% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea - 44% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle - 35% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace - 33% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham - 33% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Man Utd - 16% 🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England are given a 90% chance to enter the Top 5 into the Champions League!