Two teams are predicted a rapid return to D1
Benfica and Hellas are ranked as highly as PSG from last season and should dominate this season.
Benfica are a more solid outfit and have strength in depth beyond that of Hellas who are more attack minded.
Liege , Everton and Southampton fill the next 3 spots all with o.k. keepers and defence, they are going for possession football to shield the back line. Spurs and Bremen may lack the firepower to go for promotion this year.
224.7 is the cut off to survive D1 so all but the top 2 have a lot of improving to do.
As for the cup Bremen have the capabilities to compete for league or cup.
At the wrong end last year 219.61 was relegation , 219.4 the previous year, so it is getting tougher to survive D2 as well.
Therfore Lazio, Kiev , Levante and Sevilla are all in trouble, all have decent keepers but a weak defence to exploit. Kiev may have the fire power options to escape though which could leave Hamburg or Newcastle looking over their shoulders.
| GK | DEF | MID | ATT | Top18 | Ave | ETOT | Pre | |
| Hellas Verona | 89.0 | 90.8 | 90.5 | 92.0 | 86.0 | 89.7 | 225.80 | 1 |
| SL Benfica | 93.0 | 90.5 | 91.0 | 90.0 | 89.0 | 90.7 | 225.54 | 2 |
| Standard Liège | 88.0 | 90.3 | 89.5 | 91.5 | 87.0 | 89.3 | 224.32 | 3 |
| Everton | 88.0 | 89.8 | 90.3 | 90.5 | 87.0 | 89.1 | 223.83 | 4 |
| Southampton | 88.0 | 89.5 | 90.3 | 90.5 | 87.0 | 89.1 | 223.63 | 5 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 90.0 | 89.5 | 90.5 | 89.5 | 86.0 | 89.1 | 223.30 | 6 |
| Werder Bremen | 89.0 | 89.5 | 90.3 | 89.5 | 88.0 | 89.3 | 223.22 | 7 |
| Liverpool | 90.0 | 89.0 | 90.0 | 91.0 | 82.0 | 88.4 | 222.99 | 8 |
| Ajax | 89.0 | 87.8 | 90.0 | 90.5 | 85.0 | 88.5 | 221.91 | 9 |
| AS Monaco | 88.0 | 89.0 | 89.5 | 89.5 | 85.0 | 88.2 | 221.74 | 10 |
| Sassuolo | 91.0 | 90.3 | 88.3 | 88.5 | 85.0 | 88.6 | 221.45 | 11 |
| Stoke City | 89.0 | 88.5 | 90.0 | 88.0 | 85.0 | 88.1 | 220.88 | 12 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 90.0 | 88.0 | 88.3 | 90.0 | 87.0 | 88.7 | 220.74 | 13 |
| Santos FC | 88.0 | 88.0 | 88.3 | 90.5 | 86.0 | 88.2 | 220.71 | 14 |
| Hamburger SV | 91.0 | 88.0 | 88.0 | 89.5 | 83.0 | 87.9 | 219.86 | 15 |
| Newcastle United | 87.0 | 88.3 | 89.0 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 87.7 | 219.76 | 16 |
| SS Lazio | 86.0 | 87.8 | 88.8 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 87.3 | 219.04 | 17 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 89.0 | 86.5 | 87.3 | 90.5 | 85.0 | 87.7 | 218.71 | 18 |
| Levante UD | 89.0 | 87.5 | 87.8 | 88.5 | 85.0 | 87.6 | 218.61 | 19 |
| Sevilla | 89.0 | 87.5 | 87.3 | 88.5 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 218.21 | 20 |
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