Tight at the top is Division 3 the place to be?

No real out and out favourite in the cross road division of Top 100.  Zagreb lead the pack strong attack but a little weaker in defence than some. They are closely followed by Villa who have a better keeper and midfield.  Flamengo , WBA and Man Utd could be covered by a tea towel all are strong in midfield and attack an ongoing theme amongst D3 contenders.

The 90 + Attack runs out past 6th spot. You would need 219.75 to survive in D2 so teams down to River Plate could push for promotion without compromising their current set up.

Looking at the lower end  last year less than 218.00 meant relegation this leaves Chievo. Basel , Celtic , Dnipro could be in danger. . Celtic and Dnipro in particular are in danger of shipping too many goals.  Basel may be o.k. but lack the strength in depth if they get in trouble.    In general terms.   The division is 0.3 per team higher than last season. The top end is a little weaker but there are more teams closer to those playoff spots.

GK DEF MID ATT Top18 Ave ETOT Pre
Dinamo Zagreb 89.0 88.5 89.3 91.0 86.0 88.8 222.35 1
Aston Villa 90.0 88.5 89.8 90.0 87.0 89.1 222.34 2
Flamengo 88.0 89.3 89.0 90.0 86.0 88.5 221.98 3
Manchester United 88.0 88.5 89.8 90.5 83.0 88.0 221.95 4
West Bromwich Albion 89.0 88.8 89.8 90.0 82.0 87.9 221.82 5
Udinese Calcio 88.0 88.8 89.0 89.0 86.0 88.2 220.93 6
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 88.0 88.3 88.5 89.0 86.0 88.0 220.13 7
Sporting CP 88.0 88.3 88.5 89.0 85.0 87.8 220.01 8
River Plate 88.0 88.3 88.3 89.0 86.0 87.9 219.93 9
Borussia Mönchengladbach 88.0 87.0 89.5 88.5 82.0 87.0 219.13 10
Galatasaray SK 88.0 87.5 88.8 88.0 86.0 87.7 219.08 11
Club Brugge KV 88.0 88.0 88.8 87.5 85.0 87.5 219.04 12
CSKA Moskva 87.0 87.8 88.8 88.0 84.0 87.1 218.92 13
1. FC Köln 88.0 87.3 89.0 87.5 86.0 87.6 218.76 14
SSC Napoli 87.0 88.5 88.8 87.0 83.0 86.9 218.75 15
Zenit Saint Petersburg 89.0 87.5 87.8 88.0 86.0 87.7 218.40 16
Chievo Verona 88.0 87.3 88.5 87.0 86.0 87.4 218.03 17
FC Basel 88.0 88.5 87.0 88.0 82.0 86.7 218.00 18
Celtic 87.0 86.8 88.3 87.5 86.0 87.1 217.64 19
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 86.0 87.8 87.3 87.5 85.0 86.7 217.44 20