Four teams battle out for 3 places all of whom can hit 90 plus in attack.
It always remains a good gamble that with weakening keeper / defence combo that a decent attack will unlock a win for your team. Sporting perhaps have the best defence / attack balance which they gain while losing some depth. Flamengo a great project side are a near match to them. Augsburg weaker in defence but the most potent attacking option make up the top 3.
West Brom sit a little detached but in reality they are a fairly similar line up to the top 2.
Zagreb have a decent midfield and should get to the play off spots at least and Sassuolo’s 91 rated keeper Gulacsi could throw a spanner in the works of those attack minded teams.
To survive D2 you need around 220 so any team down to Hoffenheim could aim for promotion and have a decent chance of survival the following season in stark contrast to D2/D1.
Zenit maybe will have better luck in the cup than the league with a good keeper and some depth. Teams below 219 were at risk last year but in reality it is that bunch of 218 or less that are in danger.
Kiev have a weakness in defence and midfield, similar to Dnipro but they have some more depth maybe to see them safe. Chievo need to look at possession football , Lazio need to hope their keeper keeps them safe. Basel sit in difficult place in last place in most categories.
| GK | DEF | MID | ATT | Top18 | Ave | ETOT | Pre | |
| Sporting CP | 88.0 | 90.3 | 89.0 | 90.0 | 84.0 | 88.3 | 222.54 | 1 |
| Flamengo | 88.0 | 90.0 | 89.0 | 90.0 | 85.0 | 88.4 | 222.46 | 2 |
| FC AUGSBURG | 89.0 | 88.3 | 89.3 | 91.0 | 86.0 | 88.7 | 222.15 | 3 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 88.0 | 89.5 | 89.0 | 90.0 | 83.0 | 87.9 | 221.82 | 4 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 89.0 | 88.0 | 89.5 | 89.5 | 86.0 | 88.4 | 221.18 | 5 |
| Udinese Calcio | 88.0 | 89.3 | 89.0 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 88.1 | 220.68 | 6 |
| Hamburger SV | 89.0 | 88.5 | 88.3 | 89.5 | 86.0 | 88.3 | 220.58 | 7 |
| Sassuolo | 91.0 | 88.5 | 89.0 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 88.5 | 220.44 | 8 |
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 88.0 | 87.8 | 89.5 | 88.5 | 86.0 | 88.0 | 220.21 | 9 |
| SSC Napoli | 87.0 | 86.5 | 89.8 | 89.5 | 85.0 | 87.6 | 219.82 | 10 |
| Feyenoord | 90.0 | 88.0 | 87.5 | 89.0 | 86.0 | 88.1 | 219.37 | 11 |
| FK Partizan | 89.0 | 87.5 | 88.5 | 88.5 | 86.0 | 87.9 | 219.33 | 12 |
| Crystal Palace | 89.0 | 87.5 | 88.3 | 88.5 | 86.0 | 87.9 | 219.13 | 13 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 87.0 | 86.5 | 89.5 | 88.5 | 83.0 | 86.9 | 218.73 | 14 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 89.0 | 87.3 | 88.5 | 87.5 | 86.0 | 87.7 | 218.48 | 15 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 88.0 | 87.0 | 87.8 | 88.5 | 85.0 | 87.3 | 218.09 | 16 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 88.0 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 87.4 | 218.08 | 17 |
| Chievo Verona | 87.0 | 87.3 | 88.3 | 87.0 | 85.0 | 86.9 | 217.59 | 18 |
| SS Lazio | 89.0 | 87.0 | 87.8 | 87.5 | 85.0 | 87.3 | 217.56 | 19 |
| FC Basel | 87.0 | 87.5 | 87.0 | 87.5 | 85.0 | 86.8 | 217.12 | 20 |
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