Leicester lead the pack but other teams have options.
Leicester sit 0.7 points above nearest rivals Swansea who are kind of Leicester lite. Partizan are a different prospect in 3rd weaker in most areas but potentially stronger up front. Similarly for Schake, weaker in defence and midfield but with the strong keeper, attacker combo.
Maybe you need 221 to survive D2 so Celta who just need a keeper, Wolfsburg weak at the back and Hamburg who lack a little depth just need a small improvement to move up to the next step.
Last year 217.5 was pretty much the relegation cut off. Roma have the best defence of the relegation candidates, if they could pick up an attacker who know? , Sevilla have decent keeper as do Zenit. Besitkas could also do with an attacker or two.
Swansea look best placed for a cup run, with Borussia also in with a chance of making it deep into the knock out rounds.
Division 3 is slightly stronger than last year, potentially 2 87s are now 88s.. with an increase of 0.25 rating points.
| GK | DEF | MID | ATT | Top18 | Ave | ETOT | Pre | |
| Leicester City | 88.0 | 89.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 85.0 | 88.4 | 222.46 | 1 |
| Swansea City | 88.0 | 88.5 | 89.3 | 90.0 | 87.0 | 88.6 | 221.70 | 2 |
| FK Partizan | 88.0 | 88.0 | 88.4 | 91.0 | 86.0 | 88.3 | 221.15 | 3 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 90.0 | 88.3 | 88.6 | 90.0 | 86.0 | 88.6 | 221.10 | 4 |
| Celta Vigo | 87.0 | 88.3 | 89.5 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 87.8 | 220.69 | 5 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 89.0 | 87.0 | 88.8 | 91.0 | 85.0 | 88.2 | 220.63 | 6 |
| Hamburger SV | 89.0 | 89.0 | 88.3 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 88.1 | 220.53 | 7 |
| US Sassuolo | 91.0 | 88.8 | 88.8 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 88.5 | 220.44 | 8 |
| AS Monaco | 88.0 | 88.0 | 88.0 | 90.0 | 85.0 | 87.8 | 220.06 | 9 |
| Galatasaray SK | 88.0 | 88.0 | 89.0 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 87.8 | 219.68 | 10 |
| River Plate | 87.0 | 88.3 | 88.3 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 87.5 | 219.16 | 11 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 87.0 | 87.3 | 88.8 | 88.5 | 86.0 | 87.5 | 219.09 | 12 |
| Sampdoria | 88.0 | 87.3 | 88.0 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 218.81 | 13 |
| Santos FC | 88.0 | 87.0 | 88.0 | 89.0 | 84.0 | 87.2 | 218.49 | 14 |
| Celtic | 89.0 | 87.3 | 87.2 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 218.29 | 15 |
| Feyenoord | 87.0 | 86.8 | 88.5 | 88.0 | 85.0 | 87.1 | 218.04 | 16 |
| AS Roma | 88.0 | 88.5 | 87.2 | 87.0 | 85.0 | 87.1 | 217.87 | 17 |
| Besiktas JK | 88.0 | 87.5 | 87.8 | 87.0 | 86.0 | 87.3 | 217.63 | 18 |
| Sevilla | 89.0 | 87.8 | 87.0 | 87.0 | 86.0 | 87.4 | 217.35 | 19 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 89.0 | 87.0 | 87.5 | 86.5 | 86.0 | 87.2 | 216.83 | 20 |
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