Division Five Sack Race

The bottom half of D5 looks like this currently:

With 18 points left to play for, I can’t see any of the sides from Spartak down getting the 46 points in total that would guarantee avoiding the bottom three and the sack.

So that means it’s three from five….

Chievo are six points adrift of 17th place and that already looks far too big a gap to close. It’s a long time since their Harmer heyday!

Lazio have invested heavily in some better quality players recently, and they must be favourites to escape this time around as a result. It’s even longer since Lazio were a D1 club! (But only seven seasons since they were in D2!)

Dynamo will want to avoid a second successive bottom three finish following relegation from D4 last season.

Another former D1 club Lyon, and another Moscow club Spartak (who started Top 100 life in D2), have a two point advantage (massive win for Lyon last night!), which could be crucial, but Lyon’s leaky defence could be their undoing at the end.

A tough debut season for Spartak manager Ben!

Who will get sacked? Who will survive? Who deserves to fight another season?