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Will Dortmund overcome Hellas?

I use the average rating in Gk, Def, Mid, Att using the best formation, I include the lowest ranked top 18 player who is likely to play and work out an average. Then using a magic formula developed in the early days of T100 the ETOT the estimated total rating of the team.

Teams are then ranked best to worst.

After a great season the top and tail approach of Hellas seems to work better than the all-round strength of Dortmund. Second ranked Dortmund probably would be after a higher rated keeper, not that 92 is bad to round out their team and also more depth.  Other than defence Porto in 3rd can match Hellas. Chelsea in 3rd is another similar team but depth is lacking this season.

The other two main contender above 230 are Bayern and Juventus. Juventus maybe not good enough up top, Bayern lack a great keeper and with a lesser midfield that could be a problem.

That leaves a sizeable gap to the rest the Old Boys of Manchester perhaps have 1 or 2 seasons to tilt at the title. Genoa could be a dark horse with the depth in their squad.

Last season 224 or less meant relegation issues. As it stands AC Milan are as good as relegated, they desperately need a keeper and a 90+ striker.  Hertha’s main weakness is defence, Espanyol are playing a waiting game on some risers. That leaves one final dropper spot.  Levante look most vulnerable with a risk of really low possession and a weak keeper for the league they are in.  Juventus & Hellas could be great cup teams as could Genoa, Real Madrid and Leverkeusen.

  Gk Def Mid Att Top18 Ave ETOT Pre
Dortmund 92.0 92.8 94.0 95.0 87.0 92.2 232.63 1
Hellas Verona (C) 94.0 92.0 93.0 96.0 89.0 92.8 232.36 2
FC Porto 94.0 91.0 93.2 96.0 86.0 92.0 231.36 3
Chelsea 95.0 92.0 92.4 95.0 82.0 91.3 230.51 4
Bayern 91.0 92.8 90.8 96.0 86.0 91.3 230.48 5
Juventus 95.0 92.8 92.6 92.0 89.0 92.3 230.16 6
Leicester City 90.0 90.0 91.8 95.0 85.0 90.4 228.19 7
Manchester City (PC) 94.0 90.8 92.0 93.0 85.0 91.0 228.13 8
Barcelona 92.0 91.0 91.8 93.0 85.0 90.6 227.93 9
São Paulo FC 89.0 90.0 92.0 93.0 86.0 90.0 227.05 10
Genoa CFC 90.0 90.0 92.4 92.0 87.0 90.3 226.96 11
Arsenal 90.0 91.3 91.0 92.0 86.0 90.1 226.72 12
SL Benfica 93.0 89.8 90.0 94.0 85.0 90.4 226.26 13
Real Madrid 89.0 90.3 91.2 92.0 87.0 89.9 226.08 14
Atlético Madrid 91.0 89.5 89.2 94.0 85.0 89.7 225.18 15
Levante UD (P) 90.0 90.5 89.8 91.0 86.0 89.5 224.51 16
Leverkusen 90.0 90.5 90.4 90.0 87.0 89.6 224.46 17
RCD Espanyol 87.0 88.5 90.0 92.0 85.0 88.5 223.24 18
H. Berlin (PL) 90.0 88.5 89.6 91.0 85.0 88.8 222.63 19
AC Milan (P) 88.0 88.8 88.6 89.0 87.0 88.3 220.73 20