Everton favourites to return to D2
No team is massively better than the rest in this division. Everton have the joint best midfield in the league and are solid throughout with stacks of depth. Sunderland in second, are a bit weaker in midfield and lack a little depth compared to their rivals. Liege are a classic top and tail team, a 91 rated attacker can wreak havoc with no other team having a keeper to match. Flamengo can match Everton in midfield and have a broadly similar team to them.
A rating of 222 is needed to survive D2 which perhaps shows how D2 has moved on recently with D3 dropping half a point across the board. Tottenham, West Ham , and Bremen can all use a 90 rated attacker and any or all can challenge for the playoff but would they simply return to sender ?
Everton look best set for a cup run, with Dnipro and Hoffenheim fancying their chances.
218.8 was the relegation cut off last season but with the division being weaker we can assume Dnipro should survive. The 3 Italian teams seem to be in the most trouble. Fiorentina promoted but no real strengths, Sassuolo stronger but no depth at all with Sampdoria in a similar position. Celta seem to be rebuilding but they have a decent attack better than Hoffenheim who rank above them.
| GK | DEF | MID | ATT | Top18 | Ave | ETOT | Pre | |
| Everton (R) | 89.0 | 89.0 | 90.2 | 89.0 | 87.0 | 88.7 | 222.33 | 1 |
| Sunderland | 89.0 | 89.5 | 89.8 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 88.7 | 222.17 | 2 |
| Standard Liège | 91.0 | 89.0 | 88.6 | 90.0 | 86.0 | 88.6 | 221.82 | 3 |
| Flamengo | 88.0 | 88.8 | 90.2 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 88.3 | 221.77 | 4 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 88.0 | 88.3 | 89.4 | 90.0 | 86.0 | 88.3 | 221.50 | 5 |
| West Ham United | 89.0 | 88.3 | 89.2 | 90.0 | 85.0 | 88.2 | 221.34 | 6 |
| Bremen (R) | 88.0 | 89.3 | 88.2 | 90.0 | 85.0 | 88.2 | 221.22 | 7 |
| Málaga CF | 89.0 | 88.8 | 89.2 | 89.0 | 86.0 | 88.3 | 221.21 | 8 |
| Cruzeiro | 89.0 | 88.8 | 89.2 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 87.9 | 221.09 | 9 |
| Southampton (R) | 89.0 | 88.0 | 88.8 | 89.0 | 83.0 | 87.5 | 219.93 | 10 |
| Club Brugge KV (PC) | 88.0 | 88.0 | 88.6 | 89.0 | 84.0 | 87.5 | 219.77 | 11 |
| CSKA Moskva (P) | 86.0 | 88.3 | 88.8 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 87.7 | 219.48 | 12 |
| Lille OSC (PP) | 90.0 | 86.8 | 88.8 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 87.8 | 219.29 | 13 |
| Crystal Palace | 88.0 | 87.0 | 87.4 | 90.0 | 86.0 | 87.6 | 218.90 | 14 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 88.0 | 87.8 | 88.2 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 87.5 | 218.84 | 15 |
| Hoffenheim | 88.0 | 87.5 | 88.0 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 87.4 | 218.48 | 16 |
| Celta Vigo (R) | 88.0 | 87.3 | 87.0 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 86.9 | 218.01 | 17 |
| Sampdoria | 87.0 | 87.3 | 87.4 | 88.0 | 83.0 | 86.5 | 217.32 | 18 |
| US Sassuolo | 88.0 | 87.3 | 87.4 | 88.0 | 82.0 | 86.7 | 217.32 | 19 |
| ACF Fiorentina (P) | 88.0 | 87.5 | 87.2 | 87.0 | 85.0 | 86.9 | 217.07 | 20 |
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