AZ are 2 points above the rest , who will be 2nd?

AZ should win D5 and even D4, this should be a walk in the park for them. Kiev and Torino look like solid 2nd and 3rd place outfit, Kiev pack a punch upfront, while Torino are more defensive minded.

Around 217.5 would be survival in D4 so as usual in D5 a host of teams could seek promotion or wait a while to build their strength.  There is a very narrow range of teams from 5th place Rubin down to 11th place Besitkas who will at least for a while have much more bite in their team.

Independiente look the cream of the play off crop with a well balanced team with some depth.

With no relegation there is only the fairly palid sack race to avoid. Athletic club are still being rebuilt , Chievo need to sort out their defence and midfield. Lazio seems to have continued to underperformed despite the youth structure under the previous manager.

Marseille could be a good cup team and may make a late run with all that depth. D5 is slightly weaker than last season.

 GKDEFMIDATTTop18AveETOTPre
AZ Alkmaar87.088.589.091.085.088.1221.791
Dynamo Kyiv88.087.087.891.085.087.8219.752
Torino89.088.388.688.085.087.8219.563
Rubin Kazan ®88.087.388.289.084.087.3218.854
Olympiacos ®88.087.387.889.086.087.6218.775
Independiente89.088.088.088.085.087.6218.886
Monchengladbach ®87.087.388.288.088.087.7218.567
Spartak Moskva87.087.588.488.085.087.2218.568
Olympique Marseille88.088.387.587.087.087.6218.159
Beşiktaş JK88.087.087.688.086.087.3217.7610
PSV88.087.387.888.082.086.6217.6411
Feyenoord88.087.087.488.086.087.3217.6012
Newcastle United87.087.388.087.086.087.1217.5113
Olympique Lyonnais86.086.387.289.085.086.7217.1314
SSC Napoli ®87.086.388.088.082.086.3216.8815
FK Partizan87.087.087.487.086.086.9216.8316
Villarreal CF87.087.087.287.085.086.6216.5517
SS Lazio89.087.084.689.082.086.3215.6518
Chievo Verona88.086.586.487.085.086.6215.6319
Athletic Club87.085.586.086.084.085.7213.6220

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