Sporting the clear favourites.

A team that should be mid table in D1 should romp to the title with room to spare. They can only realistically be beaten in the keeper position but should not have a problem. Then things get much closer. Genoa just in 2nd spot maybe a little weaker in defence but still a tough all round team. Leverkusen are a more defensive outfit but maybe lack a little depth.

Man Utd are in 4th spot but will the keeper be a real weakness.  Real Madrid will run the top teams close with that potent attack  but as is true of Cruziero perhaps a little weak lower down the order.

Liege are a classic top and tail team but does that still work in division 2 , time will tell. Interestingly on Sporting have what it takes to survive in D1 all the other prospects face instant relegation.

At the wrong end of the table anything less than 221 leaves you in danger, River Plate it is hard to see how they can survive with the weakest attack and defence in the league.  Spurs can hope that a good defensive showing keeps them up , where as Augsburg must hope to knock a few in as they will probably ship a few at the back.  CSKA will look to depth to avoid the drop hoping Cologne , Espanyol or Atletico will get a few injuries

The A.I. does see things a little different , it doesn’t rate Man Utd as highly and sees them finishing around 10th maybe due to the keeper and lack of depth.  The A.I. predict Real Madrid to come 2nd and Liege to come 3rd if this comes to pass it would be interesting to see.

Division 2 is a tougher division than last season around 0.5 points across the board.

 GKDEFMIDATTTop18AveETOTPreA.I.
Sporting CP89.091.591.492.088.090.4227.3611
Genoa CFC88.089.591.090.087.089.1223.9025
Leverkusen89.090.390.290.086.089.1223.8636
Manchester United87.089.589.692.083.088.2223.48410
SC Internacional91.089.390.090.087.089.5223.2654
Real Madrid89.088.889.292.086.089.0223.1662
Cruzeiro89.089.089.891.085.088.8223.0778
SL Benfica90.089.089.491.085.088.9222.8787
Standard Liège93.089.089.490.087.089.7222.8293
RSC Anderlecht89.088.589.691.086.088.8222.63109
Everton87.089.889.489.087.088.4222.051112
Atlético Madrid89.089.089.090.084.088.2221.661213
Udinese Calcio89.089.588.889.087.088.7221.611311
RCD Espanyol90.087.589.490.085.088.4221.021414
Cologne89.088.886.892.082.087.7220.761516
CSKA Moskva90.088.588.489.087.088.6220.611615
Southampton88.088.589.088.085.087.7219.961719
Augsburg89.087.588.290.085.087.9219.941817
Tottenham Hotspur90.088.088.888.086.088.2219.761918
River Plate88.087.887.488.086.087.4218.202020

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