Mozzavfc Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Qarabag would probably be the worst of the teams dropping down at the moment, as it'll mean flying all the way out to Azerbaijan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 21 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Looking at the europa teams dropping down to conference league not many major teams to worry about. Toughest probably being olympiakos but i would fancy our chances against them. Glad west ham and brighton look to have qualified along with liverplop. There is a possibility villareal or rangers could drop in but both 2nd in their groups at the mo Do they still have a god awful record in England? They've lost a huge number of away games here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Do they still have a god awful record in England? They've lost a huge number of away games here Yep they do. Its a tough place to go as fans are very hostile but they are not great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 53 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: There is a possibility villareal or rangers could drop in but both 2nd in their groups at the mo If either drop down it's guaranteed we will be drawn against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ceemo Posted December 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2023 So after tonight results this is state of play in the teams to drop down from the Europa League. Group A - Olympiacos and TSC face off in Greece on the last matchday. Olympiacos need to avoid defeat whilst TSC need to win. Group B - Ajax will play AEK in the last game. AEK need to avoid defeat, whilst Ajax have to win. Group C - All to play for. If Aris Limassol beat Sparta Prague by 2 goals, they go to the Conference. If Sparta Prague avoid defeat by 2 goals or draw, they are in the Conference League. A victory for Sparta Prague, would mean that the loser of Real Betis and Rangers would drop into the Conference League. If if is a draw, Rangers must hope that Sparta Prague don't win. Betis go to the Conference if they lose and Sparta win. Group D - Sturm Graz and Rakow Czestochowa are level on points and head to head. Sturm Graz are 1 goal better on goal difference. Whomever gets the better result on the last matchday, qualifies for the Conference League. Group E - Union St-Gilloise sit in the spot at the moment and if they fail to beat Liverpool and Toulouse don't lose to LASK, they will be in the Conference League. If St-Gilloise lose, then LASK can get a Conference League spot with a win over Toulouse. Toulouse drop into the Conference League, if Union St-Gilloise beat Liverpool and Toulouse lose to LASK. Group F - Villarreal and Maccabi Haifa have to play next week in their 5th game of the group, but the conference spot will still come down to the last game between Panathinaikos and Haifa. Panathinaikos will only need a draw, while Haifa have to win. Group G - Servette are moving into Conference League. Group H - Qarabag and Molde are both on 7pts going into the last group games. Qarabag lead the head-to-head so Molde must better Qarabag's result in the last group game. Group C is probably the one to keep an eye on. Betis or Rangers could easily drop down and Ajax could also move over, but nothing essentially to be too worried about. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ceemo Posted December 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2023 UEFA Conference League permutations after tonight also: Group A: Lille and Slovan Bratislava are both qualified for the knockouts. Lille are 1pt clear ahead of the final group game and should finish top with a home game against the minnows KI. Group B: Gent and Maccabi Tel Aviv are both qualified for the knockouts. Gent are 1pts clear and they face each other in Serbia in the last group game. Group C. Viktoria Plzen are qualified for the Last 16. Dinamo Zagreb are 2pts clear of Astana and Ballkani and just need to avoid defeat to at home to Ballkani. Ballkani need to beat Zagreb and hope that Astana don't beat Plzen. Astana qualify if they beat Plzen and Ballkani beat Zagreb. Group D. Club Brugge and Bodo/Glimt are both qualified for the knockouts. They play in Bruges in the last game. Bodo/Glimt have to win by 2 goals to win the group. Group E: Villa's group. Avoid defeat to Zrinjski or Legia fail to beat AZ and Villa win the group. Legia qualify if they avoid defeat to AZ whilst, AZ need to beat Legia. Group F: Fiorentina have qualified for the knockouts. They win the group if they avoid defeat to Ferencvaros. Ferencvaros win the group with a win over Fiorentina but will also qualify if they get a draw. Genk qualify if they beat Cukaricki and Ferencvaros lose to Fiorentina and overturn a goal difference of two. Group G: PAOK have qualified for the Last 16 and Eintracht Frankfurt have qualified for the play-off round and will face on of the Europa League teams. Group H: Nordsjaelland and Ludogorets sit on 10pts and Fenerbahce on 9pts. If Fenerbahce win their final game, they qualify regardless of the other result. Nordsjaelland qualify if they avoid defeat to Ludogorets. Ludogorets qualify if they draw and Fenerbahce draw, otherwise they need to win. 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Thanks @Ceemo for that im under impression if AZ beat legia by any scoreline then AZ qualify as they would have better head to head record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Frankfurt not being able to win their group is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 We're basically top of our group now unless Legia win and we lose and there's a 4 goal turn around like us losing 2-0 and Legia winning 2-0 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 17 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Looking at the europa teams dropping down to conference league not many major teams to worry about. Toughest probably being olympiakos but i would fancy our chances against them. Glad west ham and brighton look to have qualified along with liverplop. There is a possibility villareal or rangers could drop in but both 2nd in their groups at the mo Agree though Betis could still go out and they might be a danger. Ajax on reputation could be tricky but beatable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Zatman said: Agree though Betis could still go out and they might be a danger. Ajax on reputation could be tricky but beatable Ajax i think i saw are doing absymally in their league. Not the team they once were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Ajax i think i saw are doing absymally in their league. Not the team they once were They are terrible but sometimes players can crumble playing a big name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, Zatman said: They are terrible but sometimes players can crumble playing a big name Any other sides you think we need to be concerned about potentially dropping down? Id prefer to avoid rangers with the history between the clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceemo Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Any other sides you think we need to be concerned about potentially dropping down? Id prefer to avoid rangers with the history between the clubs Just Betis, Rangers and Ajax probably the ones to avoid, however the Greek sides in Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens are all decent footballing sides and wouldn't be simple ties at all. Sparta Prague would also be a tricky tie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Wainy316 said: Frankfurt not being able to win their group is good Not if we end up playing them in the Round of 16... It's an indication that maybe they aren't as good as we thought, but they're still a team Id rather avoid... They probably thought us losing in Warsaw was an indication that we aren't as good as they thought and we've probably proven that wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 On 01/12/2023 at 19:27, StewieGriffin said: Not if we end up playing them in the Round of 16... It's an indication that maybe they aren't as good as we thought, but they're still a team Id rather avoid... They probably thought us losing in Warsaw was an indication that we aren't as good as they thought and we've probably proven that wrong. If we top our group do we go through to the round of 16, and so don't play again until March? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 On 01/12/2023 at 14:45, Demitri_C said: Any other sides you think we need to be concerned about potentially dropping down? Id prefer to avoid rangers with the history between the clubs On 01/12/2023 at 17:01, Ceemo said: Just Betis, Rangers and Ajax probably the ones to avoid, however the Greek sides in Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens are all decent footballing sides and wouldn't be simple ties at all. Sparta Prague would also be a tricky tie. . . . so, all of them then? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 To be less of a dick about this, all of the English teams will qualify from their Europa League groups. That tells us that the teams who finish 3rd are not at the standard of Premier League teams. Of course we *can* lose to anybody, but there's no reason to fear any of them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 4 hours ago, turvontour said: If we top our group do we go through to the round of 16, and so don't play again until March? Correct. Round of 32 is 8 Conference League runners up vs 3rd placed Europa League teams on 15th and 22nd February Round of 16 is the winners of the above 8 ties vs the 8 Conference League Group Winners on 7th and 14th March. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 17 minutes ago, StewieGriffin said: Correct. Round of 32 is 8 Conference League runners up vs 3rd placed Europa League teams on 15th and 22nd February Round of 16 is the winners of the above 8 ties vs the 8 Conference League Group Winners on 7th and 14th March. Wow, I hadn't realised that we have 3 months between games. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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