The UEFA Champions League is three video games into the brand new League Part after Tuesday and Wednesday’s motion and Aston Villa are the shock leaders together with Liverpool with three wins from three for a 100% factors complete of 9. Contemplating that 10 factors has been estimated to be sufficient to utterly safe a Prime 24 berth and a spot within the UCL knockouts, Unai Emery and Arne Slot’s males logically ought to have only one extra level to gather from 5 remaining video games which incorporates Juventus, RB Leipzig and AS Monaco for the Villans. They aren’t the one group catching the attention however they’re arguably probably the most sudden title from a bunch of sudden groups to be turning up timber to date at Europe’s prime desk together with a number of extra acquainted faces.
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Shock performers
Villa are definitely the decide of the golf equipment that you wouldn’t essentially have put cash on main the pack after three rounds of video games. Nonetheless, the Birmingham-based Premier League facet are having fun with a quick begin to their continental journey which has already included a well-known win over Bayern Munchen at Villa Park. Barely behind Villa when it comes to sides faring surprisingly are unbeaten French pair Stade Brestois 29 and AS Monaco with each on seven factors from a potential 9 which is big for Ligue 1 given Paris Saint-Germain’s unexpectedly sluggish begin. German champions Bayer Leverkusen have additionally made an unbeaten begin together with Sporting CP with Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal much less shocking regardless of the Gunners dropping two factors in opposition to Atalanta BC on the opening day and the Residents being held by Inter.
Shock strugglers
As talked about, PSG’s loss to Arsenal put them in a difficult scenario and that has been made trickier by Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with PSV Eindhoven at Parc des Princes. The French champions are drifting throughout the Prime 24 however can have anticipated to be nearer to the highest eight after two of their three opening video games in opposition to Girona FC and PSV. Extra shocking, maybe, is that each Purple Bull sides — Leizpig and Salzburg — presently occupy elimination berths whereas Bayern, Atletico Madrid and Milan are all pretty low down in contrast with their early expectations. Villa and Monaco received the higher of the Germans and Barcelona respectively as a part of the early proof that UEFA’s format shakeup is making issues attention-grabbing however this must be a get up name for the Bavarians and the Italians particularly.
Coefficient storylines to date
A captivating subplot in these early rounds of Champions League video games has been the impression of the league section on the coefficient battle. English sides are faring properly in prime spot which holds certainly one of two further UCL locations for subsequent season however the nation conserving tempo to date is Portugal with Sporting and Benfica boasting 4 mixed wins already for simply the 2 golf equipment regardless of a house loss to Feyenoord for the latter this midweek. A even larger shock has been Czechia’s rise to fourth in these rankings with Sparta Praha nonetheless within the Prime 24 after the primary few rounds of video games regardless of a thrashing from Metropolis. Simply forward of Czechia is France in third with Monaco, Lille and Brest presently outperforming PSG on this version. Spain is rising slowly as much as seventh however is already off the tempo because of Actual, Barca and Atletico all struggling sudden losses whereas final 12 months’s sturdy performers — Italy and Germany — are each a bit off the tempo for now.
Key 4th spherical video games
All 3 p.m. ET
- Tuesday 5 November: Liverpool vs. Bayer Leverkusen, Actual Madrid vs. Milan
- Wednesday 6 November: Inter vs. Arsenal and PSG vs. Atletico Madrid
Looking forward to the subsequent spherical of UCL video games and there are some massive ones lined up with Xabi Alonso’s Liverpool reunion at Anfield and the evergreen basic that’s Actual Madrid vs. Milan on the Tuesday. Wednesday has a tasty Inter vs. Arsenal in addition to PSG vs. Atletico Madrid combo on faucet with Actual vs. Milan and PSG vs. Atleti significantly necessary given these groups’ outcomes to date which haven’t all been as anticipated.
Standings
Key: Positions 1-8 qualify for Spherical of 16 whereas positions 9-24 qualify for Knockout Part Play-Offs and positions 25-36 are eradicated.
| PosPosition | Staff | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aston Villa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| 3 | Manchester Metropolis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 7 |
| 4 | Monaco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| 5 | Brest | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
| 7 | Inter | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 8 | Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
| 10 | Barcelona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
| 11 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 |
| 12 | Actual Madrid | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| 13 | Benfica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| 14 | Juventus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| 15 | Lille | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 16 | Feyenoord | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Atalanta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 |
| 18 | Stuttgart | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 | PSG | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 20 | Celtic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 21 | Sparta Praha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 22 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 4 |
| 23 | Bayern Munich | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 3 |
| 24 | Girona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | AC Milan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 26 | Membership Brugge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 27 | Atletico Madrid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 28 | PSV | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 29 | Bologna | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 30 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 31 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 0 |
| 32 | SK Sturm Graz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 33 | Purple Star Belgrade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
| 34 | Younger Boys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
| 35 | RB Salzburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
| 36 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 0 |
