West Ham United’s emphatic victory over Freiburg on Thursday night handed the Premier League an enormous increase within the race for an additional Champions League spot subsequent season.
The Champions League will change format subsequent season and there can be room for additional golf equipment within the competitors, with UEFA handing out that extra qualification spot to the 2 nations whose groups carry out finest in Europe this season.
At the moment, Italy sit prime of UEFA’s coefficient rankings, with Serie A more likely to obtain an additional staff in subsequent season’s Champions League in consequence, and West Ham’s 5-0 overcome Freiburg has boosted the Premier League’s possibilities of receiving an extra spot as effectively.
Germany’s Bundesliga at present holds second place within the rankings however, with simply three groups left in Europe – Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen – they’re unlikely to increase their lead over England, who nonetheless have 5 groups throughout Europe’s three competitions.
Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal are flying the English flag within the Premier League, with Liverpool and West Ham within the Europa League. Aston Villa are nonetheless going sturdy within the Europa Convention League as effectively.
England’s coefficient is more likely to rise above Germany’s earlier than the top of the season, that means the Premier League is predicted to be handed a fifth automated Champions League spot.
Arsenal, Liverpool and Metropolis seem set to battle it out for the highest three locations within the Premier League however the likes of Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and West Ham could now have two Champions League locations to be combating for, quite than only one.
Additional down the desk, an additional Champions League spot would additionally open a brand new path to both the Europa League or Convention League.
The groups that end sixth and seventh within the Premier League may find yourself qualifying for the Europa League, whereas eighth may sneak into the Convention League – an enormous increase for Chelsea as they search to claw their approach again into European competitors.
