Europa League
Olympiacos’ mandatory win over Karabagh and the 2nd place scenario
Olympiacos meets Karabagh in Azerbaijan (13/10, 19:45, COSMOTE SPORT 2 HD, LIVE by Sportish) and needs a win to get back into the game for second place. What Mitchell’s team needs.
On Thursday (October 13th, 7.45 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 2 HD, LIVE from Sportish) Olympiacos meets Karabagh on the 4th day of the Europa League groups. The game in Baku this year (until next) is one of the most crucial for the Red-Whites’ European course.
Mitchell’s side are bottom with zero points after losing their first three games. However, Olympiacos need a win against the Azerbaijani to reignite hopes of second or third place.
Before we say anything else, let’s see what each group position gives in the Europa League:
- The 1st moves into the round of 16
- The 2nd plays in an extra round to qualify for the 16 with a third from the Champions League groups
- The 3rd place advances to the corresponding extra round of the Europa Conference League and meets someone from the 2nd group of this competition
- The 4th is excluded from continuing European competitions
First place for Olympiakos is mathematically possible but realistically elusive. Because they need three wins in the next three games combined with three defeats against Freiburg, a win over the Germans by more than three goals and not to overtake Qarabag and Nantes!.
Therefore, Olympiacos will prefer Freiburg on Matchday 4 to beat Nantes away, allowing the German team to ‘secure’ first place and keep the French at the bottom.
Europa League matchday 4 schedule:
- 13.10., 19:45 Karabakh – Olympiacos
- 13.10., 19:45 Nantes-Fribourg
The ideal scenario for 2nd place
Olympiacos, although difficult, can stay in the Europa League and finish second in their group. First he needs to get the double in Azerbaijan and ensure Nantes beat Freiburg to catch them in the draw.
In this scenario, the Red-Whites need the next game double in Germany against Freiburg and a Nantes win over Garabagh, as the draw criteria makes it easier to beat the French team (1-2 loss to Nantes) while he lost to Garabagh 3-0).
The Equality Criteria
- Points in games played by tied teams
- Goal difference in matches between tied teams
- The goals in favor in the matches of the teams that are tied
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Goals for all group matches
- Away goals in all group matches
- Wins in all group matches
- Away wins in group matches
- Less disciplinary points (straight red = 3 points, red with two yellows = 3 points, yellow = 1 point)
- UEFA ranking
So if Olympiacos beat Nantes by more than a goal on the last matchday and at the same time Karabagh don’t beat Freiburg in Baku, they will finish on 2nd place and be in the extra round of the Europa League from the new year.
The third position is the most realistic
Olympiacos will need a double or even a draw in Karabagh to stay alive in the battle for 3rd place. In February, the red-whites in European competitions even have to be in the playoffs of the Conference League.
In the event of Nantes losing to Freiburg, Olympiacos can catch up with the French. If he stays around, the final game against Nantes will be either dead or dead in a packed Karaiskakis.
In the inevitable scenario, Olympiacos loses to Qarabag and Nantes wins or draws against Freiburg. In this case it will also be more difficult for the 3rd place. Therefore, it is understood that the game in Baku is of central importance.
However, in this phase that Olympiacos has reached, it is not only about their own strengths, but also about the other results of others. In any case, after game 4 ends, there will be safer scenarios for what each team needs.
The program of the group in detail:
The game plan for the 4th matchday:
- 13.10., 19:45 Karabakh – Olympiacos
- 13.10., 19:45 Nantes-Fribourg
The schedule for the 5th matchday:
- October 27, 10:00 p.m Friborg – Olympiacos
- October 27, 10:00 p.m Nantes – Karabakh
The schedule for the 6th matchday:
- 3/11, 7:45 p.m Olympiacos – Nantes
- 3/11, 7:45 p.m Karabakh – Fribourg
Source: sport 24
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Europa League
Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?
The two countries with the highest UEFA coefficient at the end of a season will gain an additional entry. Champions League 2026/27.
Like last year, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the European Cup main tournament. Two of these will be determined by rating.
All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua
The two best-ranked countries in the 2025/26 season will each send one more team to the 2026/27 Champions League.
Next single season rankings:
- P.Olsha (13,625), England (13,486), Germany (12,285), Cyprus (11,406), Italy (11,250), Spain (11,218), France (10,714), Portugal (10,600), Greece (9,500), Denmark (9,500)
The top two countries on this list will be given an additional place in the 2026/27 Champions League.
Leadership Poland It’s about getting bonuses in the Conference League. Three Polish clubs reached the LK play-offs at the same time: Rakow, Lech and Jagiellonia. And only Legia Warsaw withdrew from the tournament.
Ukrainian It ranks 15th among 55 countries in the UEFA single season rankings with 6,812. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Conference League and Dynamo Kiev was eliminated from the tournament.
UEFA coefficient For national associations, it is calculated based on the total number of points scored by all clubs in the country. 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw, and bonus points are also taken into account. Points received in the qualifying rounds are multiplied by 0.5 times. The total amount is divided by the number of teams representing the country in the European Cup season.
Race for two additional places in the 2026/27 Champions League (top 10)
Top 15 countries in the UEFA rankings for the 2025/26 season
UEFA five-year rankings
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english team Aston VillaThe player continues to show incredible form and has already won his 10th consecutive victory in different tournaments.
The successful series includes 7 Premier League matches and 3 Europa League matches. This is a new club record for Aston Villa.
The last win came on 21 December, when the home team beat Manchester United 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
This winning streak has allowed Aston Villa to secure a place in the top 3 (36 points) of the Premier League standings, ahead of Arsenal (39) and Man City (37).
In the Europa League, Unai Emery’s team safely passed the league stage and entered the top 3 together with Lyon and Mittjylland (15 points out of 18).
Aston Villa’s 10-match winning streak
- 21.12. 19:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Manchester United – 2:1
- 14.12. 16:00. nuclear submarine West Ham – Aston Villa – 2:3
- 11.12. 22:00. LE. Basel-Aston Villa-1:2
- 06.12. 14:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2:1
- 03.12. 21:30. nuclear submarine Brighton – Aston Villa – 3:4
- 30.11. 16:05. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Wolverhampton – 1:0
- 27.11. 19:45. LE. Aston Villa – Young Men – 2:1
- 23.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Leeds – Aston Villa – 1:2
- 09.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Bournemouth – 4:0
- 06.11. 22:00. LE. Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2:0
Aston Villa’s winning streak in the 2025/26 season
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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