Serie A has been leading the UEFA ranking for most of the season and is on the doorstep of clinching a top-two finish that would guarantee a fifth team in the Champions League in 2024/2025 even though it no longer has any representative in the top continental competition, SportMediaset informed.
The Bundesliga and the Premier League are the only contenders since La Liga and Ligue 1 are too far behind. The Italian championship will surely have one team in the Europa League semifinals since Roma and Milan will face each other in the Round of Eight.
Serie A currently has 17.713 points, while Germany and England have about 16.500. The latter has good chances of prevailing in the end since they have five teams left in the cups, while the former has just three. On the other hand, they will steal from each other given the clashes between Arsenal and Bayern Munich and West Ham and Bayer Leverkusen.
Considering that, Italy needs just 14 more points to clinch a top-two spot, and 5 are already certain. It might even happen without further good results with a favorable combination. It has a 96.9% chance of getting an extra spot, Opta informs. The Bundesliga might fail to reach its current tally if its clubs didn’t do well enough.
96.9% – Secondo il modello Previsionale Opta, la Serie A ha il 96.9% di possibilità di chiudere nella Top2 della classifica finale stagionale dei coefficienti UEFA, conquistandosi quindi il diritto di avere 5 squadre nella Champions League 24/25. Speranza. pic.twitter.com/RdPcHShX2P
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) April 9, 2024
Serie A has an outside shot at having a sixth Champions League participant too. However, it would happen only if Roma or Atalanta finished fifth in the standings and won the Europa League.
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