UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

[Docnaster]

I don't know what exactly is happening with Liverpool tonight but I least expected such poor performance from them because they appeared much better than saint gallilous and even have a better form and depth than they do but it's really unimaginable how they are loosing already in the early minutes of the second half.

I'm hoping they will be able to get an equalizer but it's looking like they may likely not get such because their opponent is bent on getting another goal which has just been canceled by VAR. Leverkusen on the other hand is already four goals ahead, maintaining their unbeaten streak this season in the Europa so far, they are loosing to me like the team with the most potential to win the Europa, because Liverpool who I was hoping could do any better is currently Lossing form and it's really sad that it has to be with smaller teams which could be considered weak.

Liverpool don't want to risk their key players playing in a match that no longer has an impact because whatever the result, they have already ensured that they have passed the group phase, and you can see that the starting XI is filled with a lot of second-tier players, even their goalkeeper is the second goalkeeper.
Liverpool has a more important match in the English Premier League because they will face Manchester United.
A lesson for bettors is to ignore matches that no longer have an impact on one of the teams because the results are difficult to predict, as happened in Liverpool's match last night, and no one will certainly be disappointed with these results other than bettors who think that Liverpool will be able to win convincingly because the opponent has a different quality to Liverpool.

The result of the match that was quite surprising in the sixth match was how Real Betis failed to qualify from the group phase and couldn't even occupy second place in the group because they lost to Rangers and that happened at their home, they controlled the game but many opportunities couldn't be maximized but Rangers played effectively by successfully scoring the winning goal which made them qualify from the group phase.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp already knows that his team has won the group E of the UEFA Europa League competition before their final game of the group which means that the result of their final group stage game against Union Saint-Gilloise isn't gonna affect their position in the group and that's why I wasn't expecting him to field a strong squad in that game of last night at Union Saint-Gilloise. The Belgian club took full advantage of the opportunity and delivered an outstanding performance but unfortunately for them, it wasn't enough for them to progress to the knockout stages of the competition as French club Toulouse defeated their hosts LASK to finish as the group runner's up which sends Union Saint-Gilloise crashing out of the Europa League competition.

The final matches of the group stages has been played and all the teams that progressed to the knockout stages has been confirmed as well. The UEFA Europa League returns in February when the knockout stages kicks off but until then.

[bering]

Even though Liverpool use B-team players, it's not that bad, only the both wingers are really awful. Gordon and Doak almost don't give any contribution in the field, they have 69% ball possession and only shots four times.

Everyone were expecting Liverpool to win easily, but after Liverpool have show their lineup before the match, it makes people think St.Gilloise will win.

Klopp want to ensure all of their key players in the good fitness this weekend because they have important match against Manchester United so Klopp has decided to played 6 or more Liverpool reserved players because it is risky to playing all of their main players for this match especially Liverpool have already to qualified so lose or win from this match it won't change their final position at group standings because other teams cannot pursuing their points and although they lose today but Liverpool still able to finish at first place

Unlike Leverkusen who able to gets 6 wins from group stages but Liverpool have to lose twice but i think it doesn't matter because 12 points from 6 matches makes them enough to qualified to round of 16 and became an group champion and besides Liverpool i think congratulation to Toulouse because although their performance on Ligue 1 was not really good but they can able finish at second place and qualified along with Liverpool and if i am not mistaken this is their first time to playing at European competition but they can finish at runner up place so this is good achievement from Toulouse

[Roseline492]

8 teams will play round of 16 automatically

West Ham
Brighton Albion
Rangers
Atalanta
Liverpool
Villareal
Slavia Praha
Leverkusen

With the above qualified clubs is very certain that the Europa League champion is Liverpool because with the performance of Liverpool on this season I don't think there is much of a threat against them but however the only team that can challenge them a bit is Bayern Leverkusen because just like Liverpool Bayern Leverkusen has also maintain a very good performance since from the beginning of the season so if perhaps Liverpool misses the opportunity to win the Europa League I don't think it will pass Bayern Leverkusen because among all the clubs that qualified, after Liverpool in times of performance is Bayern Leverkusen so I believe the competition is just within them.

[Rampagoe004]

No one would have thought that Slavia Prague would be able to beat Roma by leading the standings and qualifying for the know out round.
The possibility that Roma is still very long, what is happening to Roma at the moment cannot be separated from their poor performance at the start of the season so they are a little behind, but if you look at the quality of the Roma team at the moment, it is possible that they will be able to do the same thing as they have done. last season.
As long as Jose Mourinho is still Roma coach, I believe he will provide a lot for Roma in their journey further in the Europa League.

I think Slavia Prague is on the same level as Roma. It's just that their victory against Roma changed the situation in G. I thought that Prague and Roma would qualify but I put Roma in first place and Prague in second place. For the other two clubs, Servette and Sheriff, I honestly have no expectations for them.

[lixer]

Galatasaray, Lens, Sporting Braga, Benfica, Feyenoord, AC Milan, Young boys and Shakhtar Donetsk will move to the Europa after failing from the Champions League. AC Milan already to me are another team that can stop the Liverpool plan to win this competition.

Milan is a pretty strong team in Serie A but they are not strong enough in the Champions League. This could be a threat to Liverpool's chances of winning the UEFA Europa League title. For other teams from the Champions League, I think they can be competitive at European level, but I don't think they will be able to compete with strong teams like Liverpool and AC Milan.

Right now we can't predict about any team and any result because first we have to check these Champions League dropped teams how give their performance in qualifiers which are also not easy for them with few tough teams are waiting for them and these big giants are having intention to go through for their domestic leagues as well as we have in last few years but AC Milan which is currently third in Serie A and having average performance in Champions League surely looking for the better end of their season and this can happen if they are going to have good results in Serie A and now in Europa League which is also not easy for them with in presence of Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool which are doing good job and now having good end of their group stage matches.

[Weawant]

Leverkusen and Liverpool look to be strong and best candidates for this race but a general picture can be changed when some big clubs from Champions League join Europa League.

Currently I think Leverkusen is the only stronger candidate for the Europa this season , although earlier Liverpool aswell looked like a very strong team but their recent performance has begin to look like they are seemingly weak and may likely struggle to win the Europa league title this season, especially with their performance last night I began to nurse some doubts.

With Leverkusen I'm still very much sure they will do so well In the Europa but then I see Liverpool have some set back as they have already lost two game so far in the Europa league this season and that already make it looks like weakness on their side but back in their domestic league they are doing so well aswell, they are at the top of the league table in the premier league but then they could probably do better later on in the Europa as that has been one of their biggest dream this season. Further more if Liverpool continue with this form they have at the Europa currently, AC Milan which have joined from the champions league will most definitely be a challenge to them.

[Richbased]

The Europa Conference League participation is like a consolation prize for Ajax at the moment. It is at least better than being completely eliminated from the competitions. If they continue to improve their performance who knows maybe they can turn into a favourite for the title there as well. There aren't so many big teams there in the end but there are challenging ones indeed.

Slavia Prague completed a group with Roma as leader. They even beat Roma once as well. This is attention getting to me but if they get one of top contenders as their opponent in next round I don't know how strong they can continue to play. Because things will get more serious and they could face a huge competition.

Ajax at this point is still trying to recover from a bad start so despite them moving to the conference league, I don't think they can go further in the conference league since their current form now can't be predicted because we might think that they've picked form then all of sudden they might start flopping again so until we see a convincing improvement from them.

[Oluwa-btc]

Ajax were showing some recovery in the recent times. I mean in their Eredivisie games. However I still expected this performance improvement to reflect onto the Europa League as well. I expected them to beat AEK in the critical game to join the Europa Conference League at least. They really did it by a convincing 3-1 win. 

I'm happy to see Ajax not ending their journey in European competitions early. They aren't a bad team normally but they have had really difficult times for a long time. Finally there is some fight by them to deal with this bad season and turn it into a better one.

They flopped big time and that was the lowest to the lowest I've seen them gone since I begin watching them. They have done well to improve themselves, they was second to last position in the relegation zones when the league started, now they're fifth place on their standing pushing themselves back to them right place and position.

They don't have enough time to level up in the Europa League Competition otherwise they would have been the second place occupants.
Boggled at hoe Brighton are group leaders, Marseille will face lots of hits in the next round, they should have done enough to qualify. Impressed with Brighton, for they're doing so well in them first season in the very first time they qualified for the European Europa League Competition.

[temple]

The Europa Conference League participation is like a consolation prize for Ajax at the moment. It is at least better than being completely eliminated from the competitions. If they continue to improve their performance who knows maybe they can turn into a favourite for the title there as well. There aren't so many big teams there in the end but there are challenging ones indeed.

Slavia Prague completed a group with Roma as leader. They even beat Roma once as well. This is attention getting to me but if they get one of top contenders as their opponent in next round I don't know how strong they can continue to play. Because things will get more serious and they could face a huge competition.

Ajax at this point is still trying to recover from a bad start so despite them moving to the conference league, I don't think they can go further in the conference league since their current form now can't be predicted because we might think that they've picked form then all of sudden they might start flopping again so until we see a convincing improvement from them.

Ajax Amsterdam has not lost a game in the Eredivisie the last 8 games. I think they are out of the woods now. That crisis hit them hard and they can forget all the goals they had pre season, but I think if they continue like this, there is still a chance to make it into the Champions League for next season because to my surprise I found out a moment ago that the Eredivisie has now one more starter for the Champions League. Last season it was only 1 starter, now it is 2 starters.

As for the relegation into the Conference League, I think they have a chance there. If it wasn't for their bad start into the Europa League group stage, I think they would have won their group.

[Weawant]

I think Slavia Prague is on the same level as Roma. It's just that their victory against Roma changed the situation in G. I thought that Prague and Roma would qualify but I put Roma in first place and Prague in second place. For the other two clubs, Servette and Sheriff, I honestly have no expectations for them.

Roma hasn't been consistent and I think their form aswell is yet to be seena s one that's really formidable, they literally turn defensive in situations where they find out that the game is seemingly tough so often time they are just on an average performance in the Europa league so far so I don't even really esteem them too high in their group but then they appear better actually.

They are only seeming like they are doing better in the Europa because they are in a group that has literally average teams who can not actually put up a good fight and resistance against them to keep them on their toes in the league but definitely at the second round of the Europa, their strength will real be put to test and then we will know how well they can be and if they will have the ability to go beyond the second round of the Europa ,but then their escape route will be through strengthen their team with new players in the January transfer windows but until then you are right to say the look like they are on the same levels with Slavia Prague

[LGD2Business]

Brighton & Hove Albion scored with Joao Pedro in the last minutes and won the match and finished the group as leaders. Marseille would have been the leader if they hadn't conceded that goal, but now they have to play though play-off matches. Marseille played for a draw throughout the match and inevitably conceded a goal in the end. Maybe it would have been better for them if they had thought about scoring goals and not been so defensive. I thought there would be more goals in this match, but I was wrong. I didn't expect Marseille to play so doomed. When Brighton also couldn't score a goal, the match went like this until the last minutes.

[rendravolt]

Of all the teams in the group stage, only Leverkusen managed to win 6 matches with a perfect 18 points. This is so real and with the expertise of Xabi Alonso this result can be achieved. He is a phenomenal coach with Leverkusen and with the additional victory over Molde made Leverkusen consolidate its 20th victory so far in all competitions.

Leverkusen are also unbeaten in all competitions and I wonder how long they can maintain this record. The numbers are fantastic and no one has been able to beat them to date. Now Leverkusen is just waiting for the draw results and I am also curious who will be their opponents later.

[snipie]

Brighton & Hove Albion scored with Joao Pedro in the last minutes and won the match and finished the group as leaders. Marseille would have been the leader if they hadn't conceded that goal, but now they have to play though play-off matches. Marseille played for a draw throughout the match and inevitably conceded a goal in the end. Maybe it would have been better for them if they had thought about scoring goals and not been so defensive. I thought there would be more goals in this match, but I was wrong. I didn't expect Marseille to play so doomed. When Brighton also couldn't score a goal, the match went like this until the last minutes.

Marseille couldn't score a goal or even try to score. They didn't produce any real opportunity from the few attempts they had. They just made the life of Brighton and Hove Albion easier in this match since they were dominating the game and attacking.
English Premier League proved to be superior than the others, West Ham United were able to win also against Freiburg and lead their group. Liverpool also are leading their group even though they lost their unnecessary last game against Union Saint-Gilloise which ended third.

[tusandii]

I just want to say that in the past few days, many people have said that Liverpool is superior and always give positive criticism of the club, but how does it compare to Leverkusen, which is really very strong, undefeated, very consistent, but very rarely talked about here and yesterday was proof that Leverkusen far superior chances of obtaining a UEL degree.
Meanwhile, Liverpool lost yesterday against Union Saint even though they still qualified for the next round, but in depth the performance of Leverkusen players was much stronger and with this I am more confident that Levekusen will get a new history of lifting the UEL trophy this season.
Maybe I'm too early to speculate about the UEL title holders this season, but their consistent unbeaten performance has given a real sign that Leverkusen will remain strong until the final round and eliminate every club that will prevent Leverkusen from getting to the final round.

[hahay]

Brighton & Hove Albion scored with Joao Pedro in the last minutes and won the match and finished the group as leaders. Marseille would have been the leader if they hadn't conceded that goal, but now they have to play though play-off matches. Marseille played for a draw throughout the match and inevitably conceded a goal in the end. Maybe it would have been better for them if they had thought about scoring goals and not been so defensive. I thought there would be more goals in this match, but I was wrong. I didn't expect Marseille to play so doomed. When Brighton also couldn't score a goal, the match went like this until the last minutes.

But I think, if Marseille can play more attacking, it is still not easy for Marseille to score. Because yes, the fact is that Brighton in this group is also a team that has conceded very low and thus, Brighton can be assumed to have a good defense in this group phase. Also, it is basically Brighton playing at home in this match and with that factor too, then at least Brighton has also managed to dominate this match well.

But yes, although Brighton has good dominance in this match but still, it is not easy for Brighton to beat Marseille. But indeed, it is unfortunate of course for Marseille who failed in the last match to become the winner of the group, because it looks like Marseille might only target a draw . But ya, unfortunately Marseille failed to maintain the 0-0 score in this match until the end of the match, and this result made Marseille fail to maintain its top position and could only finish as runner up.

[shogun47]

That sounds quite naive to me Liverpool is already qualified for the next round and they can't be displaced from the first position as they are ahead with 4 points. Union Saint-Gilloise is still in the competition for the next round, but they have to beat Liverpool and then there is a slight chance they can still make it into the next round.

That's why I think this game won't be an easy walkover for Liverpool at all. I am sure that Klopp won't want to risk any of his players to get an injury and miss Premier League games.

I believe that tonight's game will be an easy win for Liverpool as they are stronger than their opponent so this will be a work over match. Liverpool stands a better chance to win this season Europa league and I don't see any club that can stop them, if they don't lose form. Bayern Leverkusen is also strong and I will love it if both clubs with clash in the finals to mate it more interesting.

You have been wrong here As I said there was nothing at stake for Liverpool and still something at stake for Union Saint-Gilloise and they did what they had to in order to retain the chance to progress to the next round. But since the other game ended with a win for Toulouse, Union Saint-Gilloise efforts were wnot crowned with success. But for the future I think it should be paid attention to what is on the line for the clubs and it is not an exception that the favorite on paper loses the game because there is nothing to fight for.

Since now some teams from the Champions League have also joined the Europa League, I am looking forward to the drawing for the round of 16.

[Swordsoffreedom]

But yes, although Brighton has good dominance in this match but still, it is not easy for Brighton to beat Marseille. But indeed, it is unfortunate of course for Marseille who failed in the last match to become the winner of the group, because it looks like Marseille might only target a draw . But ya, unfortunately Marseille failed to maintain the 0-0 score in this match until the end of the match, and this result made Marseille fail to maintain its top position and could only finish as runner up.

We have to admit that it was a very good performance against Marseille in the home  match. And Brighton deserved to win this match. Although Marseille have performed well in previous matches,  their performance  in this match was very poor. Marseille had only 39% ball possession  in this match. And  they managed only  5 shots in 90  minutes, none of which were on target. On the other hand the opponent Brighton had a total of 13 shots and 5 were on target. Marseille wanted to draw the match and keep the top spot in the table. But Marseille failed completely.

[Volgastallion]

The good thing for everyone who ranked up in second place, is this year no big team asides of MIlan comes from the Champions League, so you have a big chance to go into the round of 16.

About Leverkusen performance, is really impresive, not so much in this tournament at this stages, but yes in the Bundesliga against big teams.

[shinratensei_]

No one would have thought that Slavia Prague would be able to beat Roma by leading the standings and qualifying for the know out round.
The possibility that Roma is still very long, what is happening to Roma at the moment cannot be separated from their poor performance at the start of the season so they are a little behind, but if you look at the quality of the Roma team at the moment, it is possible that they will be able to do the same thing as they have done. last season.
As long as Jose Mourinho is still Roma coach, I believe he will provide a lot for Roma in their journey further in the Europa League.

I think Slavia Prague is on the same level as Roma. It's just that their victory against Roma changed the situation in G. I thought that Prague and Roma would qualify but I put Roma in first place and Prague in second place. For the other two clubs, Servette and Sheriff, I honestly have no expectations for them.

It's even a bit better than roma. If you were aware how slavia was able humiliated as roma same as when roma was also humiliating slavia in the first leg. Roma is finishing at the second place while slavia was winning the group stage. I remember when roma losses against slavia praha.
Even though this club sounds very unfamiliar for us but im sure if many people become even more familiar after it was able beating as roma to finish at the top position. The performance of as roma is still remain questionable at this time.
Roma seems a bit inconsistent in the group stage. As long as roma can get easy opponent soon and the chance to qualify for further stage is quite big right now.

[Bobrox]

With the above qualified clubs is very certain that the Europa League champion is Liverpool because with the performance of Liverpool on this season I don't think there is much of a threat against them but however the only team that can challenge them a bit is Bayern Leverkusen because just like Liverpool Bayern Leverkusen has also maintain a very good performance since from the beginning of the season so if perhaps Liverpool misses the opportunity to win the Europa League I don't think it will pass Bayern Leverkusen because among all the clubs that qualified, after Liverpool in times of performance is Bayern Leverkusen so I believe the competition is just within them.

I doubt with Liverpool will be the UEFA Europe League winner, loss 2 of 6 matches in group stage is not quit well performance from Liverpool what ever their achievement finished on first standings and automatically qualified to 16 round. Regarding with another favorite team Bayern Leverkusen success with 100% winning trend and keep unbeaten on group round although they have qualified but keep serious for playing matches left and get the winning result.
Current team with Liverpool group stage not really difficult yet but unbelievable have losses from Toulouse and Union Saints. Must improving performance for Liverpool on 16 round if won't loss with their target becoming the Europe League winner, how ever on 16 round will face difficult opponent teams actually 8 teams from Champion League relegated has potential against Liverpool.