UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season

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I had a feeling that we might see Brighton in the semifinals, this is their first debuts in the Europa League and they become the 1st in the group B.
The players knew that what they do now will be written in the club history as the highest Brighton achievement ever in the EU competition level.

They were very good in the group matches and although their opponents were not weak, they managed to take 1st place in the group. They won 4 of 6 matches and have only 1 loss.
But they cannot show the same performance in the Premier League. They play very well for a few weeks and then their form drops. When they start losing points, this continues and time passes until the team recovers.
That's why Brighton is a team that I wonder how their Europa League performance will continue

Brighton is one of the unexpected teams that has been able to achieve positive results in the European League this season, so far they have only lost 3-2 to AEK Athena, and to be honest it was quite surprising because from the start Alag Brighton were ahead but they were unlucky because Athena managed to score 3 beautiful goals.
Meanwhile, in the local EPL league, Brighton played quite well, they were able to win the match against Tottenham 4-2 even though Tottenham were the favorites to win, yes, the competition in the European league was really interesting, Brighton added to the list of one of the favorite teams to win this season, I wonder how far they can go.

With Brighton's inconsistency so far, I think it is quite unreasonable to place Brighton as favorites to win the European League title this season. I understand in football anything can still happen but it is very difficult for Brighton in European league competition. Moreover, strong teams dropping from the Champions League to the European League will also make the competition to win the title even hotter.

Brighton is a newcomer to the European league this season and just being able to get a higher level is already a great achievement. Maybe on the other hand they also won't be able to share their focus with the domestic league because there they are quite slumped in the middle table. I'm quite curious about Brighton after what they achieved last season in the domestic league and we'll see how strong they will be in the increasingly tense European league stage.

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[borovichok]

With Brighton's inconsistency so far, I think it is quite unreasonable to place Brighton as favorites to win the European League title this season. I understand in football anything can still happen but it is very difficult for Brighton in European league competition. Moreover, strong teams dropping from the Champions League to the European League will also make the competition to win the title even hotter.

Brighton is a newcomer to the European league this season and just being able to get a higher level is already a great achievement. Maybe on the other hand they also won't be able to share their focus with the domestic league because there they are quite slumped in the middle table. I'm quite curious about Brighton after what they achieved last season in the domestic league and we'll see how strong they will be in the increasingly tense European league stage.

Don't conclude on Brighton winning because there are presence of elite clubs in the European league. Brighton & Hove Albion tops their group B with 13 points on stand and I must compliment the good work reinforced by the coach, Roberto De Zerbi. He's not tiring but bringing in everything positive just to ensure his team are also in tight spot in major tournaments. The Seagulls are newbie but it doesn't mean they don't have a spot to win the European league title. The Seagulls have received just any other odds as any competitive club would generate, they're promising and who will knows they can become the next Champs winning the European league.

[Fuso.hp]

It makes sense, Brighton has good bargaining power to reach the semi finals even though this is their first season playing in european competition. I think De Zerbi can bring his club a lot to say here, the competitive level of competition in the EPL has made them a team that is respected and taken into account. In my opinion, what they need to evaluate in the future is their mentality, they have to improve it if they want to go further in the Europa League.

But I still hesitate to include Brighton in the list of favorites to win, because we certainly agree that Liverpool and Laverkusen are more consistent and better than Brighton at the moment. Apart from that, we also need to wait for the play off stage to end first, and we will look again at who their opponents will be in the round of 16 to see and study Brighton's chances.

Need waiting the result playoff round match to know which one opponent team for Brighton Albion on 16 round, actually Brighton Albion manager's De Zerbi have great achievement on first appearance in Europe League and success made his team finish on top first standings position not have to face Champion League relegated teams in playoff round match.

Beside have Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are both favorite team become the winner in Europe League I think Brighton Albion can make us surprise their first appearance in Europe League will lead potential until quarter final or semifinal phase. Indeed not promising performance in Premier League, I think Brighton Albion get potential in Europe League will lead until more our expected phase.

It seems like you don't know De Zebri before now, he has won Real Madrid even in the Champions League, imagine a tactician like him and you see people rating him so low. He is the key to Brighton coming this far in the Europa League Competition. Too many people don't know about his success before the Premier League.

Their first season out here in the Europa League Competition and they came to the round of sixteen. They dominated clubs like Ajax, Athens and Marseille to go top of their group!!
Liverpool, Bayern Leverkusen and As Roma are my favorites to win this Competition. They have qualified squad.

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

[Belarge]

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

We should never for once look down on clubs that are not playing like pro clubs in the system, we have what we call luck and that easily triggers good energy for these average clubs to participate to the very last phase of the competition, anything can happen. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the strongest and most consistent teams in the Europa League currently. But let's not be too surprised if at the end of the tournament, we don't see any of these teams winning the title. Who might know, these average clubs have chances of also winning the Europa League.

[Fuso.hp]

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

We should never for once look down on clubs that are not playing like pro clubs in the system, we have what we call luck and that easily triggers good energy for these average clubs to participate to the very last phase of the competition, anything can happen. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the strongest and most consistent teams in the Europa League currently. But let's not be too surprised if at the end of the tournament, we don't see any of these teams winning the title. Who might know, these average clubs have chances of also winning the Europa League.

I'm not at all neglecting or underestimating the other teams that have qualified for the Europa League, I'm just putting these two teams ahead based on the strength of all the teams. There is no doubt that Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool will be ahead of the other teams in the Europa League as these two teams have performed very well compared to other teams. Either team between Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool could be crowned Europa League champions this season if they don't make any major mistakes. They can still win the Europa League title even if they perform like they are doing now.

[Xcode7]

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

We should never for once look down on clubs that are not playing like pro clubs in the system, we have what we call luck and that easily triggers good energy for these average clubs to participate to the very last phase of the competition, anything can happen. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the strongest and most consistent teams in the Europa League currently. But let's not be too surprised if at the end of the tournament, we don't see any of these teams winning the title. Who might know, these average clubs have chances of also winning the Europa League.

That's true and I agree with you and I have also seen many surprises occur in the Europa League in previous seasons so it is not impossible that surprises will also occur this season.
It cannot be denied that the strength of Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen this season is quite good and is above the average of other teams, but in the know-out round it is not impossible that they will be eliminated in a surprising way.
It's not that I don't like Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, but I won't give them too much preference to win the Europa League, the journey is still quite long and anything is still possible.

[shogun47]

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

We should never for once look down on clubs that are not playing like pro clubs in the system, we have what we call luck and that easily triggers good energy for these average clubs to participate to the very last phase of the competition, anything can happen. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the strongest and most consistent teams in the Europa League currently. But let's not be too surprised if at the end of the tournament, we don't see any of these teams winning the title. Who might know, these average clubs have chances of also winning the Europa League.

That's true and I agree with you and I have also seen many surprises occur in the Europa League in previous seasons so it is not impossible that surprises will also occur this season.
It cannot be denied that the strength of Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen this season is quite good and is above the average of other teams, but in the know-out round it is not impossible that they will be eliminated in a surprising way.
It's not that I don't like Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, but I won't give them too much preference to win the Europa League, the journey is still quite long and anything is still possible.

If you ask me, I think it is almsot safe to say that we will see some surprises this season as we have seen surprises in other seasons. It rarely goes according to plan from the first to the last game in any competition. We are seeing surprises in all leagues these days and I doubt that all the favorites will go from one round to the next without any issues. Some of them will have some problems and I am sure we will also lose some along the way in the Europa League. In the end it is also about the drawings and whether they meet in the next round already.

[kro55]

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

We should never for once look down on clubs that are not playing like pro clubs in the system, we have what we call luck and that easily triggers good energy for these average clubs to participate to the very last phase of the competition, anything can happen. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the strongest and most consistent teams in the Europa League currently. But let's not be too surprised if at the end of the tournament, we don't see any of these teams winning the title. Who might know, these average clubs have chances of also winning the Europa League.

That's true and I agree with you and I have also seen many surprises occur in the Europa League in previous seasons so it is not impossible that surprises will also occur this season.
It cannot be denied that the strength of Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen this season is quite good and is above the average of other teams, but in the know-out round it is not impossible that they will be eliminated in a surprising way.
It's not that I don't like Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, but I won't give them too much preference to win the Europa League, the journey is still quite long and anything is still possible.

If you ask me, I think it is almsot safe to say that we will see some surprises this season as we have seen surprises in other seasons. It rarely goes according to plan from the first to the last game in any competition. We are seeing surprises in all leagues these days and I doubt that all the favorites will go from one round to the next without any issues. Some of them will have some problems and I am sure we will also lose some along the way in the Europa League. In the end it is also about the drawings and whether they meet in the next round already.

There are several big teams in the Europa League this season. So it is not possible to predict which team will be the champions right now. The Roma team will try to do well in the Europa League. Also heavy weight teams like Leverkusen and Liverpool are also playing in Europa League. Galatasaray and Milan are also not to be underestimated. AC Milan will also try to win the Europa League title. So before the semi-finals we cannot say which team is the most deserving team for the Europa League title. But I want to put Leverkusen and Roma ahead.

[Republikcoin.com]

There are several big teams in the Europa League this season. So it is not possible to predict which team will be the champions right now. The Roma team will try to do well in the Europa League. Also heavy weight teams like Leverkusen and Liverpool are also playing in Europa League. Galatasaray and Milan are also not to be underestimated. AC Milan will also try to win the Europa League title. So before the semi-finals we cannot say which team is the most deserving team for the Europa League title. But I want to put Leverkusen and Roma ahead.

All the teams in the Europa League are the top European teams so there is not a single team that can be underestimated. In terms of quality, I also see that there is nothing that stands out significantly and it must be admitted that Liverpool and Leverkusen are slightly better than the other teams. other teams, but what you need to know is that the season is still very long and all changes are very possible to occur so that the team's current performance will not always be the same until the end of the season.

[makishart]

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

We should never for once look down on clubs that are not playing like pro clubs in the system, we have what we call luck and that easily triggers good energy for these average clubs to participate to the very last phase of the competition, anything can happen. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the strongest and most consistent teams in the Europa League currently. But let's not be too surprised if at the end of the tournament, we don't see any of these teams winning the title. Who might know, these average clubs have chances of also winning the Europa League.

That's true and I agree with you and I have also seen many surprises occur in the Europa League in previous seasons so it is not impossible that surprises will also occur this season.
It cannot be denied that the strength of Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen this season is quite good and is above the average of other teams, but in the know-out round it is not impossible that they will be eliminated in a surprising way.
It's not that I don't like Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, but I won't give them too much preference to win the Europa League, the journey is still quite long and anything is still possible.

If you ask me, I think it is almsot safe to say that we will see some surprises this season as we have seen surprises in other seasons. It rarely goes according to plan from the first to the last game in any competition. We are seeing surprises in all leagues these days and I doubt that all the favorites will go from one round to the next without any issues. Some of them will have some problems and I am sure we will also lose some along the way in the Europa League. In the end it is also about the drawings and whether they meet in the next round already.

The primary task that each team must accomplish is to navigate through a multitude of obstacles, which serves as the main problem they need to overcome. Liverpool and leverkusen are still holding the biggest probability to win the competition. The story in the europa league is much more dramatic compared to the UCL just like last season when sevilla was back-to-back winning europa league trophy again. It's unbelivable to see that sevilla which rarely talked by members here were able, moving up and winning the competition. I personally took liverpool as my favorite to win the match but im feeling that another unpredictable story is going to happen soon. Some clubs need to pass the challenge to face some stron clubs which were dropping from UCL. Roma may also fail to go to the next round. While it is challenging to foresee the winning team in the upcoming competition, I am convinced that Liverpool, given their extensive experience, stands a better chance of winning. Liverpool is too strong in europa league and it's still over power compared with other clubs. Liverpool can win the trophy easily.

[tusandii]

It makes sense, Brighton has good bargaining power to reach the semi finals even though this is their first season playing in european competition. I think De Zerbi can bring his club a lot to say here, the competitive level of competition in the EPL has made them a team that is respected and taken into account. In my opinion, what they need to evaluate in the future is their mentality, they have to improve it if they want to go further in the Europa League.

But I still hesitate to include Brighton in the list of favorites to win, because we certainly agree that Liverpool and Laverkusen are more consistent and better than Brighton at the moment. Apart from that, we also need to wait for the play off stage to end first, and we will look again at who their opponents will be in the round of 16 to see and study Brighton's chances.

Need waiting the result playoff round match to know which one opponent team for Brighton Albion on 16 round, actually Brighton Albion manager's De Zerbi have great achievement on first appearance in Europe League and success made his team finish on top first standings position not have to face Champion League relegated teams in playoff round match.

Beside have Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are both favorite team become the winner in Europe League I think Brighton Albion can make us surprise their first appearance in Europe League will lead potential until quarter final or semifinal phase. Indeed not promising performance in Premier League, I think Brighton Albion get potential in Europe League will lead until more our expected phase.

It seems like you don't know De Zebri before now, he has won Real Madrid even in the Champions League, imagine a tactician like him and you see people rating him so low. He is the key to Brighton coming this far in the Europa League Competition. Too many people don't know about his success before the Premier League.

Their first season out here in the Europa League Competition and they came to the round of sixteen. They dominated clubs like Ajax, Athens and Marseille to go top of their group!!
Liverpool, Bayern Leverkusen and As Roma are my favorites to win this Competition. They have qualified squad.

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

I respect your opinion but in my opinion I slightly disagree with what you said about Liverpool being superior in all aspects and what is superior about Liverpool, is its good performance in the Premier League?
In my opinion, it is Bayer Leverkusen who has a much bigger advantage over Liverpool, even though I also really like these two clubs, but I cannot ignore that Leverkusen is much stronger than Liverpool and if we compare the domestic league performance, see that Liverpool still has 1 defeat while Leverkusen has none. defeats in the Bundesliga and in the group stage matches. Leverkusen is also unbeaten but Liverpool has suffered 2 defeats.
From the opinion I said, this seems more reasonable because both clubs are equally strong, but if we talk about superiority, Leverkusen will definitely be superior and I am very confident that Leverkusen will be able to win a trophy this season.

[Weawant]

If you ask me, I think it is almsot safe to say that we will see some surprises this season as we have seen surprises in other seasons. It rarely goes according to plan from the first to the last game in any competition. We are seeing surprises in all leagues these days and I doubt that all the favorites will go from one round to the next without any issues. Some of them will have some problems and I am sure we will also lose some along the way in the Europa League. In the end it is also about the drawings and whether they meet in the next round already.

I'm actually ready to meet good surprises this season because so far what I've seen shows that there are some uncertainties that are associated with the results we will be having by the end of the season and this isn't peculiar to the Europa alone as it cuts across all other league across Europe this season except for the Ligue 1 that's isn't showing a different sign.

Earlier at the beginning of this season, we all envisaged that Liverpool are most likely to win the Europa and they did performed so well that it further increased our confidence in the fact they they are very likely to win the Europa league title by the end of this season but then currently I wouldn't be really surprised if by the end of the season Liverpool fails to win because there are other big team currently in the Europa who will cease every opportunity to winning the trophy, they includes the likes of Leverkusen and AC Milan.

[shinratensei_]

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

We should never for once look down on clubs that are not playing like pro clubs in the system, we have what we call luck and that easily triggers good energy for these average clubs to participate to the very last phase of the competition, anything can happen. Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the strongest and most consistent teams in the Europa League currently. But let's not be too surprised if at the end of the tournament, we don't see any of these teams winning the title. Who might know, these average clubs have chances of also winning the Europa League.

That's indeed, liverpool and leverkusen are the strongest team in the europa league this season. It will be shocking a lot of people if we will not be seeing one of them to win the competition. Im still believing liverpool and leverkusen to be the strongest candidate to win the game.
These clubs are still performing very consistent in all of leagues. People may expect another surprise to happen but im going to the opposite opinion. Liverpool and leverkusen are the strongest. There's no doubt to pick this club to go to the last 8.
The weak clubs will be facing off against each other, and I don't foresee any issues for them to compete against the qualified participants from the match between the UCL team that dropped to the Europa League and the teams that placed second.
The average clubs have less chance compared to the clubs like leverkusen and liverpool caused by they are still at the peak performance. This is my main concern.

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Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

Personally, I agree with your Liverpool preference. They've been dominant this season. Though Liverpool is dominating, we shouldn't neglect Bayer Leverkusen. Liverpool may have more consistency and winning streaks, but Leverkusen has strengths too. Football is random. Leverkusen could surprise, especially in the Europa League, where anything can happen. Remember that sometimes it's about the squad that peaks at the appropriate time, not the best record

[QueenVera]

Juventus was in another level. Im concerning about how strong the defensive line is owned by juventus. It was always winning the game with cleansheet and it's likely juventus will take intermilan's position. Allegri is just starting to help club to go to the trophy.
I meant that roma is having touble on its defensive line caused by sometimes it was not connecting between one to each other. This is the main problem that needs to be sorted out by mourinho. That loses is also telling us the main weakness owned by roma this time.
Im not even feeling that if roma will be facing another trouble if it will not fix the problem as soon as possible. Feyenoord is a considerably strong opponent. This is why, even though it has poor performance in UCL but we shall not call that feyenoord as a weak team.
It's caused by roma was not even better compared to the slavia praha and this must be noted as the main point for mourinho to call back his players to train even harder than before.
The defensive line needs also to be trained even better. Im not saying it's bad but in fact that if roma is also having poor defenders. No doubt if juventus was winning the game. This can be evaluation for mourinho before his club is going to face feyenoord.

The toughest Series A encounter for the week ended in just a 1goal lead of Juventus over Roma. The two sides are known to be tough even though one may seem tougher and at a higher standing than the other but it was good that Roma ensured it wasn't more than 1 goal but bad because they could have tried harder to make it end in a draw. The result gave an extra 3 points to Juventus and left Roma still struggling to come up again.

 They both want to stay top and get tickets to the European contest. Juventus confidence is in check for subsequent games and for Roma, they've got extra work to do. They have to put in extra efforts. Juventus are in good shape and they're focused too, their Serie A race isn't seeming obstructed by European cups but Roma has two races to work towards. That's an extra task for them to round up successfully. we'll see how the next half of the season would be for these teams.

[sana54210]

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

I agree, Leverkusen is great and all but I do not think that they have what it takes to take down Liverpool at this moment, they are good but they are not that good and that means we are going to have some trouble with the teams. Liverpool however could lose to any team ever, I am not saying they will, I am just saying that they may end up with a loss here and there, which is why it should be important to keep in mind that you could end up with a Liverpool loss against anyone.

It's a knock off stage, which means that you do not get to play a long time, you have two games that you need to win, on aggregate, and if you have just one terrible game then you are fully gone. This is why surprises do happen in these European competitions.

[rahmad2nd]

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I agree, Leverkusen is great and all but I do not think that they have what it takes to take down Liverpool at this moment, they are good but they are not that good and that means we are going to have some trouble with the teams. Liverpool however could lose to any team ever, I am not saying they will, I am just saying that they may end up with a loss here and there, which is why it should be important to keep in mind that you could end up with a Liverpool loss against anyone.

It's a knock off stage, which means that you do not get to play a long time, you have two games that you need to win, on aggregate, and if you have just one terrible game then you are fully gone. This is why surprises do happen in these European competitions.

If I have to refer to it from my perspective, for me Leverkusen has far more potential than any other team in this competition. and even then, with the condition that Xabi Alonso really targets the Europa League trophy. I mean, maybe Xabi Alonso is more focused on the Bundesliga competition, especially if Bayern Munich is able to reduce the points difference from Leverkusen. this means that Leverkusen's attention will be focused on domestic league competitions rather than the Europa League in this phase. however, if they are able to do it well at the same time, Leverkusen has a chance for that. it's just that, so far we have only spoken based on assumptions and speculation. in fact, we will find out once the Europa League returns.

Liverpool is no exception, where the current situation is that Liverpool is at the top of the Premier League standings. to maintain their ranking, Klopp must maintain the consistency and performance of his squad so that it remains on the right track. in the Europa League competition, Liverpool is one of the teams that is predicted to be a candidate to win the championship trophy. however, like Bayer Leverkusen, all of this is still just assumptions and speculation. in the next match, it is possible that Liverpool could slip up to an unexpected team, no doubt it is the same as Leverkusen. therefore, we should just enjoy every match presented in the European League. that's more fun than speculating because the final result is not yet certain.

[swogerino]

Leverkussen is a team in great shape at the moment,the same as Liverpool but for me Liverpool is a bit better because the individual player quality is better than that of Leverkussen.Leverkussen strength is the group as they have not truly distinguished players like Liverpool has Salah and so I don't know what to think about an eventual clash between these teams.Some times the individual quality decide the game some times the group does.Any team winning would not be a surprise result.

[Blitzboy]

It makes sense, Brighton has good bargaining power to reach the semi finals even though this is their first season playing in european competition. I think De Zerbi can bring his club a lot to say here, the competitive level of competition in the EPL has made them a team that is respected and taken into account. In my opinion, what they need to evaluate in the future is their mentality, they have to improve it if they want to go further in the Europa League.

But I still hesitate to include Brighton in the list of favorites to win, because we certainly agree that Liverpool and Laverkusen are more consistent and better than Brighton at the moment. Apart from that, we also need to wait for the play off stage to end first, and we will look again at who their opponents will be in the round of 16 to see and study Brighton's chances.

Need waiting the result playoff round match to know which one opponent team for Brighton Albion on 16 round, actually Brighton Albion manager's De Zerbi have great achievement on first appearance in Europe League and success made his team finish on top first standings position not have to face Champion League relegated teams in playoff round match.

Beside have Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are both favorite team become the winner in Europe League I think Brighton Albion can make us surprise their first appearance in Europe League will lead potential until quarter final or semifinal phase. Indeed not promising performance in Premier League, I think Brighton Albion get potential in Europe League will lead until more our expected phase.

It seems like you don't know De Zebri before now, he has won Real Madrid even in the Champions League, imagine a tactician like him and you see people rating him so low. He is the key to Brighton coming this far in the Europa League Competition. Too many people don't know about his success before the Premier League.

Their first season out here in the Europa League Competition and they came to the round of sixteen. They dominated clubs like Ajax, Athens and Marseille to go top of their group!!
Liverpool, Bayern Leverkusen and As Roma are my favorites to win this Competition. They have qualified squad.

Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen are my two favorite teams in the European League this season. If asked to compare Liverpool and Bayern Leverkusen, Liverpool would be ahead in all aspects for me. This season Liverpool has become an unstoppable team and they have won most of the matches of the season. They seem to be dominating both the English Premier League or the European League.  Liverpool have been consistent this season and their performances look like they will be able to maintain this consistency until the end of the season. If they can finally stay in the rhythm that Liverpool are in, they will surely win the Europa League title this season.

Your respect for Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen is well-deserved; they've been amazing this season. Its especially impressive how well Liverpool has done in all categories. I have learned to expect the surprising in the Europa League, though. Do not forget that football is not just about having the best team on paper; its also about who shows up on game day. Although Leverkusen and Liverpool look like the teams to beat, Im still on the lookout for those surprises. Some unlikely candidates have the power to change things, especially in the knockout rounds. Football is great because even if you have the best team all season, you could still lose in a shocking way. Im cheering for Liverpool and Leverkusen, but Im also ready for surprising results.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Maybe it all depends on the circumstances. I know it wasn't in the Europa League, but in the Champions League: do you remember the game when Liverpool was 0-3 down against Barcelona after the first leg? Can you imagine that Liverpool would have turned it around ever, if they played the second game away from home? I can't. I think this unbelievable event was only possible because the Reds had the full force of their fans supporting them at Anfield Road. Without the fans and the explosive atmosphere that miracle would have never been possible. That is why I think it can be an advantage to play the second game at home.

That totally depends on the mentality from the club. When you were losing a lot of margins in the first leg then your mentality will be also getting very big burden. This makes you can't think properly about the way to beat your opponent and doing comeback.
It was happening to the a few club but mostly of teams that lost huge margins in the european competition were always unable to make its comeback in the second leg. This is why winning the first leg with huge margins would be putting more confidence rather than the second leg.

What you said that above was happening with liverpool but you forgot that if mostly cases the team that won in the first leg with huge margins were getting more advantage compared to the team that was getting home as the second game.
It's caused by when you lost in the first leg then the pressure is also giving you more burden and this means your chance to qualify became even smaler and your shoulder has lot of hope to make it happen.
All possibilities can happen but sometimes we shall use our sense to aware with the chance owned by club to qualify when it was losing away with huge margins in the first leg.

Of course, but I think the circumstances also changed quite a bit when they decided to remove that rule when goals away from home count as two goals or count more so to say. It is probably still more about taste than it is about science here. It was my subjective idea that playing the second game at home could be an advantage. I don't know what the numbers about that say. Maybe I can find some good sources where it was investigated whether playing at home or playing away from home in the first leg led to more teams qualify for the next round. Maybe it doesn't make a difference at all and historical data suggests that in both scenarios the teams qualified at the same % for the next round.

But there are lots of journal that was also talking about this too, like this.

In this research letter, we contributed to the recent scientific literature on determinants of success in professional soccer in general and the impact of playing the second leg of a knock-out confrontation at home in particular. We identified this effect for the most recent data on the most prestigious soccer tournaments for clubs in the world. Our analysis provided no evidence  for  a  second  leg  home  advantage.Thus, the European football association UEFA seems to be wrong when it assumes it rewards teams for their good performance in the group stage by letting these teams play the second leg at home in the round of 32 and the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Champions League

https://core.ac.uk/reader/211074020

Im only saying based on the fact and my logic. That's only a few teams from the total that could make dramatic comeback in the second leg like real madrid or chelsea. Losing in the first leg is obviously gives different nuance for the second leg.
This is the main problem that has been occurring. I strongly agree with the conclusion stated in that journal. No advantage for the club played at home in the second leg.

Being able to win in the first leg will obviously make the situation to be much more easier for the second leg. if i were winning with huge margin in the first leg then i can enjoy the second leg unlike my opponent which has target how many goals need to be made.