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Europa League predictions & stats
UEFA's second club competition, previewed for its biggest nights: form across league and Europe, chances created and allowed, the head-to-head and the probabilities before kickoff.
Benfica lead the table with 9 points from 3 games. Bayer Leverkusen are second, level on points. 18 games in the next 7 days, starting with Rennes vs Olympiakos Piraeus on Wednesday 4 November.
Upcoming
Fixtures, next 7 days
Wednesday 4 November
- 15:30 UTC
Rennes
Olympiakos Piraeus
Thursday 5 November
- 17:45 UTC
AC Milan
Ferencvarosi TC - 17:45 UTC
Anderlecht
Red Bull Salzburg - 17:45 UTC
Crystal Palace
1899 Hoffenheim - 17:45 UTC
Levski Sofia
Jagiellonia - 17:45 UTC
Lillestrom
Plzen - 17:45 UTC
NEC Nijmegen
Omonia Nicosia - 17:45 UTC
Real Sociedad
Lyon - 17:45 UTC
Sparta Praha
Bournemouth - 20:00 UTC
AZ Alkmaar
Juventus - 20:00 UTC
Bayer Leverkusen
MarseillePreview → - 20:00 UTC
Benfica
Lech Poznan - 20:00 UTC
Celta Vigo
Union St. Gilloise - 20:00 UTC
Celtic
Beşiktaş - 20:00 UTC
Hapoel Beer Sheva
OFI - 20:00 UTC
Sturm Graz
Celje - 20:00 UTC
Sunderland
Dinamo Zagreb - 20:00 UTC
Torreense
Ararat-Armenia
Standings · 2026/27
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 3 | +8 | 9 | WWW |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | +8 | 9 | WWW |
| 3 | Bournemouth | 3 | +7 | 9 | WWW |
| 4 | Ferencvarosi TC | 3 | +6 | 9 | WWW |
| 5 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 3 | +3 | 9 | WWW |
| 6 | Union St. Gilloise | 3 | +7 | 7 | WDW |
| 7 | Juventus | 3 | +6 | 7 | DWW |
| 8 | Beşiktaş | 3 | +4 | 7 | DWW |
| 9 | Sunderland | 3 | +2 | 7 | DWW |
| 10 | AZ Alkmaar | 3 | +4 | 6 | WWL |
| 11 | Omonia Nicosia | 3 | +1 | 6 | LWW |
| 12 | Lyon | 3 | -1 | 6 | LWW |
| 13 | Rennes | 3 | +1 | 5 | DWD |
| 14 | Real Sociedad | 3 | +5 | 4 | WDL |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 3 | +3 | 4 | DLW |
| 16 | Sparta Praha | 3 | +2 | 4 | LDW |
| 17 | Levski Sofia | 3 | 0 | 4 | WDL |
| 18 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | -1 | 4 | LWD |
| 19 | Sturm Graz | 3 | -2 | 4 | WLD |
| 20 | NEC Nijmegen | 3 | -3 | 4 | WDL |
| 21 | Red Bull Salzburg | 3 | -3 | 4 | DLW |
| 22 | Anderlecht | 3 | +1 | 3 | WLL |
| 23 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3 | 0 | 3 | WLL |
| 24 | AC Milan | 3 | -1 | 3 | LWL |
| 25 | Celta Vigo | 3 | -1 | 3 | WLL |
| 26 | OFI | 3 | -1 | 3 | LLW |
| 27 | Jagiellonia | 3 | -2 | 3 | LWL |
| 28 | Torreense | 3 | -3 | 3 | LLW |
| 29 | Celje | 3 | -5 | 1 | DLL |
| 30 | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 3 | -5 | 1 | LLD |
| 31 | Lillestrom | 3 | -7 | 1 | LDL |
| 32 | Lech Poznan | 3 | -8 | 1 | DLL |
| 33 | Plzen | 3 | -5 | 0 | LLL |
| 34 | Marseille | 3 | -5 | 0 | LLL |
| 35 | Celtic | 3 | -6 | 0 | LLL |
| 36 | Ararat-Armenia | 3 | -9 | 0 | LLL |
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The competition
The Europa League uses the same shape as the Champions League: a league phase of 36 clubs, each playing eight opponents, four at home and four away, in one shared table. The top eight reach the round of 16 directly, ninth to 24th play two-legged knockout play-offs, and the rest are eliminated.
Two-legged ties continue to the semi-finals, and the final is a single match in May. The prize is bigger than the trophy: the winner earns a place in the next season's Champions League league phase. Sevilla have won it more often than any other club.
Many clubs in this competition are fighting for places in their own leagues at the same time, so line-ups on Thursday nights change more than in the Champions League. The previews check how heavily each side rotated in its recent European games before reading too much into a single result.
Form, xG, head-to-head and pre-match probabilities for the big Europa League games, written by APEX days before kickoff. Each page keeps the result once it's played.
Every match, not just the big ones
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