
epa11708894 Gamers of SS Lazio have a good time successful the UEFA Europa League soccer match between SS Lazio and FC Porto, in Rome, Italy, 07 November 2024. EPA-EFE/ETTORE FERRARI
That is the primary season with the brand new format of the match, the place every workforce performs eight totally different opponents and all the outcomes go into a single table.
The highest eight go straight into the Spherical of 16, whereas these from ninth place to 24th enter a play-off section.
The edges from 25th place to 36th are eradicated from Europe altogether.
We are actually on the halfway stage of the match after 4 rounds and the one membership with an ideal document of 12 factors is Lazio.
They fought to the bitter finish for a 2-1 victory over FC Porto in stoppages, giving them a two-point cushion from the chasing pack.
Extra importantly, they’re already 5 factors away from the play-off zone, so have one foot within the subsequent spherical.
The others who had gained the opening three have been Tottenham Hotspur (who misplaced 3-2 to Victor Osimhen’s Galatasaray right now) and RSC Anderlecht (held 1-1 by RFS in Riga).

As for Roma, they may face a battle simply to safe a play-off spot and keep away from automated elimination, as a result of they’re at present in 20th place.
The Giallorossi have only one Europa League victory, 1-0 over Dynamo Kyiv, together with two stalemates and the defeat away to Elfsborg.
With simply three objectives scored in 4 video games, it isn’t tough to see the place the issue lies for Ivan Juric’s aspect, who have been held to a 1-1 draw by Union Saint-Gilloise in Brussels this night.
There are some surprises, as Actual Sociedad, FC Twente, Good, PAOK and Dynamo Kyiv are all within the Europa League elimination zone.
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