This week’s Champions League action was always a difficult event to follow, but Europa League certainly gave it a good crack.
Again, there was a large amount of British representation on Thursday night, while Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Rangers aimed at advancing their commitment to reach the semifinals.
For the three clubs, this competition represents its last hope. Tottenham and United are stuck in the Purgatory of the Premier League, while Rangers struggled to put a glove to Celtic in Premier Scottish. It has been a miserable season for the trio, but Europe can show that it is a saving grace.
However, the hard competition continues in the search for Europe League Glory and each of their respective quarterfinals are in balance after the first legs. That is like elect It values the possibilities of the remaining teams to win the competition after the results of Thursday.
|
Row |
Gear |
Oct to reach the semifinals (%) |
Possibility to reach the end |
Positions of winning the Europa League (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Atlético club |
75.1 |
41.4 |
23.9 |
|
2. |
Man utd |
63.1 |
34.2 |
19.6 |
|
3. |
Tottenham |
45.6 |
28.5 |
14.5 |
|
4. |
Eintracht frankfurt |
54.4 |
29.4 |
12.9 |
|
5. |
They will do it/Glymth |
72.9 |
28.0 |
11.3 |
|
6. |
Lyon |
36.9 |
18.0 |
8.8 |
|
7. |
Llazio |
27.1 |
14.1 |
6.7 |
|
8. |
Guard |
24.9 |
6.4 |
3. |
The projection provided by Opta is based on 10,000 simulations led by its supercomputer. In these simulations, the Outfit Athletic Club of the League raised the Europa League Trophy: 23.9% of the time. This is not good news for Rangers, who visit the San Moms next week after somehow keep Ernesto Valverde’s side at a draw on Ibrox.
Opta values the possibilities of Athletic to reach the last four at 75.1%, but the gers have been impressively out of the house in this competition so far this season. However, their possibilities to go all the way are the lowest of 3.3%.
Tottenham Eintracht Frankfurt was frustrated in northern London, but they recovered from an early deficit. Pedro Porro canceled Hugo Ekitike’s exquisite opener and Spurs worked well in the second half without reward. A mammoth effort in Germany will be made to move forward and opt for Frankfurt to advance (54.4% chance to do it).
Interestingly, Opt believes that the Spurs have a better chance of winning the competition than the Bundesliga side, which traveled all over 2022. The computer has no idea how Lilywhites are on the big stage.
On the opposite side of the draw, The Draw 2-2 of MAN UTD in Lyon It was far from disastrous, but they should lead them to Old Trafford. However, opt United 63.1% likely to reach semis, and are considered a second favorite to win the competition. However, they will probably face athletics in the last four.
The only team that prevailed on Thursday was Bodo/Glimt, which inflicted more misery on the Italian opposition on the Arctic Circle. Lazio fell 2-0 to Norway and are now large subdogs on their tie. The winners of the league phase have only 27.1 possibilities to do it and only 6.7% likely to lift the trophy.
