The EUROPA League after Round 4.
After four rounds of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa league, four spots in the ‘Round of 32’ teams have been filled.
Roma
Arsenal
Leicester City
Hoffenheim
Five teams are eliminated from continental football competitions in Europe.
Celtic
Qarabag
Gent
Rijeka
Ludogorets Razgrad
The leading goal scorers
Yusuf Yazıcı (Lille) – 6 goals
Lukáš Juliš (Sparta Prague) – 5 goals
Mikael Ishak (Lech Poznań) – 5 goals
Group A
CSKA Sofia 0-1 Young Boys
CFR Cluj 0-2 Roma
Roma stayed unbeaten in Group A and advanced to the next round.
Two rounds left for Young Boys and Cluj to get a place in the final 32.
Cluj pick up points against Sofia in the next round will help them equal Young Boys in points accumulated; if the expected results are held from the performances so far.
Standings
Roma – 10 points
Young – 7 points
CFR – 4 points
CSKA Sofia – 1 points
Next Round
CFR Cluj vs CSKA Sofia
Roma vs Young Boys
Group B
Molde 0-3 Arsenal
Dundalk 1-3 Rapid Wien
Arsenal stayed perfect in Group B to clinch their spot in the final 32.
Molde and Rapid Wien are on 6 points with identical records.
Molde will have the opportunity to move to 9 points when they take on a winless Dundalk in the next round.
Rapid Wien will have a harder task against Arsenal.
Standings
Arsenal – 12 points
Molde – 6 points
Rapid Wien – 6 points
Dundalk – 0 points
Next Round
Arsenal vs Rapid Wien
Molde vs Dundalk
Group C
Bayer Leverkusen 4-1 Hapoel Be’er Sheva
Nice 1-3 Slavia Prague
It’s two halves in Group C. Slavia Prague and Leverkusen are 6 points clear off Nice and Hapoel Be’er Sheva.
Slavia Prague takes on Hapoel Be’er Sheva and Leverkusen goes away to face Nice. A win for the group leaders will do the job for them to advance from Group C.
Standings
Slavia Prague – 9 points
Bayer Leverkusen – 9 points
Nice – 3 points
Hapoel Be’er Sheva- 3 points
Next Round
Slavia Prague vs Hapoel Be’er Sheva
Nice vs Bayer Leverkusen
Group D
Standard Liège 2-1 Lech Poznań
Rangers 2-2 Benfica
Rangers and Benifica lead Group D with 8 points each.
They both get a shot at the bottom two teams in the coming round. A win for the two teams will clinch a spot in the final 32.
Standings
Rangers – 8 points
Benfica – 8 points
Lech Poznan – 3 points
Standard Liege – 3 points
Next Round
Rangers vs Standard Liège
Benfica vs Lech Poznań
Group E
PSV Eindhoven 3-2 PAOK
Granada 2-1 Omonia Nicosia
Granada are close to a spot in the round of 32. They lead Group E by 4 points.
The next round for Grana will be against their closest competition in the Group, PSV Eindhoven.
PSV doesn’t have enough room to afford dropping points, especially whe PAOK will be looking for a win against Omonia in Cyprus.
Standings
Granada – 10 points
PSV Eindhoven – 6 points
PAOK – 5 points
Omonia Nicosia – 1 points
Next Round
Granada vs PSV Eindhoven
Omonia Nicosia vs PAOK
Group F
Napoli 2-0 Rijeka
AZ 0-0 Real Sociedad
Napoli have taken a narrow 2-point lead in Group F.
They must get a win against AZ in the next round to be safe up there.
Real Sociedad will go against a winless and eliminated Rijeka. As a home game, Real Sociedad will be expected to pick up the three points and hope the results from the ‘AZ vs Napoli’ match are favorable.
Standings
Napoli – 9 points
Real Sociedad – 7 points
AZ – 7 points
Rijeka – 0 points
Next Round
Real Sociedad vs Rijeka
AZ vs Napoli
Group G
Braga 3-3 Leicester City
AEK Athens 0-3 Zorya
Leicester City are into the Round of 32 after coming from behind on three occasions to leave Braga with a point. Jamies Vardy came off the bench and ended up finding the late equalizing goal to grab his side the ticket to progress.
Braga should be able to get the job done in the coming round with against AEK in Athens.
Standings
Leicester City – 10 points
Braga – 7 points
AEK Athens – 3 points
Zorya – 3 points
Next Round
Zorya vs Leicester City
AEK Athens vs Braga
Group H
Sparta Prague 4-1 Celtic
Lille 1-1 AC Milan
Celtc are out of the competition but the rest of the teams are in a tight battle to advance. There is a point between Lille, AC Milan, and Sparta Prague
AC Milan will take on already eliminated Celtic.
Lille will take on Sparta Prague. Assuming that AC Milan will come out on top at the San Siro, Lille and Sparta Prague can’t afford not to get a good result in their fixture.
Standings
Lille – 8 points
AC Milan – 7 points
Sparta – 6 points
Celtic – 1 points
Next Round
AC Milan vs Celtic
Lille vs Sparta Prague
Group I
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-1 Villarreal
Qarabag 2-3 Sivasspor
A win against Sivasspor in the next round will send Villarreal to the Round of 32 from Group I.
Should Villarreal take a win at away against Sivasspor in the next round, Maccabi Tel Aviv will be through to the Round of 32 with an away win against already eliminated Qarabag.
Standings
Villarreal – 10 points
Maccabi – 7 points
Sivasspor – 6 points
Qarabağ – 0 points
Next Round
Sivasspor vs Villarreal
Qarabag vs Maccabi Tel Aviv
Group J
LASK 0-2 Antwerp
Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Ludogorets
LASK will be fighting for survival when they host Tottenham in the next round. Defeat for LASK is not an option.
With Ludogorets Razgrad already eliminated in Group J after defeats in all their fixtures, it is expected the Antwerp will pick up the needed win to get them in the Round of 32.
Standings
Antwerp – 9 points
Tottenham Hotspur – 9 points
LASK – 6 points
Ludogorets – 0 points
Next Round
Antwerp vs Ludogorets
LASK vs Tottenham Hotspur
Group K
CSKA Moscow 0-0 Feyenoord
Wolfsberger 0-3 Dinamo Zagreb
The top two teams in Group K will go at each other. A Dinamo Zagreb win will get them through to the next round and open up the group for the remaining three.
Standings
Dinamo Zagreb – 8 points
Feyenoord – 5 points
Wolfsberger – 4 points
CSKA Moscow – 3 points
Next Round
Feyenoord vs Dinamo Zagreb
CSKA Moscow vs Wolfsberger AC
Group L
Gent 0-2 Red Star Belgrade
Slovan Liberec 0-2 Hoffenheim
Hoffenheim moved on to the next round while Gent got knocked out.
Red Star Belgrade are likely to join Hoffenheim in the next round.
To do so, Red Star Belgrade will have to do what hasn’t been done yet in Group L, beat Hoffenheim; or hope for what hasn’t happened yet in Group L; Gent picking up a point/winning a game.
Standings
Hoffenheim – 12 points
Red Star Belgrade – 9 points
Slovan Liberec – 3 points
Gent – 0 points
Next Round
Red Star Belgrade vs Hoffenheim
Gent vs Slovan Liberec
