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How are the promoted teams/relegation play-off survivors doing in the ‘top leagues’?

How are the promoted teams/relegation play-off survivors doing in the ‘top leagues’?

The excitement from getting promoted can subside very quickly when tasked to secure safety in the top flight begins with poor results.  

The objective is to keep the team spirit that got you the promotion while increasing the talent on hand to match the teams in the top division.

Wolfsburg (Bundesliga) and Toulouse (Ligue 1) survived relegation play-offs to remain in the top-flight. The experience in the league should give these teams a better chance of survival over the promoted teams.

English Premier League

Cardiff City MP: 8| 0-2-6 (W-D-L) = 2 points (League Position – 20/20)

Fulham MP 8| 1-2-5 (W-D-L) = 5 points (League Position – 17/20)

Wolverhampton Wanderers MP 8| 4-3-1 (W-D-L) = 15 points (League Position – 7/20)

Cardiff City is doing the worst amongst the newly-promoted teams in the Premier League. Cardiff is winless and at the bottom of the league standings with their next opportunity to get a victory coming against fellow promoted side Fulham. Unlike Cardiff, Fulham has managed to secure a victory but is also hanging around the relegation zone.

How far up the league table can Wolves get at the end of matchday 38?

Wolverhampton Wanderers is the bright spot in the newly-promoted sides. Wolverhampton is currently in the top half of the league standings after picking up one more victory than defeat in their opening 8 matches. Despite 4 victories in the league, Wolverhampton’s best results so far will be holding both Manchester clubs to a ‘1-1’ draw – a home draw with defending champions Manchester City and an away draw at Old Trafford against Manchester United.  

French Ligue 1

Nimes MP: 9| 2-4-3 (W-D-L) = 10 points

Reims MP: 9| 2-4-3 (W-D-L) = 10 points

Toulouse (Relegation play-off survivor) MP 9| 3-4-2 (W-D-L) = 13 points

Toulouse survived relegation-playoffs and are so far doing the best to avoid a late drama to their season despite being winless in their recent 5 matches in the league.

Both promoted sides are not in the relegation zone after 9 matches. They’ve both accumulated equal points in the league standings, and they both opened their season with consecutive wins that involved a victory over a ‘top four’ team from the previous season on matchday 2. Reims were ‘1-0’ winners at home against Lyon, while Nimes shocked Marseille with a ‘3-1’ victory but their amazing start to the season hasn’t kept them from dipping closer to the ‘drop zone’ in the standings.

Italian Serie A

Empoli MP: 8| 1-2-5 (W-D-L) = 5 points

Frosinone MP: 8| 0-1-7 (W-D-L) = 1 point

Parma MP: 8| 4-1-3 (W-D-L) = 13 points

7 defeats out of 8 matches leave Frosinone as the only winless side amongst the newly-promoted in the Serie A. Empoli has only done better by being able to grab a victory in 8 matches.  Both sides are in the relegation zone with a Chievo Verona side working to recover their 3 points deduction at the start of the season.

Parma is carrying the torch from the group as they’ve won 4 of their last 5 league games to turn their season around after starting their campaign with three winless matches that included 2 defeats.

Spanish La Liga

Huesca MP:8| 1-2-5 (W-D-L) = 5 points

Rayo Vallecano MP:7| 1-2-4 (W-D-L) = 5 points

Real Valladolid MP: 8| 3-3-2 (W-D-L) = 12 points

Newly-promoted Real Valladolid is currently in position on the league table to be considered part of the La Liga title race.  Unlike Valladolid, the other two promoted teams (Rayo Vallecano and Huesca) are at the bottom of the league standings after managing only a victory. Rayo Vallecano has a game in hand against Athletic Club, but that can’t be counted as a major advantage despite Athletic Club having a very poor start to their season.

German Bundesliga

Fortuna Dusseldorf MP 7| 1-2-4 (W-D-L) = 5 points

Nurnberg MP 7| 2-2-3 (W-D-L) = 8 points

Wolfsburg (Relegation play-off survivor) MP 7| 2-3-2 (W-D-L) = 9 points

Even though their last 5 league matches hasn’t produced a win for them, Wolfsburg is in the middle of the league standings.  Promoted Nurnberg Is only a point away from Wolfsburg while Fortuna Dusseldorf is locked in the relegation zone. Despite one team being in the top half, another in the bottom half and the other in relegation-zone, the gap in points isn’t wide enough for any team claim a territory.  

League Top Scorers

Italian Serie A – Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa) – 9 goals

French Ligue 1 – Neymar (Paris St. Germain) Kylian Mbappe (Paris St. Germain) – 8 goals

Spanish La Liga – Cristhian Stuani (Girona) – 8 goals

English Premier League – Eden Hazard (Chelsea) – 7 goals

German Bundesliga – Paco Alcacer (Borussia Dortmund) – 6 goals

 

The English Premier League currently has three unbeaten sides at the top of the table in a 3-way tie on points (separated by goal difference) and three teams at the bottom of the table that are winless since the start of the season.

Winless in the top flight

Huddersfield Town (Premier League)– 8 matches

Newcastle United (Premier League) – 8 matches

Cardiff City (Premier League) – 8 matches

Frosinone (Serie A) – 8 matches

Chievo Verona (Serie A) – 8 matches

Unbeaten in the top flight

Manchester City (Premier League)– 8 matches unbeaten

Chelsea (Premier League) – 8 matches unbeaten

Liverpool (Premier League) – 8 matches unbeaten

Paris St. Germain (Ligue 1) – 9 matches unbeaten

Juventus (Serie A) – 8 matches unbeaten

Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) – 7 matches unbeaten

PSV Eindhoven (Eredivisie) – 8 matches unbeaten

Benfica (Primeira Liga) – 7 matches unbeaten

Braga (Primeira Liga) – 7 matches unbeaten

 

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