This is what it means after the tip of the primary stage of the Champions League and the Europa League this week.

ENGLAND

England is the one nation to nonetheless have all groups lively – and there are 9 of them.

Will probably be very laborious for England to throw it away after bagging 72.50 bonus factors from the Champions League remaining placings.

However nothing needs to be fully taken without any consideration, as England appeared destined to get an EPS slot in 2023-24 solely to endure a horrible set of ends in the quarter-finals.

Whereas it may appear optimistic that every one however three English golf equipment made it straight by way of to the spherical of 16, there’s a twist.

The rival leagues even have a number of groups within the knockout play-off rounds, and people golf equipment can rating factors by profitable these two-leg ties and choose up a bonus for reaching the spherical of 16.

As an image of how far England is forward, Portuguese golf equipment are successfully 11 wins behind, for German sides it’s 17 wins. Then for the Italian groups it’s 19 victories and for the Spanish golf equipment 22.

PORTUGAL

Portugal didn’t appear to actually stand a sensible probability of constructing the highest two as quickly as Santa Clara had been knocked out out of the Convention League within the qualifying rounds.

Nonetheless, they keep on with 4 groups lively however will want all to go very deep to have any probability.

Solely Benfica can add some coefficient factors in February so they’re prone to drop down from second once more.

GERMANY

Solely Eintracht Frankfurt have been eradicated, so the Bundesliga is properly positioned to take an EPS slot alongside England.

Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart may choose up extra coefficient factors within the play-off rounds.

SPAIN

With eight groups in Europe, Spain wanted to have a powerful marketing campaign.

Possibilities had been severely broken by Villarreal’s Champions League elimination. And Athletic Membership adopted them out of the competitors on Wednesday, too.

Whereas Spain have six groups nonetheless lively, every win is value much less to the coefficient than these of their rivals for second place.

La Liga does have three groups in motion in February: Atletico Madrid, Actual Madrid and Celtic Vigo.

ITALY

Serie A had a gradual begin however stays in competition regardless of dropping Napoli from the Champions League.

Atalanta, Bologna, Fiorentina, Inter Milan and Juventus may all add to the tally within the knockout play-offs so the league is one to look at.

POLAND

It should come as a shock to many to search out Poland so excessive up within the desk, and that it was within the high two for some time. However Poland won’t be right here for lengthy.

All 4 of the nation’s groups have been enjoying within the Convention League, whereas over a 3rd of its factors had been picked up within the qualifying rounds.

With Legia Warsaw eradicated and no bonus factors on the best way from the Europa League, Poland will drop additional on Thursday.

FRANCE

It has been a disappointing season for Ligue 1 groups, beginning with Good’s failure to make it by way of Champions League qualifying.

It has not bought significantly better from there for Good, as they’ve now been eradicated from the Europa League.

Lille, Monaco and Paris St-Germain will function in play-offs however France has change into an outsider for an additional place.

GREECE

Greece nonetheless has 4 groups lively however is a great distance behind the highest two slots.

Nevertheless, all of its groups will play in February to spice up the rating.

CYPRUS

One other shock identify on the record, boosted by Pafos reaching the Champions League for the primary time.

However with solely two groups nonetheless lively, and each within the Convention League, Cyprus is just not a contender.

DENMARK

Solely FC Midtjylland stay, so Denmark may be discounted too.