2023/2024 Europa League Knockout Round PO

[bjkman1903]

When is the Europa League knockout round play-off draw?

The Europa League knockout round play-off draw takes place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday 18 December.
(source : Uefa.com)

Seeded teams :

Freiburg (GER)
Marseille (FRA)
Rennes (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Qarabağ (AZE)
Sparta Praha (CZE)
Sporting CP (POR)
Toulouse (FRA)

Unseeded teams :

Benfica (POR)
Braga (POR)
Feyenoord (NED)
Galatasaray (TUR)
Lens (FRA)
Milan (ITA)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Young Boys (SUI)

[Firnen]

Feyenoord-Roma Round 3 anyone?

[FR-Rinaldo]

Roma - Feyenoord 21/22 Conference League final
Lazio - Feyenoord 22/23 EL GS
Feyenoord - Lazio 22/23 EL GS
Feyenoord - Roma 22/23 EL QF
Roma - Feyenoord 22/23 EL QF
Feyenoord - Lazio 23/24 CL GS
Lazio - Feyenoord 23/24 CL GS

I wonder where our opponents for this round will come from

[Lorric]

Roma - Feyenoord 21/22 Conference League final
Lazio - Feyenoord 22/23 EL GS
Feyenoord - Lazio 22/23 EL GS
Feyenoord - Roma 22/23 EL QF
Roma - Feyenoord 22/23 EL QF
Feyenoord - Lazio 23/24 CL GS
Lazio - Feyenoord 23/24 CL GS

I wonder where our opponents for this round will come from

Well, chances are it will be France! But we shall see...

[Metallica1989]

for Shakhtar

avoid Freiburg Roma and Sporting

we'll beat everyone else

[EarlofBug]

for Shakhtar

avoid Freiburg Roma and Sporting

we'll beat everyone else

Marseille is also tough.

[Metallica1989]

for Shakhtar

avoid Freiburg Roma and Sporting

we'll beat everyone else

Marseille is also tough.

you're probably partly right

[matt]

No more Roma - Feyenoord, please

Milan - Marseille would be very interesting.

Shakhtar - Rennes, round 2?

[bugylibicska]

When is the Europa League knockout round play-off draw?

The Europa League knockout round play-off draw takes place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday 18 December.
(source : Uefa.com)

Seeded teams :

Freiburg (GER)
Marseille (FRA)
Rennes (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Qarabağ (AZE)
Sparta Praha (CZE)
Sporting CP (POR)
Toulouse (FRA)

Unseeded teams :

Benfica (POR)
Braga (POR)
Feyenoord (NED)
Galatasaray (TUR)
Lens (FRA)
Milan (ITA)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Young Boys (SUI)

My wishlist:

Qarabag - Milan
Sparta Praha - Braga
Toulouse - Shakhtar
Freiburg - Galatasaray
Rennes - Young Boys
Marseille - Feyenoord
Roma - Benfica
Sporting - Lens

[bjkman1903]

My wishlist :

Marseille - Benfica
Sparta Praha - Galatasaray
Toulouse - Shakhtar
Freiburg - Braga
Qarabag - Young Boys
Rennes - Feyenoord
Roma - Lens
Sporting - Milan

[Dragonite]

No more Roma - Feyenoord, please

Milan - Marseille would be very interesting.

Shakhtar - Rennes, round 2?

I have a question for you.

Out of 12 teams from the top five leagues, every single one is currently in a top two spot. Only 4 intruders: Rangers, Slavia Praha, Qarabag and Sporting.
We are up to a high quality knock-out stages.

Since we have an extra "intruder" in the KO stages and one of the so-called "top top whatevers" was eliminated, do you no longer believe that we'll have "high quality knock-out stages"?

[matt]

No more Roma - Feyenoord, please

Milan - Marseille would be very interesting.

Shakhtar - Rennes, round 2?

I have a question for you.

Out of 12 teams from the top five leagues, every single one is currently in a top two spot. Only 4 intruders: Rangers, Slavia Praha, Qarabag and Sporting.
We are up to a high quality knock-out stages.

Since we have an extra "intruder" in the KO stages and one of the so-called "top top whatevers" was eliminated, do you no longer believe that we'll have "high quality knock-out stages"?

Only 1 out of 12 of my list went out. Like if this fact would prove me wrong...it doesn't, most of them had an easy life in the group stage.
Even French teams almost in the relegation zone had no problems against "non-top top whatevers".

[Dragonite]

It's not about "proving right" or "proving wrong". It's about if having Sparta Praha instead of Real Betis in the EL KO stages "lowers its quality".

According to you, does it?

Edit: Or if having Copenhagen instead of Manchester United or PSV instead of Sevilla or Braga instead of Union Berlin.

[matt]

It's not about "proving right" or "proving wrong". It's about if having Sparta Praha instead of Real Betis in the EL KO stages "lowers its quality".

According to you, does it?

Edit: Or if having Copenhagen instead of Manchester United or PSV instead of Sevilla or Braga instead of Union Berlin.

Braga over Union Berlin and PSV over Sevilla are not suprises, ELO shows that PSV are better than Sevilla at the moment, and Braga are slightly better than Union Berlin. MU was a big flop indeed, every rule has exceptions, thankfully surprises in football are more common than in many other sports.
Betis behind Rangers and Sparta Praha was another surprise, though not as dramatic as MU behind Copenhagen and Galatasaray.

Brighton winning the group was a surprise only for you (you predicted them to finish third), Freiburg above Olympiacos for the second year in a row proved you wrong again (in your prediction the Greek team was above the German one).
Maybe the problem is not me overstimating teams from certain countrires, it's you understimating the same teams from certain countries.

[rpo.castro]

Draw probabilities

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