In the Premier League for example, four top sides qualify into the Champions League while winner of the Carabao Cup, FA Cup and the fifth placed side go into the Champions and Europa Leagues respectively. But this season, City have won the league cup, which means the sixth placed side will have an automatic slot in the Europa League next season. Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says former club Manchester United will be among the favourites to win the Europa League, but questioned the way in which sides who fail to qualify for the Champions. If Man United win Europa league, then they 100% would qualify for CL irrespective of their league position. Now we have following possibilities: 1. Man United finish outside top 4 and win Europa league: In this case, there would be 5 teams from E.

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I think everyone has now accepted that Liverpool is going to be the EnglishPremier League champion for the 2019/20 season. Sixteen points ahead ofManchester City with a game in hand, it looks like the red half of Merseysidewill be celebrating its first title in 30 years.

The race for the remaining Champions League places also looks just aboutsorted. Manchester City and Leicester City can probably start organizing travelvisas and hotel reservations, while Chelsea looks the most likely to join themin Europe’s premier club competition next season.

But with the standard of the rest of the top flight in England the way it is,there are a number of clubs in the running for a place in next season’s EuropaLeague. With about a third of the season left to play, I’m going to try todetermine which teams will qualify for Premier League Europa League spots andthe betting markets related to that race.

The Champions League has become all-important in Europe. In England, clubscelebrate a top four finish almost as much as they would a league title thesedays, and definitely more than a FA Cup triumph.

Many in England see the Europa League as an unwanted distraction from thePremier League and a poor consolation prize for not finishing in the top four.But it is still European soccer, and it does even hold an extra chance atChampions League qualification now as well.

In England, the fifth-place team in the Premier League qualifies for theEuropa League, as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup winners. But due to the factthat the cup winners invariably have already qualified for Europe, those spotsgo to the sixth- and sometimes seventh-place teams in the league.

With this season’s EFL Cup winners likely to have already qualified for theChampions League, we will probably see the sixth-place team make the EuropaLeague. There are a few more rounds to go in the FA Cup, but we could have thesame situation there as well.

Although clubs like Manchester United and Spurs might feel that they shouldbe in the Champions League, there are a number of smaller clubs, such as Wolvesand Sheffield United, who would be more grateful of European soccer.

Latest Europa League Betting Odds

With the exact number of Europa League qualification places still not known,the best betting market to look at here is the odds for a top-six finish. Hereare the prices at Betway’s sportsbook.

Obviously, Betway thinks that Liverpool, Manchester City, and Leicester Citywill all definitely finish in the top six, so there are no prices offered forthem. It is interesting that Chelsea is listed, even if the odds are very short.I think Frank Lampard will lead his team to a top four finish, so I’m going toeliminate Chelsea from the race for Europa League qualification.

This list is a good example of how open — or how poor, depending on yourviewpoint — the Premier League has been this season. For Newcastle, Burnley, andCrystal Palace to even be involved in talk about finishing in the top six seemsincredible. But if any of these three went on a good winning streak, there mightbe a chance.

Southampton was nailed on as relegation favorites just before Christmas, buta recent run of form now sees the club in the upper reaches of the table.

I’m going to omit those four, however, as I don’t think any of them will beable to keep up over the next few months. But let’s take a look at the chancesof the remaining six clubs in the list of qualifying for the Europa League.

(Very) Long Shots to Finish in the Premier League Top Six

The odds of 8.50 for Everton to finish top six in the Premier League seemincredibly generous to the Toffees given the season it is going through. Evertonis currently in 12^th and has experienced the relegation zone asrecently as December. With Liverpool enjoying such a successful campaign, theform of Everton has been even more disappointing than usual for the fans, and itlooks like another season will pass the club by.

The appointment of former player Duncan Ferguson as interim manager inDecember has been the one real highlight of the season so far. With morale at anall-time low, the fans’ favorite sparked enthusiasm on and off the pitch as theteam dragged itself away from the lower reaches of the table. Carlo Ancelottiwas, somewhat surprisingly, given the job on a full-time basis, and there doesseem to be renewed belief around the club now.

But to think that Everton can now finish in the top six is a real stretch. Iwould want much bigger odds than 8.50 to take on that bet, and even if EuropaLeague qualification does extend down to seventh this season, I think that isstill too much of a leap.

Another club that looks like it might be turning the corner is Arsenal.Arsene Wenger’s departure, although needed, left the club with little direction,and Unai Emery was unable to turn around a team that had already slipped out ofcontention for top four finishes. Mikel Arteta looks like a very good managerialappointment, but there is a lot of work to be done at the club.

If Arteta can convince players like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang that Arsenal isa club looking forward to Champions League involvement, then he may have achance to build a team that can compete. He has a very good, but very young,group of players at the moment, and there is definitely a period of transitionfor the Arsenal fans to endure before they enjoy success again.

I don’t think Arsenal will finish high enough in the Premier League toqualify for Europe, so the odds of just 3.00 to make the top six don’t interestme. The Gunners have always been a good FA Cup team, though, and are stillinvolved in this season’s competition. But with four more games to play beforelifting the trophy, I’m not sure I would back Arsenal to win its 14^thFA Cup title, either. So I don’t think there will be any European competitionfor the club next season (unless it wins the Europa League, of course!).

Tottenham Hotspur is having a strange season. After making it all the way tothe Champions League final last year, Spurs have dropped away from the top fourquite alarmingly. There were a couple of interesting signings in the summer thatsuggested the club might compete and some early draws against Manchester Cityand Arsenal that seemed to back up that point.

But a bad run of form meant that Mauricio Pochettino was gone by the end ofNovember, with Jose Mourinho returning to English soccer as the new manager. Heis definitely a polarizing figure, but it looked like he was largely greetedenthusiastically when he was appointed.

But the results have not really improved, and there is now his style ofsoccer for the fans to be upset with.

An injury to Harry Kane that will see him miss the majority of the rest ofthe season spells big trouble for Spurs. The FA Cup is still open as a route tosilverware and Europa League qualification, but I can’t see it going all the waythere, either. Out of the clubs currently grouped in the potential Europa Leagueplaces, Spurs seem to be the one with the least to offer. I think odds of 1.53for a top six finish are far too short, and I don’t think it will qualify forthe Europa League via any other route, either.

Sheffield United, on the other hand, has been one of the success stories ofthe Premier League season. Only promoted back to the top flight at the end oflast season, manager Chris Wilder has his team playing an exciting brand ofsoccer that has tested the very best in the division.

The Blades have scored markedly fewer goals this season than their immediaterivals but have also conceded fewer than everyone apart from Liverpool in thePremier League. The form away from home has been impressive, where there havebeen a lot of draws to keep the club higher up the league. Any Sheffield Unitedfan would be incredibly happy with the way the season has gone so far, but thiswould seem to be about the limit of the club’s success.

The odds of 7.00 for a top-six finish are attractive, but I’m not sure thatthe Blades will be able to manage that with the squad they have. But if seventhplace does end up qualifying for the Europa League, then that might be a morerealistic option. Betway is not offering a market on making next season’scompetition at the moment, but if you can find one, then I think you could getquite good odds for Sheffield United playing European soccer next year.

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For a top six finish, I don’t think you can look past Manchester United andWolves to take the remaining two spots. As we have seen, that might leave onefurther Europa League place to fill, but these two should be assured of makingthe cut.

Manchester United fans may feel as though the Europa League is below them,given the success the club has enjoyed domestically and on the continent overthe last 20 years. But it is a trying time for the club at the moment, and OleGunnar Solskjaer is struggling to keep his team in contention.

It might not be the crisis that is consistently reported by the media, butManchester United has a way to go before it is competing with Liverpool andManchester City for league titles again.

Recruitment seems to have been a particular problem for United, and allowingplayers such as Romelu Lukaku and even Chris Smalling to leave has not helped.The players that did come in at the beginning of the season have definitelyimproved the defensive side of things, but there is a distinct absence ofcreativity in the middle of the pitch.

That being said, United is still fifth even after all its troubles. It maynot be a season to remember at Old Trafford, but there should be a top sixfinish at the end of it, as well as Europa League qualification.

The other club I feel will be able to take one of the top six places isWolves. The Black Country club came up last season and qualified for Europe atthe first attempt, finishing in seventh place. Unlike some clubs in previousyears, the very early start to the season the Europa League brought has not hada negative impact on results.

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The first few months of the campaign may not have brought in many points, butthe team has rallied since then.

There have been a number of defeats recently, although Wolves have had toplay Liverpool twice within a month. Apart from that, manager Nuno EspiritoSanto is getting the same kind of performance from his team as he did lastseason. There have been a number of recruits to bolster the squad, largely fromPortugal once again, and Adama Traore has started to live up to his enormouspotential recently. His pace can unlock any defense, and the entire attackingunit at Wolves is a big reason why the club is doing so well.

The defensive qualities at Wolves are sometimes overlooked when it comes toevaluating its success. But if the forwards can manage to score a few moregoals, I would not be surprised if Wolves overtake Manchester United and end upin fifth. Champions League soccer is still just out of the club’s reach, butsome further investment and creative recruitment in the summer could changethat.

To answer the question of which clubs will qualify for the Europa League, alot depends on whether the Premier League ends up with one, two, or even threerepresentatives. I think there is a good chance of at least two, so I can seeWolves and Manchester United qualifying.

Although I wouldn’t take the bet of Sheffield United finishing in the topsix, I do think that it could grab the final Europa League spot if a teamalready qualified for Europe wins the FA Cup. It has been an incredible seasonso far for the Blades, and a place in one of the continental competitions nextyear would be fully deserved.

The 32 teams remaining in the UEFA Europa League field will learn their next steps towards glory and an automatic spot in the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League next week.

The Round of 32 draw is Monday, just after the Champions League draw, where nine USMNT players will find out who they’ll face in the knockout rounds.

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Who has qualified? Who is seeded? Who can the Premier League clubs draw and how can you watch the draw in the USA? The answers are below.

UEFA Europa League Round of 16 draw rules

Clubs cannot draw group mates or teams from their own domestic leagues, but teams dropping down from the Champions League can draw each other.

The four Premier League sides to advance into the knockout rounds have fewer limitations than ever as Leicester City, Arsenal, and Totteenham all won their groups and Manchester United is seeded as well.

That said, there are some very good unseeded teams including Lille, Real Sociedad, Benfica, and Granada while Champions League third-place sides Red Bull Salzburg, Dynamo Kiev, Krasnodar, and Olympiacos are also unseeded.

Are any USMNT or U.S. eligible players in the UEFA Europa League Round of 32?

Yes.

Arsenal’s Folarin Balogun has represented the U.S. at the U-18 level but has spent plenty more time in the England youth set-up.

Red Bull Salzburg has two American connections as the Philadelphia Union’s Brenden Aaronson is joining American coach Jesse Marsch in January.

Club Brugge goalkeeper Ethan Horvath saw his side finish third in the UCL and dip into the UEL as well.

Lille will bring Timothy Weah to the knockout rounds after his goal on Thursday, while ex-Seattle Sounders man Henry Wingo and Molde advanced after finishing second to Arsenal in Group B.

Benfica qualified, and USYNT goalkeeper CJ Dos Santos is with Benfica B.

PSV Eindhoven’s Richy Ledezma was injured making just his second career start for the club.

How to watch the UEFA Europa League Round of 32 draw?

Date: Monday, Dec. 14

Start time: 7 am ET

Where: House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland

Stream: UEFA.com

When is the UEFA Europa League Round of 32?

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The Round of 32 will be played on Thursday, Feb. 25, with the draw for the round of 16 on Friday, Feb. 26.

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Seeded teams

Arsenal

Ajax

Bayer Leverkusen

Club Brugge

Dinamo Zagreb

Hoffenheim

Leicester City

Manchester United

AC Milan

Napoli

PSV Eindhoven

Rangers

AS Roma

Shakhtar Donetsk

Tottenham Hotspur

Villarreal

Unseeded teams

Red Star Belgrade

Dynamo Kiev

Krasnodar

Olympiacos

Red Bull Salzburg

Young Boys

Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Molde

Slavia Prague

Benfica

Granada

Real Sociedad

Braga

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Lille

Royal Antwerp

Wolfsberger

Who can Premier League clubs draw in the Round of 32?

Arsenal: Red Star Belgrade, Dynamo Kiev, Krasnodar, Olympiacos, Red Bull Salzburg, Young Boys, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Slavia Prague, Benfica, Granada, Real Sociedad, Braga, Lille, Royal Antwerp, Wolfsberger

Leicester City: Red Star Belgrade, Dynamo Kiev, Krasnodar, Olympiacos, Red Bull Salzburg, Young Boys, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Molde, Slavia Prague, Benfica, Granada, Real Sociedad, Lille, Royal Antwerp, Wolfsberger

Manchester United: Red Star Belgrade, Dynamo Kiev, Krasnodar, Olympiacos, Red Bull Salzburg, Young Boys, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Molde, Slavia Prague, Benfica, Granada, Real Sociedad, Braga, Lille, Royal Antwerp, Wolfsberger

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