📈 Power Rankings: Juventus on the up, Man United return | OneFootball

Power Rankings return, where we rank the form teams in Europe based on recent results.

There are two new faces in the table, including a late dark horse for Champions League qualification.

10. Brighton 🆕

Brighton have snuck out of nowhere into the Champions League race. The Seagulls are unbeaten in five Premier League games, winning four, and thrashed Chelsea 3-0 in midweek to climb above the Blues in the table.

Into the top six, there’s a chance that position could secure Champions League football, if Aston Villa win the Europa League and end the season in the league’s top five. Both look like genuine options.

9. Manchester United 🆕

Manchester United make their return to the Power Rankings table, and the sound of the Champions League anthem is tantalisingly close. A 1-0 win at Chelsea means the Red Devils need just six points to secure their place among Europe’s elite. It’s been an incredible turnaround under Michael Carrick.

8. Juventus ⬆️ (Last week: 9th)

Juventus join the clubs closing in on UEFA’s top club competition. A 2-0 win over Bologna stretched their streak to seven unbeaten and opened up a five-point buffer over Como. The race is in their hands now.

7. Inter Milan ↔️

Credit where credit is due, Inter have recovered from their Bodo/Glimt disaster-class to stand on the edge of a special season.

The Scudetto is in touching distance with a maximum of four points needed from five games, while a remarkable comeback catapulted the club into the Coppa Italia final. Two goals down to Como in the semi-final, a Petar Sucic-inspired turnaround helped Inter into the decider. The domestic double is on.

6. Real Madrid ↔️

A win for Real Madrid on Tuesday night, but it looks a little too late. Los Blancos need to overturn a nine-point deficit to Barcelona in just six games, or face the prospect of a season without silverware. That represents a criminal offence at the Bernabeu.

5. Arsenal ↔️

Is it happening again? ‘Quadruple, to treble, to double, to in trouble’ has been the message on social media as Arsenal’s season has started to unravel.

A 2-1 defeat at Manchester City was a hammer blow to the club’s title dream, and City have since overtaken them as leaders on goal difference.

Momentum is with the Manchester side, and Arsenal need to regroup ahead of a tantalising run-in.

4. Barcelona ↔️

Barcelona are another win closer to La Liga after edging past Celta Vigo 1-0. The Catalans have won 13 of their last 15 games in the league to charge towards the title, with Lamine Yamal’s penalty the difference last time out. However, the club’s talisman suffered a season-ending injury while scoring the winner in a setback to Hansi Flick’s side.

3. Manchester City ↔️

Pep Guardiola and Manchester City just know how to win when it comes to the spring. The Citizens have reeled in Arsenal in the title race after overtook the Gunners at the top this week, after beating Burnley at Turf Moor.

Ahead on goals scored, it’s set to be a dramatic conclusion to the campaign. City had not led the league since the opening weekend, but are now favourites.

2. PSG ↔️

Paris Saint-Germain remain in control of the Ligue 1 race despite a blip against Lyon, as Endrick led Lyon to a 2-1 win at the Parc des Princes.

The Parisians responded well, beating Nantes 3-0 to find form ahead of a mouth-watering Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich next week.

Speaking of which…

1. Bayern Munich ↔️

After a record-breaking Bundesliga title win was sewn up at the weekend, Bayern beat Bayer Leverkusen to reach the DFB-Pokal final for the first time since 2020.

A Champions League mega-clash is up next, as the Bavarians chase a historic treble. You wouldn’t get against them on current form.

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