Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning champions no longer lead

2024-01-05 16:06:11 / SPORT ALFA PRESS

Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning
The year 2024 has just started and almost the football championships in Europe have played over 50% of the matches. The main detail is that the competition is still quite strong and that you cannot yet predict which team will triumph.

Let's start from the Albanian Championship.
The teams have played 18 games so far, the surprise of the championship remains undoubtedly the team of Egnatia, which leads with 37 points, followed by Partizani with 32 points and Tirana and Vllaznia with 26 points each.
Last year, where the championship was won by Partizan, the Egnatia team ranked third.

Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning

Premier League

Of course, the emblem of this year is the Aston Villa team, with winning records and a dignified appearance in a championship where there are no shortage of strong teams.

Liverpool leads the Premier League with 45 points, with 20 matches. And while it is followed by Aston Villa with 42 points with the same number of matches. The competition seems quite strong, as Manchester City with one game less, has 40 points, while Arsenal has 40 points but with equal games with Liverpool and Aston.
The fifth place with 20 matches is Tottenham.
In the last season 2022-2023 Aston was ranked 7th in the championship.

The reigning champions in the Premier League are the Manchester City team, which last year achieved a treble by taking the Champios, the championship and the FA Cup.

Last year they were followed by Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle.

Arsenal has somewhat maintained the balance, while Newcastle has dropped a few numbers from the ranking, and while the giants of Man.Utd have disappointed a lot as they are still ranked in eighth place.
Likewise, the Chelsea team, which is positioned in tenth place. The winners of two UCL trophies last year finished in twelfth place.

Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning

La Liga

The surprise of La Liga so far is the Girona team, which has managed to leave behind Atletico Madrid and Barcelona by points.
Girona has the same points as first place Real Madrid.
With 48 points each, Real and Girona are competing for the La Liga trophy.

Last season, Girona finished 10th in the championship, while the championship was won by Barcelona, ​​followed by Real and Atletico Madrid.

Real Sociedad was ranked fourth, followed by Vila Real, Betis and Osasuna.
Of the teams ranked first in the last season, Osasuna, which is in the twelfth place, has lost its position, while Atletico Bilbao has returned from the eighth place, to the fifth place.

Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning

Serie A
So far the potential teams to win this championship are Inter and Juventus.
Inter is ranked first with 45 points, followed by Juventus with 43 points, in third place Milan with 36 points, while in 4th and 5th place are two surprise teams Fiorentina with 33 points and Bologna with 31 points.

Last season, Fiorentina ranked eighth and Bologna ninth.
The defending champions Napoli are currently in eighth place. Last year they were followed by Lazio, Inter, Milan and Atalanta.
Runners-up Lazio are in ninth place, out of contention for trophies.

Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning

German Bundesliga

After many years of dominance by Bayern, the championship can now take another turn. After a long time, the championship is now led by another Bavarian team, Bayern Leverkusen.
The difference between the two teams is 4 points, but Bayern Munich has one game less.
Meanwhile, in third place is Stuttgart with 34 points and in fourth place is Leipzig with 33 points.

Last year, Bayern won the championship due to a tie, because it was equal on points with Borussia Dortmund.
The surprise team remains that of Stuttgart, since the sixteenth place last year, has reached the third place. Leipzig keeps its balance again, while Borussia Dortmund has gone from runner-up to sixth place.

Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning

League 1, France

The French championship was won last year by the PSG team with only 1 point difference with the Lens team.
The team that follows PSG in second place this year, with only 5 points less, is the Nice team. Next come Marseilles and Brest. The Brest team in fourth place remains the surprise of the championship after last season it was ranked fourteenth. Last year's second place has been lost, as Lens is in seventh place.

Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning

Eredivisie, Netherlands

PSV and Feynord remain the top two teams again this season.
Last year, Feynord won with a 7-point difference from PSV, while this year PSV leads with a 10-point difference over Feynord, being the main contender for the title.
Ajax, the legendary Dutch team, ranks fifth, while last year it finished the championship in third place.
Teams such as Twente, AZ Alkmar and Sparta Rotterdam also remain balanced.

Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning
Premier League, Portugal

The championship is led by Sporting Lisbon with 37 points, just one point behind second-placed Benfica.
The third team is Porto with 34 points and Braga with 32 points.

Last year, Sporting finished in fourth place, Braga in third, Porto in second place and Benfica in first.

Here are the teams that are surprising in the European Leagues, the reigning

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