Europa League Group Stage Overview

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With the 2022/23 Europa League group stage full, we will look again on the group levels in additional element. In complete, there have been 130 matches performed within the group stage of the Europa League and 64 of these video games ended with a house win.

40 of the 130 fixtures ended with an away win and there have been 26 attracts, which is barely 20% of the group video games performed within the Europa League this season.

When it comes to pleasure, the group levels of the Europa League offered loads of targets. There have been 344 targets in complete throughout the 130 matches, which means a median of 2.65 targets per sport.

58% of the targets have been scored by groups taking part in at residence, whereas 42% of the targets have been scored by groups taking part in away. If we proceed to see over 2.5 targets scored per match within the knockout levels, the Europa League goes to be an exciting competitors to observe.

If we have a look at among the prime performing groups, Actual Betis ended the group stage with essentially the most factors, having amassed 16 factors from a attainable 18.

They completed prime of their group and the one dropped factors for Actual Betis got here at residence towards Roma. Arsenal, Actual Sociedad, and Manchester United all completed on 15 factors.

Apparently, Actual Sociedad and Manchester United have been in the identical group, which means the latter has been pressured into the playoff regardless of having sufficient factors to win the vast majority of the opposite Europa League teams.

Two golf equipment completed the Europa League group stage with out a level to their identify as Omonia Nicosia and Malmo exited the competitors on 0 factors. HJK Helsinki and Dynamo Kiev have been each eradicated with simply 1 level.

When it comes to purpose scoring, PSV Eindhoven topped the charts with 15 targets scored of their 6 Europa League group video games. Fenerbahce, Freiburg, and Feyenoord all scored 13 targets.

Union Berlin and Actual Sociedad have been one of the best performing groups defensively and completed the group levels having conceded solely 2 targets in 6 matches.

Taking a look at particular person participant performances, Santiago Giménez of Feyenoord and Vitinha of Braga cleared the path within the prime purpose scorers chart having scored 4 targets every within the group levels of the Europa League. The assists desk is led by Evander of Midtjylland with 5 assists, whereas Anastasios Bakasetas of Trabzonspor is one behind on 4 assists.

Essentially the most thrilling group from a impartial perspective was Group F as all 4 groups completed on 8 factors. Purpose distinction and targets scored was used to separate the groups, with Feyenoord and Midtjylland progressing on the expense of Lazio and Sturm Graz.

Essentially the most thrilling spherical of fixtures passed off within the fifth spherical of video games in Group B. Each matches resulted in a 3-3 draw, with Fenerbahce getting back from 3-0 down at residence towards Rennes and Dynamo Kiev scoring two late targets towards AEK Larnaca to take some extent.