CALCULATIONS: How can Partizan and Red Star secure the spring in Europe in the next round of Europa League?
Red Star and Partizan have achieved excellent results in the 4th round of the Europa League. Partizan defeated Skanderbeg on their home ground, while Red Star made a surprise and returned undefeated from London from a match against Arsenal.
Both teams are now in a great situation and everything is in their hands. The results of other teams were good for them. The victory of Dinamo in Bern against Young Boys made Grobars (Partizan supporters) happy, and it was the same with Cologne triumph over BATE for Delije (Red Star supporters).
Both Red Star and Partizan are now in the second places in their groups and both teams have 5 points each.
PARTIZAN
Group B:
Table:
Dinamo Kiev 10, Partizan 5, Young Boys 3, Skenderbeg 2.
Remaining matches:
Round 5:
Partizan - Young Boys 23rd November
Skenderbeg - Dinamo Kiev November 23rd
Round 6:
Dinamo Kiev - Partizan 7th December
Young Boys - Skenderbeg 7th December
Partizan has everything in their own hands now. They have 5 points two rounds before the end, two more than Young Boys and three more than Skenderbeg. They are expecting Young boys in the next round on their own field and if they win they will secure their spot in the knockout phase and spring in Europe. If they triumph, they will be unreachable for Swiss and Albanians.
Black and Whites could hope that Skenderbeg could make some problems to Dinamo from Kiev, so they could have a possibility for the first place in the group in the last round in the direct duel with the team from Kiev.
RED STAR
GROUP H
Table:
Arsenal 10, Red Star 5, BATE Borisov 4, Cologne 3
Round 5:
BATE - Red Star 23rd November
Cologne - Arsenal 23rd November
Round 6:
Red Star - Cologne 7th December
Arsenal - BATE 7th December
On the other side, Red Star is in an excellent position, they will go to BATE Borisov in the next match. Red Star is now again in the second place with 5 points. They have one point more than BATE and if they win in the next round they will eliminate them from the race for the knockout phase because they will have 4 points more before the last round.
For the direct placement after the fifth round, besides the victory over BATE, Red Star needs Cologne not to win over Arsenal on their home field, so they could come to Belgrade in the last round without the chances of getting more points than red and whites.
If the Red Star plays an even match in Belarus, they would have everything in their own hands again and by winning against Cologne in the last round they would secure the knockout phase and the spring in Europe, depending on the outcome of the games Cologne - Arsenal, and BATE - Cologne.
The defeat would complicate the situation significantly because they would have to defeat Cologne in the last round and to hope that Arsenal will beat BATE in the last round.
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