Prestwich_Blue
Well-Known Member
Just looking at each club's record last season.
Bayern were very strong at home but their away record against the top half of the Bundesliga was not very good. In Europe they also lost at Roma but won at Inter. Anything other than a defeat there would be a good result but I'd be hopeful of beating them at ours. so I'd go for 0 points away and 3 at home.
Villareal didn't manage a home win against any of the 3 teams that finished above them and their domestic away record was very poor. In the Europa League they got wins at Bayer Leverkusen & FC Twente but got hammered at Porto. So I'd say at least 1 point there and 3 at ours.
Napoli had a good home record but couldn't beat any of the other teams in the Serie A top four. Their away record was good relative to other Serie A teams but I don't think Italian clubs travel very well. It was very poor in the Europa League with only a win at Elfsborg in the play-off round. So again I'd go for 1 away and 3 at home.
So I'd see 11 points as a realistic target. Maybe 10 if we slip up away at Villareal or Napoli. That should be enough to get us into the last 16.
Bayern were very strong at home but their away record against the top half of the Bundesliga was not very good. In Europe they also lost at Roma but won at Inter. Anything other than a defeat there would be a good result but I'd be hopeful of beating them at ours. so I'd go for 0 points away and 3 at home.
Villareal didn't manage a home win against any of the 3 teams that finished above them and their domestic away record was very poor. In the Europa League they got wins at Bayer Leverkusen & FC Twente but got hammered at Porto. So I'd say at least 1 point there and 3 at ours.
Napoli had a good home record but couldn't beat any of the other teams in the Serie A top four. Their away record was good relative to other Serie A teams but I don't think Italian clubs travel very well. It was very poor in the Europa League with only a win at Elfsborg in the play-off round. So again I'd go for 1 away and 3 at home.
So I'd see 11 points as a realistic target. Maybe 10 if we slip up away at Villareal or Napoli. That should be enough to get us into the last 16.