Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

With Aarhus 🇩🇰 facing Benfica 🇵🇹 in UEL PO, our baseline projection now includes FOUR 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 teams in 🟢 UECL league stage!

Do we have Poland 2.0 in the making?

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

🇷🇸 Crvena zvezda falls in 🔵 UCL qualifiers for the second year in a row.

They will have to beat 🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzen for a place in 🟠 UEL, otherwise it'll be 🟢 UECL.

The winner of 🇮🇱 Hapoel BS v 🇦🇿 Sabah will play Champions League football!

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

NEC 🇳🇱 come from behind v Olympiacos 🇬🇷 and enter the 🔵 UCL PO!

Bodø/Glimt 🇳🇴 now their last hurdle before UCL league stage.

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

✅ All seven 🔵 UCL Playoff matchups have now been confirmed.

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

🇬🇪 Georgia overtaking Northern Ireland on #50 is the only change in 5y country ranking tonight!

🇳🇴 Norway is the winner of the night with 2 teams winning their ties (Bodø/Glimt, Brann) and reaching PO round!

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

📈 🇧🇬 Bulgaria enters Top 10 in seasonal coefficient and lands on 9th, but loses another team.

📈 🇭🇷 Croatia jumps 4 spots to 11th.

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

[🔵 UCL league phase - projected seeding, as of 11 Aug]

🇮🇱 Hapoel Beer-Sheva replaces 🇷🇸 Crvena zvezda in Pot 4.

🇭🇷 Dinamo Zagreb can climb to Pot 3 if they qualify and 🇳🇱 NEC eliminates 🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt.

💰 Seeding position and club coefficient ranking within the league phase has important financial ramifications for all clubs involved.

👉 Full analysis of probabilities and scenarios for all teams in UEFA Qualifiers available in our Simulator

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

Four teams confirmed their participation in 🟠 UEL league phase tonight:

✅ 🇬🇷 Olympiacos
✅ 🇧🇪 Union SG
✅ 🇨🇿 Sparta Praha
✅ 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz

17/36 slots are now filled.

👉 Full analysis of probabilities and scenarios for all teams in UEFA Qualifiers available in our Simulator

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

✅ One 🟠 UEL PO matchup is confirmed.

🇷🇸 Crvena zvezda v Viktoria Plzen 🇨🇿

Looking for 11 more.

👉 Full analysis of probabilities and scenarios for all teams in UEFA Qualifiers available in our Simulator

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

🔵 UEFA Champions League, Q3 second legs
🏟️ Attendances, 11 Aug 2026

51,494 🇫🇷 Lyon v 🇨🇿 Sparta Prague
40,833 🇷🇸 C. zvezda v 🇮🇱 Hapoel BS
21,350 🇸🇰 Slovan B. v 🇸🇪 Mjällby AIF
15,599 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz v 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe
11,700 🇳🇱 NEC v 🇬🇷 Olympiacos
8,900 🇦🇿 Sabah v 🇩🇰 AGF
7,777 🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt v 🇧🇪 Union SG
7,000 🇰🇿 Kairat v 🇧🇬 Levski Sofia
6,051 🇱🇹 Kauno Žalgiris v 🇭🇷 Dinamo Z.
5,060 🇸🇮 Celje v 🇦🇲 Ararat-Armenia

Kairat moved the tie 1,500km to Turkistan because Kanye West had booked the Central Stadium in Almaty.

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

💰 Enormous money on the line for 🇫🇷 Lyon in the UCL PO matchup with 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe.

🔺 If they win, their guaranteed minimum in 🔵 UCL will be €50.2m, before the first ball is kicked.

This is thanks to 🇫🇷 France's top position in UCL TV market revenue ratings, which benefits all French teams.

🔻 If they lose, their guaranteed minimum drops to €18.3m from 🟠 UEL prize money.

So the game is worth AT LEAST €32m for 🇫🇷 Lyon, but likely more than that.

From projected distributions, we estimate the difference would be closer to €40m.

👉 Detailed club-by-club financial analysis, with cash flow estimates of when exactly UEFA prize money is paid out available in our 💰 Prize Money Lab

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

To reach 🔵 UCL league phase, as of 12 Aug.

🇮🇱 Hapoel BS v Sabah 🇦🇿
🇫🇷 Lyon v Fenerbahçe 🇹🇷

...are the two tightest matchups of the round.

Though overall the entire round is pretty tight across the field.

👉 Full analysis of probabilities and scenarios for all teams in UEFA Qualifiers available in our Simulator

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

🇩🇰 Denmark's Top 12 chances went UP after Aarhus' elimination from 🔵 UCL qualifiers!

They are now projected to play in 🟢 UECL instead of 🟠 UEL league phase, which boosted their expected point tally, benefiting 🇩🇰 Denmark's country ranking!

👉 Full breakdown of probabilities and what-if scenarios in coefficient races available in our 🕹️ Simulator

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

🏆 14 clubs in 🔵 UCL PO, by UCL group/league stage appearances:

1️⃣6️⃣ 🇫🇷 Lyon
6️⃣ 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe

1️⃣3️⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic
0️⃣ 🇦🇹 LASK

9️⃣ 🇭🇷 Dinamo Zagreb
0️⃣ 🇳🇴 Viking

5️⃣ 🇬🇷 AEK Athens
1️⃣ 🇧🇬 Levski Sofia

1️⃣ 🇸🇰 Slovan Bratislava
0️⃣ 🇸🇮 Celje

1️⃣ 🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt
0️⃣ 🇳🇱 NEC Nijmegen

0️⃣ 🇮🇱 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
0️⃣ 🇦🇿 Sabah

6 of the 14 have never been there.

🇮🇱 Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Sabah 🇦🇿 guarantees a debutant!

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

🔵 UCL qualifiers 2026/27
🏟️ Top 15 attendances so far

💥 Two new matches claim the Top 2!

51,494 🇫🇷 Lyon v 🇨🇿 Sparta Prague
40,833 🇷🇸 C. zvezda v 🇮🇱 Hapoel BS
39,800 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe v 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz
38,604 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe v 🇵🇱 Górnik Zabrze
36,215 🇵🇱 Lech Poznań v 🇩🇰 AGF
31,134 🇬🇷 Olympiacos v 🇳🇱 NEC
28,499 🇵🇱 Górnik Zabrze v 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe
27,037 🇷🇴 Univ Craiova v 🇧🇬 Levski Sofia
26,114 🇷🇸 Red Star Belgrade v Larne
21,350 🇸🇰 Slovan B. v 🇸🇪 Mjällby AIF
19,135 🇰🇿 Kairat v 🇨🇾 Omonia
17,867 🇸🇰 Slovan B. v 🇬🇪 Iberia 1999
17,861 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hearts v 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz
17,515 🇨🇿 Sparta Prague v 🇫🇷 Lyon
17,325 🇧🇬 Levski Sofia v 🇧🇦 Borac

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

❌ For the first time in 24 months, a 🇵🇱 Polish team has been knocked out of Europe before the league stage!

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

🇵🇱🇩🇰🇦🇹 add points today but without changes in the rankings.

📉 🇵🇱 down to 4 teams left.
📉 🇭🇺 down to 2 teams left.
📉 🇪🇪 down to 1 team left.

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

🟢 UECL league phase 2026/27, projected number of teams per country:

4️⃣ 🇩🇰
3️⃣ 🇬🇷
2️⃣ 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇨🇭
1️⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇹🇷 🇦🇹 🇨🇿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇸🇪 🇮🇪 🇦🇲 🇧🇦 🇽🇰 🇰🇿 🇫🇮 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇬🇮 🇬🇪

👉 Full analysis of probabilities and scenarios for all teams in UEFA Qualifiers available in our Simulator

Football Meets Data (Twitter/X)

PSG 🇨🇵 wins more European silverware!

🏆