[Albion] Are we through to the next round?

[Goldstone1976]

So best result is beat Marseille so we don’t have to play two extra playoff games

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Hang on. Are you saying it’s better to win a football match than not? I think I’ve got it now.

 

[Driver8]

My wallet could certainly do with us beating Marseille and winning the group!

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Yes we are. That was the question wasn't it? Glad I could be of help 107 posts in.

 

[trueblue]

Last 24, not 32.

Yes, fair point. They used to have a round of 32. The effect is the same though in terms of knockout games to the final.

 

[Driver8]

The draw for the next round is December 18th.

 

[HHGull]

So if we beat Marseilles by enough goals, do we move up to the Champions League?

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

If we finish second our play off games will be away Feb 15th and home Feb 22nd.

Is that definite? Very helpful to know if so.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Is that definite? Very helpful to know if so.

Yes it is, see below for how the draws and seeding work (this is from the wiki page for last seasons competition so it's written in past tense but the same format applies to this season as well)

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Champions League group third-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs were unseeded. Again, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

I've also included the draw dates and leg dates for the knock out rounds.

 

[nickjhs]

https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2039285--brighton-vs-marseille/

I think this is where all the confusion comes from. The match review clearly states

• Both sides guaranteed last-16 place

Buggered if I know what they mean by that as my interpretation of the rules and my interpretation of that statement certainly make a messy dovetail.

 

[Titanic]

Just clear things up, when is the Conference League knockout draw and can we get an English side?

 

[kojak]

That 93rd minute penalty for Marseille was a bloody nuisance
Oh! There's a surprise

 

[Hugo Rune]

Sorry is this the Mornington Crescent thread?

I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue.

 

[saafend_seagull]

So bored on the train from Frankfurt after cancelled flight back from Athens.

Bored on the train:

If finish 2nd.

Last 32:

Lens/Sevilla
Galatasary/CPN/Man u (if Man U come third then cant play with these 3)
Braga/Napoli/union Berlin (highly certain it’s Braga)
Salzburg/benfica (benfica have to win 3-0 away)
Feyenoord
Milan/psg (can’t play Newcastle)
Young boys/red star (almost certain young boys)
Shaktar/Porto


Then our last 16 our opponents can only be on of the below (small chance of teams changing but looks unlikely):

1. Betis
2. Atalanta (low chance of sporting)
3. Rennes
4. Slavia Prague
5. Leverkusen
6. Freiburg if West Ham lose

If come first,

Last 16 directly:

One of the opponent from last 32 above, or Freiburg, Betis/rangers/Sparta Prague, sporting (low chance of Atalanta), Toulouse/USG, villareal/Rennes, Roma/slavia Prague, qarabag/molde.

In short, could be playing anyone but last 32 opponents do not look too bad unless it’s Milan or psg. This would come with a problem of having a 1 in 5 chance of playing Leverkusen in last 16 which would be good bye to us.

 

[BevBHA]

We can I only finish 1st or 2nd, 1st=last 16, 2nd=play off v Champions League 3rd place team to get to the last 16

The simplest way of putting it. It’s no more complicated than that