Man Utd & Newcastle's dismal European form could cost EPL extra UCL spot
Manchester United and Newcastle's poor Champions League campaigns could cost the Premier League an extra spot in the competition for next season.
Reforms are being made that will see a new format and four more teams in the group stage from 2024-25, with two of these extra places going to the two best-performing leagues in Europe this season, via club coefficients.
The club coefficient is calculated across all teams from that nation who compete on the continent, including in the Europa League and Europa Conference League.
It was widely expected one of these extra places would be guaranteed for an English club given the Premier League has finished in the top two performing leagues in six of the past seven seasons.
However, with Newcastle and United both bottom of their groups and facing an exit, English teams are currently languishing behind those in Germany, Italy and Spain in the race for these two extra spots.
In terms of the coefficients, for the Champions League, points are awarded for wins and draws in the group stage, along with a bonus for qualifying for the knockout stages, with further rewards for each round clubs get to.
In the Europa League, the points structure is the same, but you receive just two points if you are runners-up, whereas it would be four if you came second in a Champions League group.
The Europa Conference League sees points are halved for winning the group and coming second, while the bonus point for navigating the knockout rounds only kicks in at the semi-final stage.
To work out each country's coefficient, the cumulative points of all their teams are added together and divided by the number of sides.
For the Premier League, they currently have eight teams in Europe - Arsenal, Man City, Man United,
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