Scotland’s top 10 coefficient spot under threat as Austria loom large but Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs can help
dailyrecord.co.ukThere's a danger Scotland could lose a place in the UEFA coefficient table depending on how our clubs fare.Rangers' heavy defeat to PSV on Wednesday night ended their Champions League hopes, but the Light Blues drop into the group stage of the Europa League, which will hopefully see more points added over the next few months.
Scotland currently sits in 10th place on 31.650, not too far behind Turkey on 32.100. If we were to drop out of the top 12, then we lose our automatic qualifying spot for the Champions League group stage,Wins for the Gers and Hibs in the last round over Swiss opposition in the last round of the Champions League and Europa Conference League qualifiers respectively.
Switzerland are 12th in the UEFA table on 29.775. Hearts' win over Rosenborg put some distance between us and 15th placed Norway, but Austria remain hot on our tails with 29.900 points.And they could overtake us if results don't go our way this evening.
Aberdeen host Hacken and a win will see them into the Europa League group stages, as well as adding a point to the total. Hearts are in Greece intent on overturning a 2-1 deficit against PAOK, while Hibs have the thankless task of facing Aston Villa in Birmingham following a 5-0 first leg drubbing.Worst case scenario is all three lose.
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