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Europe’s Favorite Pastime Returns to Play

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Source: Statista

With the UEFA European Championship originally scheduled to be held in 12 cities across the continent in June and July, this summer was supposed to be a good one for soccer fans in Europe and internationally. It wasn’t meant to be, however, as the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on football and all professional sports, halting national competitions as well as European cups in early March.

Despite the slight change of plans, football fans are still in for an action-packed summer, as the English Premier League, Spain’s La Liga and Italy’s Serie A are all scheduled to finish their seasons over the next few weeks before the UEFA Europa League and Champions League will be played out as mini tournaments in August to conclude this historic season.

Following the lead of the German Bundesliga, which restarted on May 16 and only has two matchdays left to play, Spain’s La Liga returned on June 11, while the English Premier League made its comeback on June 17. Italy’s Serie A is the last major league to return to action, with things scheduled to kick off on Saturday, June 20.

The Premier League Relegation Battle is Still Wide Open

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Source: Statista

As the Premier League gets underway again tonight, there is still a lot to be decided – not least at the bottom end of the table. Mathematically at least, about half of the league could still finish up in the relegation zone and, based on previous form, a lot of fans of pedigree club Arsenal are rather looking down than up as things get kicked off for them against Manchester City this evening.

While the chances of Arsenal actually going down are very low – 0.2 percent according to current betting odds – a lot of teams are still in legitimate danger. Calculating the implied probability from the bookies’ perspective, it is pretty safe to assume Norwich are already down, but while Villa and Bournemouth are going to need big turnarounds for the final ten matches, West Ham, Watford, Brighton and Newcastle are all teams legitimately at risk of falling into the drop zone come the end of the season.