Division 5 , a view from the rear.

Division 5 the only way is up.

 

In open gameworlds Division 5 is the hardest to escape from. Only 1 side gets auto promotion and the playoffs are even worse of a lottery than normal. However in the TOP 100 very sensibly there are 4 places up for grabs. The only thing to fear is the sack race at the end of the season.

	Gk	Def	Mid	Att	Top15	Top21	Ave
Hetha Berlin	89	88	88	90	86	75	88.2	1
Sao Paulo	89	88	88	88	87	87	87.833	16
Stuttgart	89	87	88	88	87	85	87.333	13
Villlareal	88	88	88	87	86	86	87.167	5
Dynamo Kiev	87	88	89	88	87	84	87.167	18
Olympiacos	88	87	87	87	86	85	86.667	4
Flamengo	87	87	87	87	85	85	86.333	3
Club Bruge	87	86	87	87	86	85	86.333	11
Anderlecht	88	87	87	87	86	83	86.333	19
Feyenord	88	86	87	87	86	83	86.167	7
Santos	87	87	88	87	86	82	86.167	9
Dinamo Zagreb	89	87	87	86	85	82	86	15
Celtic	87	87	86	86	85	83	85.667	8
Bremen	85	86	87	87	85	82	85.333	12
Standard Liege	87	85	85	85	84	82	84.667	2
Rubin Kazan	87	85	86	87	82	81	84.667	14
Augsburg	88	85	86	84	83	80	84.333	6
Partizan	85	86	87	88	83	75	84	10
Independiente	85	85	85	86	83	80	84	17
FC Twente	85	84	85	85	82	80	83.5	20

The average for this league is 85.9 compared to 86.4 for D4. Quite a gap consdiering D4 is close to D3 in ability terms. Anything above 85.5 should be enough to survive in the league above , so any team down to Dinamo Zagreb should have promotion ambitions. The current leaders Hertha Berlin are a cut above their opponents.   Strong in all positions, and a lethal strike force. True depth has been sacrificed and a real injury crisis is their only fear.  Sao Paulo who got off to a poor start are on paper the firm second favourites, no real weakness in strength or depth , one can only see them move up,

Villareal and Dynamo Kiev should see out the remaining automatic spots between them , similar sides, Kiev will look to maintain possession.  Then there is a huge clutch of almost identikit teams mid to high 86 rated , down to Celtic on the table above. Stand out sides could be Dinamo Zagreb if the keeper is on form and Santos if they keep more possesion to deny others chances.

There is then some what of a decrease in quality , all the sides have some major weak point which will hamper their progress.  Breman, Partizan, Indepndiente , FC Twente, is a 86 keeper that hard to find ?  Augburg not potent up top but may well finish top half on the strength of the keeper. 

FC Twente are the worse team by far and hold up the league.

Good luck to all..