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Top 20 revealed
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Debate often rages as to who are the best teams in Europe right now, and early on in the campaign it truly is hard to tell. With the various nuances in the new Champions League league phase structure, even that doesn't clear too much up. Whilst it must of course be remembered that the standards are different in each league, each season, to try and help determine which top-five league sides are looking the best right now, here at Transfermarkt we have compiled a top-five league table. We will be revealing the top 20 teams from across the Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 each week. To make it fair on the German and French top-flights which have less teams and therefore less games, the table has been based on points-per-game (ppg).
The top-five league table
Currently leading the way with a remarkable 2.85ppg and +40 goal difference after just 13 games are Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, despite the Bavarians losing at the Emirates in the Champions League. Behind them in second with an impressive 2.50ppg are LaLiga's Barcelona. They are followed by their a surprise name in third in Villarreal, who have a 2.33ppg, yet haven't won a single game in this season's Champions League. In fourth are Ligue 1's surprise leaders Lens with 2.27ppg. LaLiga giants Real Madrid are now fifth with a 2.25ppg record, with RB Leipzig in sixth with 2.21ppg. Serie A leaders AC Milan are seventh with 2.21ppg, but an inferior goal difference to their German counterparts.
Napoli (2.21ppg & 10 goal difference), Paris Saint-Germain (2.20ppg & 20 goal difference), and Premier League leaders Arsenal (2.20ppg & 19 goal difference), complete the top 10. Manchester City and Aston Villa are the only other Premier League teams in the top 20 - the Sky Blues rank 13th with 2.07ppg, whilst the Villains rank 14th with 2.00ppg. Meanwhile, at the other end of the scale, three LaLiga teams make the top five.
