On VillaTalk, regular stato Levi Ramsey has posted the possible combinations for our European draw and it does look tasty for the qualification and possible group opponents.

The World Cup is still underway, but I figured I’d post a look at possible EL opponents and seeding.

Villa enters the competition in the playoff (4th qualifying) round and is assured of being seeded, by virtue of a coefficient of 25.871.

Possible opponents in that round include: Red Star Belgrade, Anorthosis Famagusta, Grasshoppers Zurich, Rapid Vienna, APOEL Nicosia, Montpellier, Trabzonspor, Wisla Krakow, Motherwell, Hibernian, Dundee United, Omonia Nicosia, AIK Stockholm, Bohemians.

Should Villa advance to the group stage, it is possible (if there’s enough upsets in the CL qualifying) for Villa to fall as low as the fourth pot. If there are no upsets affecting the seeding for this round, then the possible group stage opponents would be:

Pot 1 – Atletico Madrid, Porto, CSKA Moscow, PSV, Juventus, Sporting Lisbon, Olympiakos, Fenerbahce, Stuttgart, AZ Alkmaar, Steaua Bucharest
Pot 2 – Lille, Galatasaray, Dinamo Kiev, Bayer Leverkusen, PSG, Sporting Braga, Celtic, Brugge, Palermo, Getafe, Besiktas
Pot 4 – Austria Wien, Feyenoord, Real Mallorca, Litex Lovech, CSKA Sofia, OB Odense, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Napoli, Dortmund, Dinamo Zagreb, Partizan, BATE Borisov

With our recent record in Europe none of these opponents would be easy and a lot will obviously depend if we can get players in by the deadline. the big question is how we would rotate with the likes of The Fonz, Clark and Albrighton desperate to play.