📈 Power Rankings: A new name on top as two fresh faces enter | OneFootball

Our second ranking of Europe’s most in-form sides since the turn of the year is now here. But who makes the cut?

10. Borussia Dortmund (🆕)

What a difference the winter break makes sometimes.

Dortmund have returned from their warm weather training camp looking refreshed and dangerous. Victories of 3-0 and 4-0 away from home to kickstart 2024, Jadon Sancho already impressing on his return, are proof of that.

9. Bayern Munich (👎 Last week: 5)

Bayern Munich did close the gap atop the Bundesliga to four points with a narrow 1-0 win over Union Berlin at home on Wednesday night.

However, that was only correcting the damage that was done at the Allianz Arena the previous weekend as they drew a rare blank at home in losing to Werder Bremen.

8. Juventus (🆕)

Serie A has new leaders as Juventus made the most of Inter’s absence for Supercoppa Italiana commitments to claim top spot in the standings.

Massimiliano Allegri’s men have won their last seven straight games in all competitions, scoring 21 goals across that span and conceding just three. They are looking more and more like the formidable, tough-to-breach Bianconeri of old.

7. Girona (👎 Last week: 4)

There isn’t a lot to complain about for LaLiga’s surprise leaders at the moment as they continue to defy the doubters, doing so in incredible fashion last weekend as Artem Dovbyk hit the third fastest hat-trick in competition history in their 5-1 thrashing of Sevilla.

However, if there is to be a blot on the copybook of their stunning season it did come on Wednesday night as they were eliminated from the Copa del Rey with a dramatic 3-2 loss to Mallorca at the quarter-final stage.

6. Manchester City (👎 Last week: 3)

Manchester City’s drop is through absolutely no fault of their own and is everything to do with their inactivity.

While the recently-crowned world champions have been enjoying some well-earned downtime during the Premier League’s break, their rivals have been making the most of it to leapfrog them…

5. PSG (👍 Last week: 6)

The unbeaten run for PSG now stands at 12 games in all competitions.

They have won all four of their games in 2024, scoring 17 and conceding once, lifted a cup already with the Trophée des Champions and most recently, seeing off Orléans in the Coupe de France in a 4-1 win that saw Kylian Mbappé directly involved in all of the goals.

4. Real Madrid (👎 Last week: 1)

A lot can change in a week. Last Thursday, Los Blancos sat top of our pile but a 4-2 loss to hated rivals Atlético de Madrid in the Copa del Rey that night has put an end to their hopes of a silverware clean sweep this season.

They bounced back well, coming from 2-0 down at home to Almería to win 3-2, but that derby loss is going to sting for a little while yet, given that Real haven’t defended their Copa crown successfully since the 1940s.

3. Bayer Leverkusen (👍 Last week: 7)

It’s really happening isn’t it? Recent fixtures appear to be Xabi Alonso’s side demonstrating the mark of champions in waiting.

The ‘Neverkusen’ tag looks like being shedded in epic fashion. They’ve started the year with a 94th minute winner in Augsburg followed up by a 3-2 win in Leipzig – courtesy of another injury-time strike.

2. Inter (👍 Last week: 9)

The Nerazzurri made their time away from Serie A count by lifting the first trophy of the season in Italy.

They thrashed Lazio 3-0 in the Supercoppa Italiana semi-final in Saudi Arabia to set up a final against Napoli, where captain Lautaro Martínez scored last minute goal to ensure the silverware would be lifted by him.

1. Liverpool (👍 Last week: 2)

The good times continue at Anfield.

Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points with a ruthless 4-0 win at Bournemouth and followed it up with a 1-1 draw at Fulham on Wednesday in their EFL Cup semi-final – enough to book a return to the capital to take on Chelsea at Wembley and take top spot on our list.