📈 Power Rankings: Big up Benfica and three new names including Newcastle | OneFootball

A busy week means a big update to our Power Rankings but there is no return for Manchester City as they drew again in midweek to make it just one win in four.

Here are the top 10 form teams in Europe.

10. Lazio (🆕)

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Some mixed results in the Europa League, where Lazio sit in an incredibly tight Group F with all four sides on five points, hide the fact that this side is really chugging along nicely.

Maurizio Sarri has them playing some exciting football and their form in Serie A has seen them win five of their last six games to stay in touch at the top with Sergej Milinković-Savić back to his very best.

9. Union Berlin (👎 Last time: 3)

A shock defeat to VfL Bochum last weekend was a second defeat in four league games and saw Union’s lead at the top of the Bundesliga cut to just one point.

Union have at least corrected course in Europe after a slow start but both of their wins there came against pointless Malmö and bigger tests now await both domestically and internationally.

8. Rennes (🆕)

Rennes have quietly now gone 12 games unbeaten across all competitions, claiming 10 from a possible 12 points in the Europa League and climbing to fourth in Ligue 1.

Martin Terrier and Amine Gouiri, both formerly of Lyon, are leading the charge and looking down on their former club in the process.

7. Benfica (👍 Last time: 10)

What a week for the Portuguese league leaders! A 1-0 win at Porto extended their unbeaten start in the league to 10 games and their lead at the top of the table to six points.

Then Juventus visited Lisbon and were sent back to northern Italy with their tails between their legs. Benfica aren’t just qualified from their Champions League group but could yet leapfrog PSG on the final matchday next week after impressively drawing both of their games with the French giants.

Darwin Núñez is not being missed too sorely and Roger Schmidt is working wonders from the dugout.

6. Real Madrid (👎 Last time: 5)

Rotation in Leipzig saw Carlo Ancelotti’s team slip to their first defeat of the season in midweek despite a much improved second half showing.

Still, 14 wins, two draws and just one defeat is some start to a season.

The fact Karim Benzema has not been available at all times hasn’t hurt Madrid just yet and their next few fixtures look kind, but they will need their talismanic forward fit and firing after the World Cup.

5. Chelsea (👍 Last time: 6)

Chelsea may have drawn two games in a row but they remain unbeaten under Graham Potter and have now sailed through their Champions League group after a tricky start.

A smart first half change of shape against Manchester United on Sunday helped them get a grip after struggling early on, with Potter showing his tactical nous.

There is a lot more to come, one would think, with the team still struggling both for clean sheets and for regular goals but they are keeping things tidy enough at both ends to keep picking up results.

4. Newcastle (🆕)

If you didn’t believe it after a deserved draw with Manchester City, or a cruel late goal denying them at Anfield, or a draw at Old Trafford, maybe Newcastle’s 2-1 win at Tottenham has quelled your doubts.

The Magpies have now won four of their last five games to rise to fourth in the Premier League and they look more than capable of staying there having impressed in all of their biggest tests so far this season.

If they’re still in the mix by Christmas, expect some January reinforcements to keep them ahead of schedule.

3. Arsenal (👎 Last time: 2)

A draw at Southampton sees Arsenal slip here but they do remain top of the Premier League with nine wins from 11 games.

The goals appear to be drying up a bit since the 3-2 win over Liverpool, though, and rediscovering form in the final third will be the big test for Mikel Arteta’s side if they are to continue their fine start to the season.

2. PSG (👍 Last time: 7)

PSG have responded superbly to three draws in a row with three wins, scoring 11 and conceding just two in the process.

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé helped themselves to two goals and two assists each against Maccabi Haifa, with Neymar also scoring, as Christophe Galtier continues to milk the most out of his incredible front three.

Still unbeaten across all competitions and with Messi in his best form in years, the club from the French capital look formidable.

1. Napoli (No change)

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Napoli continue to look untouchable.

Five wins from five in the Champions League, nine from 11 (including seven in a row) in Serie A and 33 goals in their last nine games across all competitions. Simply Europe’s must-watch team right now.