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Padraig Whelan·16 May 2024
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Padraig Whelan·16 May 2024
The season is almost at an end and thoughts will soon turn to a summer of international football.
But before that, here are our 10 most in-form sides from Europe.
It is time Monaco earned some well overdue respect for their very impressive recent form which has fired them back into the Champions League.
They have lost just once in their last 11 games and have won five of their last six. The secret to their success is undoubtedly the spreading of talent across the field - there is no undisputed star man but a team of them at Adi Hütter's disposal.
The Champions League finalists are on a little slide but that's understandable.
With Wembley taking the focus of many at the club, they took their eye off domestic action last weekend and were punished with a 3-0 loss - one that nobody will remember a month from now if they can overcome Real Madrid.
Five wins from their last six (among them a 4-0 thrashing of Manchester United) have propelled Palace into our rankings under the stewardship of Oliver Glasner who is watching his side really click into high gear following his mid-season appointment.
Also included in that streak is a win at Anfield, battering of West Ham, victory against Newcastle and most recently, a 3-1 success on the road at Wolves. Is there a more impressive front three anywhere on current form than Eberechi Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Michael Olise?
A long-awaited title may have been wrapped up but it hasn't stopped Sporting racing towards the finish line and ending a stellar season in style.
They haven't lost a league game since mid-September and won six of their last seven, their most recent three points coming via a lone, late Paulinho strike at Estoril.
It's been an outstanding recent run for Atalanta, who have lost just one of their last eight games.
Unfortunately, that defeat did come in Wednesday night's Coppa Italia final against Juventus as they missed the opportunity to secure their first piece of silverware of the season. However, the in-form Orobici have the chance to put that right in Dublin next week against unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League.
The recently-crowned Italian champions left zero doubts as to both their quality and desire to finish the season strongly with a demolition of Frosinone last time out.
Five different players got on the scoresheet on the road and in moving to 83 goals after 36 games, it is the first time they have reached a tally that high at this stage of the season since 1951/52.
The Gunners' incredible form this season means they have taken the Premier League title race down to the final day, thanks in no small part to their stunning run over the past five games.
That span has seen them score 14 goals and conceded just two, their most recent victory last weekend seeing them take down Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Since our last rankings, Pep Guardiola's history-chasers have made two trips to London. Both have proven very fruitful to put his side within a whisker of an unprecedented top flight feat.
No side has ever won four straight Premier League/First Division titles but the Cityzens are now a win away from it after defeating Fulham 4-0 last weekend before returning to a bizarre atmosphere at Tottenham on Tuesday night, where Erling Haaland netted twice and Stefan Ortega wrote himself into club folklore forever with his heroics off the bench.
So what of Leverkusen's fairytale season since our last entry?
Just the small matter of setting a new European football record for the most consecutive games without defeat in all competitions - which now stands at a staggering 50 matches.
They pulled off another unbelievable late comeback from 2-0 down at home to Roma to reach the Europa League final before thrashing Bochum 5-0. Xabi Alonso's side are now just three games (two of which are finals) from one of the most ridiculous seasons of all time.
The Spanish champions show no signs of relinquishing top spot in these rankings.
In their two games since our last update, they have thrashed Granada 4-0 on the road before going one better and swatting Alavés aside on home turf with a 5-0 win.
On this unstoppable form, is another Champions League crown an inevitability?