Hello again! We organize clubs of Europe's top 5 leagues into an order that reflects the up-to-the-minute hierarchy every Tuesday.
The rankings are a season-long measurement of clubs, tracking teams throughout 2018-19 and taking into account results from all competitions. Our rankings consider advanced stats, full-season play and recent performance with some gut feeling mixed in.
Sides that have lost the fewest games naturally rank higher—though the strength of opposition met in a loss is considered—and both UEFA Champions/Europa League form and presence are used as tiebreakers for those with similar records. Teams that gather big wins against strong opponents get a boost.
10. Real Madrid
Los Blancos returned to top 10 of our Rankings after Club World Cup triumph.
Gareth Bale scored a sensational hat-trick in 3-1 Club World Cup semi-final win against Kashima.
Luka Modric and Co shined in the final to seal three consecutive Cup titles and deliver Santiago Solari first trophy at Madrid.
9. PSG
PSG shrugged off Neymar absence with another routine win over in Ligue 1.
Kylian Mbappe played a decisive role with the winning goal as PSG edged Nantes with a 1-0 win.
The Ligue 1 side registered 15 wins and 2 draws in the opening 17 league games and sit 13 points clear at the top with 2 games in hand.
8. Arsenal
Arsenal returned to winning ways in Premier League but were eliminated from EFL Cup.
Dele Alli and Son Heung-min scored at Emirates Stadium as Arsenal were knocked out by a better Spurs in EFL quarter-finals.
Emery's side bounced back three days later as returning Mesut Ozil inspired a 3-1 win over Burnley.
7. Chelsea
Blues suffered a second loss in Premier League after Leicester defeat.
'Big 6 killer' Jamie Vardy scored the winning goal as Chelsea got stunned by Leicester in a 1-0 defeat at home, after which Sarri admitted it would be impossible to catch Liverpool as Chelsea's gap from leaders increased to 11 points.
In EFL Cup, however, Chelsea reach last 4 and booked semi-final clash with Spurs after Bournemouth win.
6. Dortmund
BVB suffered their first loss of the season as their lead was narrowed by Bayern Munich.
Paco Alcacer kept scoring but it wasn't enough to grab a win at Dusseldorf as Dortmund's unbeaten run came to an end.
Favre's side gave their response in the weekend as Mario Gotze delivered two assists to seal a 2-1 victory over Monchengladbach.
5. Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs enjoyed a fascinating week as they thrashed Everton after reaching EFL Cup last 4.
Dele Alli and Son Heung-min fired Tottenham into EFL Cup semi-finals avenging league defeat to Arsenal.
In Premier League, Pochettino's side cut the cup with Man City down to 2 points after a 6-2 thriller over Everton as Son shined again.
4. Manchester City
Below-pair Citizens suffered shock loss to Crystal Palace and sit 4 points off Liverpool.
Andros Townsend scored a screamer as Crystal Palace dealt Man City's Premier League title defense a body blow with a 3-2 win.
Guardiola's side sealed only one win in recent three Premier League games. Title defending at risk?
3. Juventus
Serie A Christmas champions Juventus smashed more records after a home win over Roma.
Mario Mandzukic made the difference with his 8th Serie A goal of the season as Juventus edged Roma with a narrow 1-0 win.
That means Juventus have made 22 clean sheets in 2018, more than any other team in the top-5 European leagues in the period with record-breaking 16 wins in opening 17 league games.
2. Barcelona
The Catalans ended 2018 as clear leaders after Celta win.
Lionel Messi and Ousmane Dembele inspired Barca to a 2-0 win over Celta and restored their three-point lead at the summit of La Liga.
After that, Valvede's side scored at least one goal in 34 consecutive games.
1. Liverpool
Ruthless Liverpool remained unbeaten in Premier League after Wolves win.
Virgil Van Dijk bagged home his first Premier League goal for Liverpool after Mohamed Salah opener as Reds stunned Wolves with a 2-0 victory.
After Man City’s another slip-up, Klopp’s side now sit 4 points clear atop of table.
Here are the Power Rankings of the Week (Dec 25)
Points for each team are based on All Football Power Rankings System. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section!
See you next week!
Divyansh26
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Oh yeah we r so ruthless this season in PL I am great to see my team surpassing all other teams in the Europe to be at the no.1 stop for second time in a row..... Santa is also generous to us so much as Crystal Palace pulled of the biggest stunner of The PL and gave us a little gap to that top spot........ Merry Christmas to all my AFers.....God Bless u all😇😇...... You'll never walk alone....... LIVERPOOL ALL THE WAY
VanishPrasad
137
Ronaldo: I have only one selfie in my phone and that's with my 5th UCL trophy. Jurgen Klopp was also in that stadium.
loveplus
109
Beekeeper in Tottenham !!!
Trevorn
57
Man forget the top 9,after a tough start to the season we are slowly getting back on top. RM; The team you should never count out of a competition! I keep telling haters if it's one team that knows how to bounce back its RM. another UCL trophy loading... Hala Madrid
dnshaheer
55
Well done Liverpool. Great job. It's time to mention some important peoples here SALAH-we all doubted him and called him one season wonder. But he proved everyone wrong. He is calm, efficient and clinical infront of the goal. But i still believe he can improve much more in the second half. SHAQIRI-The best bargain of last transfer.He has done wonders with Liverpool. His link up play with Salah is excellent. Let's not forget. He sacked Mourinho. VAN DIJK-We all thought the price of the defender is too high. But he is just, i dont have words for him. He is excellent, solid in defence. He is not just a player, he is a leader who can dominate and control the defence. He make good passes, good with his feet and stand as a wall. Everybody wants him in his team. ALLISON-A great goalkeeper. Karius made liverpool lose the champions league(i like him though),Allison made liverpool enter the Round of 16.A solid defence with a perfect Gk lead the liverpool to winning ways. KLOPP-The CPU of liverpool. I am not joking. You can call him as a Manager or 12th player. He is always with team. He never blames anyone. He takes the responsibilities. He is the wise investor. He knows what his team needed and filled all the loopholes. If Barcelona is made of players, Liverpool and Manchester City is made of Managers. Well done Liverpool. Great job. It's time to mention some important peoples here SALAH-we all doubted him and called him one season wonder. But he proved everyone wrong. He is calm, efficient and clinical infront of the goal. But i still believe he can improve much more in the second half. SHAQIRI-The best bargain of last transfer.He has done wonders with Liverpool. His link up play with Salah is excellent. Let's not forget. He sacked Mourinho. VAN DIJK-We all thought the price of the defender is too high. But he is just, i dont have words for him. He is excellent, solid in defence. He is not just a player, he is a leader who can dominate and control the defence. He make good passes, good with his feet and stand as a wall. Everybody wants him in his team. ALLISON-A great goalkeeper. Karius made liverpool lose the champions league(i like him though),Allison made liverpool enter the Round of 16.A solid defence with a perfect Gk lead the liverpool to winning ways. KLOPP-The CPU of liverpool. I am not joking. You can call him as a Manager or 12th player. He is always with team. He never blames anyone. He takes the responsibilities. He is the wise investor. He knows what his team needed and filled all the loopholes. If Barcelona is made of players, Liverpool and Manchester City is made of Managers. If you read it twice, Thank you😜😜
RealMd13
54
♥️ All Football Power Rankings of the Week Me 💪🏾💪🏾😂 I am glad to see my team back Real Madrid and just how we bounce back after winning the Club World Cup thats how we will bounce back in La Liga and in the Champions League people can say whatever they want to us about Real Madrid but the Game of Futbol Its unpredictable so if you talking trash now and saying that Real Madrid gonna lose to Ajax 😂 child please! Focus on your Team and Let madridstas Focus on Real Madrid because at the end of the day those Los Blancos Animals are fighting for Us not for you so Its Nice to see Real Madrid back in the top 10 Power rankings Team Vamoos 👑 REAL MADRID
Asap24
38
Santa cant even perform the magic..lol
Faici111
37
Because of you. we are here
JOHNLUPIYA
36
kartik1000
28
salah be like = if we win ucl I will give my puskas trophy to you van dijk = The cup is coming soon 😂😂😂
Pepen123
27
Oh yeah we r so ruthless this season in PL I am great to see my team surpassing all other teams in the Europe to be at the no.1 stop for second time in a row..... Santa is also generous to us so much as Crystal Palace pulled of the biggest stunner of The PL and gave us a little gap to that top spot........ Merry Christmas to all my AFers.....God Bless u all😇😇...... You'll never walk alone....... LIVERPOOL ALL THE WAY