German League Remaining Fun: Europa League Ticket Scramble And 'Kill' Each Other In The Relegation Zone

Bayern Munich midfielder Thomas Muller (Instagram/@fcbayern)

JAKARTA - The German League will hold a series of matches this week's 2020/21 season on Saturday night, May 22. Most things have already been determined except for one remaining European ticket and two relegation-related matters.

Bayern Munich have been assured of champions and will go to the Champions League accompanied by RB Leipzig as well as two other teams who have already locked up finishes in the top four, namely Borussia Dortmund and VfL Wolfsburg.

Two Europa League ticket allocations have also belonged to Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen who are certain to finish fifth and sixth respectively. Meanwhile, Schalke 04 is one team that has been relegated, waiting for another team.

The remaining European tickets?

Germany will still decide which team gets a playoff ticket to the Conference League qualifiers, which union Berlin, Borussia Moenchengladbach, VfB Stuttgart and SC Freiburg will contest.

The Union will lock in Conference League tickets if it wins over Leipzig without being affected by other results. Union could also win Conference League tickets provided Gladbach do not win and Stuttgart and Freiburg fail to chase three and four goals.

Gladbach will lock in a Conference League ticket if they win against Werder Bremen and in other matches Union fail to score a full point. A draw could also see Gladbach earn a Conference League ticket, provided Union loses and at the same time Stuttgart and Freiburg fail to win.

Stuttgart must win over Arminia Bielefeld if they want to get a Conference League ticket, followed by Union losing and Gladbach and Stuttgart failing to get the full points. A similar condition also faced Freiburg, who will face Frankfurt in the final match.

Relegation scenario?

Arminia Bielefeld winger Andreas Voglsammer (right) tries to get past TSG Hoffenheim defender Stefan Posch (Ulrich Hufnagel/ANTARA/REUTERS/IMAGO)

Three teams, Arminia, Bremen and FC Cologne, are still in danger of finishing in the automatic relegation zone or 17th place. The same three teams will also compete not to finish 16th or the promotion-relegation playoff zone.

Cologne are automatically relegated if they lose or draw against Schalke regardless of the outcome of another match. Cologne will enter the relegation-promotion playoffs if they win and in other matches one of Arminia and Bremen earn points.

Cologne fully escaped the threat of relegation if they won and in other matches Arminia and Bremen lost, or Arminia drew and Cologne could catch up with a goal difference.

Bremen are automatically relegated if they lose or draw against Gladbach and in other matches Cologne win. Bremen will enter the relegation-promotion playoffs if they win or draw but Arminia also achieves a similar result, while Cologne fail to win.

Bremen will be completely safe if they win or draw and in other matches Arminia lose and Cologne fail to win. Arminia were automatically relegated in the defeat against Stuttgart and in other matches Bremen and Cologne won.

Arminia will also be relegated automatically if a draw and in other matches Bremen win and Cologne also win and chase a goal difference. Arminia will enter the relegation-promotion playoffs if they lose and in other matches Bremen draw or win but Cologne fail to get the full points.

Arminia will also enter the relegation-promotion playoffs if a draw and in other matches Bremen win but Cologne fail to get the full points. Arminia will be completely safe if they win without being affected by the results of other matches.

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