44 Celtic - HEARTS 1:2 39 Reggina - LIVORNO 1:3 32 AACHEN - Bochum 3:2 32 Rennes - VALENCIENNES 0:2 31 Karlsruhe - WOLFSBURG 0:1 22 LUTON - Everton 0:0 20 VALLADOLID - Barcelona 1:1 UPSET Wuppertal - Hertha Berlin 2:0 UPSET Werder Bremen - St Pauli 1:1 Werder won 6:4 on KPM UPSET Carl Zeiss Jena - Nurnburg 0:0 Carl Zeiss Jena won 7:6 on KPM UPSET Koblenz - Bielefeld 1:1 Bielefeld won 1:0 in extra time UPSET Stuttgart - Paderborn 2:2 Stuttgart won 1:0 in extra time
It was the Third Round (quarter-finals) of the Scottish League Cup, followed almost inevitably by the Second Round draw. How difficult can it be to draw the semis? If you're Alex Fergusson, presiding officer at the Scottish Parliament, it's impossible. Mr. Fergusson couldn't tell the difference between ball 2 and ball 3, and the Scottish League had to revise the draw. Genius.
League Division I
ANL 1238 87.5 30 0.34 MUN 1222 88.6 58 0.65 CHE 1215 88.2 55 0.62 BLK 1142 88.9 68 0.76 LIV 1118 85.8 -35 -0.41 POR 1056 89.0 14 0.16 MCY 1014 88.1 27 0.31 EVE 1001 88.8 -25 -0.28 AVL 995 91.4 2 0.02 WHM 986 89.9 1 0.01 NWC 980 89.0 2 0.02 TOT 957 85.3 -45 -0.53 REA 942 89.7 15 0.17 FUL 884 89.4 - 9 -0.10 BOL 880 87.3 - 2 -0.02 BIR 858 91.4 - 9 -0.10 MID 854 90.6 -41 -0.45 SUN 846 92.5 -33 -0.36 WIG 798 92.3 -45 -0.49 DER 781 91.8 -14 -0.15
Changes are against standings on 28 September. Blackburn may have left the UEFA Cup, but that was against a side that hadn't been admitted to the rankings; their strong domestic form puts them fourth. Liverpool Stadiennes have been suffering from their inability to win games in Europe, even against very moderate opposition. Manchester City continues its strong start, but Tottenham's slide continues. At the bottom, Derby looked doomed last month, and Wigan may well have joined them.
1. Bundesliga
BAY 1206 89.9 31 0.34 HAM 1109 87.8 44 0.50 WER 1098 84.3 29 0.34 SNV 1068 83.6 -31 -0.37 BYL 1018 86.8 -63 -0.73 HAN 1016 88.6 30 0.34 KRR 1010 104.0 8 0.08 WLF 997 88.7 83 0.94 STT 990 85.5 -50 -0.58 BDO 980 90.1 48 0.53 NUR 921 86.3 1 0.01 EIN 907 88.7 -13 -0.15 BIE 904 92.0 -25 -0.27 HRS 895 112.7 67 0.59 BOC 865 89.4 -88 -0.98 HER 845 91.7 -93 -1.01 COT 816 91.3 -16 -0.18 DUI 788 109.9 -15 -0.14 MAI (II) 954 121.8 0 0.00 AAA (II) 879 114.0 - 1 -0.01 BMO (II) 839 115.2 31 0.27
Again, changes are from 28 September. Bayern are unbeaten in all competitions this year, a phenomenon that makes it difficult for us to work out just how strong they really are. Stuttgart's title defence appears to be over, they've lost a lot of ground already. Karlsruhr started well, but has rather fallen away this month; Hansa Rostock has pushed its way up well. Wolfsburg is challenging for European action; Bochum and Hertha Berlin may be scrapping for the final relegation place.
Next week's televised matches
Fr 1930 Set1/DE Energie Cottbus -v- Schalke 04 Sa 1230 Set1/SC Kilmarnock -v- Celtic Sa 1715 Set1/E1 Blackburn -v- Liverpool Stadiennes Sa 2130 Set2/** Copa Sudamericana (highlights) Sa 2200 Set2/DE Bayern Munich -v- Eintracht Frankfurt (tape) Su 1330 Set2/NL Ajax -v- Roda Su 1400 C5/IT Match tbc Su 1400 Set1/SC Hibernian -v- Hearts Su 1700 Set1/FR Toulouse -v- Metz Su 1930 Set1/E5 Farsley Celtic -v- York City Su 2000 Set2/FR Lens -v- St Etienne Su 2200 Set2/DE Karlsrhur -v- Duisburg (tape) Mo 1745 Rang/SC Rangers -v- Inverness CT (tape) Mo 2000 Set1/E1 Manchester City -v- Sunderland Tu 1945 ITV/EL Liverpool Stadiennes -v- Besiktas Tu 1945 STV/EL Celtic -v- Benfica Tu 1945 ITV4/EL Schalke 04 -v- CSKA Kensington Th 0000 Set2/** Copa Sudamericana - two live matches tbc Th 1600 C5/UC Hapoel Tel Aviv -v- Tottenham Nil Th 1800 C5/UC Bayern Munich -v- Blackburn Th 2005 C5/UC Nurnburg -v- Everton Th 2005 BBC1/UC Aberdeen -v- Lokomotiv Moscow Scotland; red button elsewhere.
