Sunderland's new predicted final Europa League finish after Dinamo Zagreb defeat

Sunderland’s hopes of securing a place in the last 16 of the Europa League were dealt a blow when the Black Cats suffered a home defeat against Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb last Thursday night.

First-half goals from Luka Stojkovic and Dion Bjelo were enough to condemn Regis Le Bris’ side to the first defeat of their maiden Europa League campaign. Despite that disappointing loss, Sunderland are still sitting within touching distance of the top eight in the Europa League table and that is their aim at they look to gain automatic access into the last 16 and avoid the play-off round. But where are Sunderland predicted to finish in the Europa League table? We take a look with stats from the experts at Opta.

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Opta’s predicted final Europa League table

1. Bournemouth - 20.92 points

2. Benfica - 20.90 points

3. Ferencvaros - 17.80 points

4. Union Saint-Gilloise - 17.46 points

5. Olympiakos - 17.20 points

6. Juventus - 16.96 points

7. Bayer Leverkusen - 15.98 points

8. Sunderland - 13.93 points

9. Lyon - 13.71 points

10. Rennes - 12.46 points

11. Crystal Palace - 12.12 points

12. Besiktas - 12.07 points

13. Dinamo Zagreb - 11.86 points

14. NEC - 11.67 points

15. Anderlecht - 11.58 points

16. Levski Sofia - 11.57 points

17. Real Sociedad - 11.36 points

18. Omonia Nicosia - 11.20 points

19. AZ Alkmaar - 11.18 points

20. AC Milan - 10.05 points

21. RB Salzburg - 9.97 points

22. Hoffenheim - 9.81 points

23. Marseille - 9.51 points

24. OFI Crete - 9.21 points

25. Sturm Graz - 8.72 points

26. Celta Vigo - 8.61 points

27. Torreense - 8.58 points

28. Sparta Prague - 8.53 points

29. Celje - 7.96 points

30. Celtic - 7.35 points

31. Lech Poznan - 7.28 points

32. Viktoria Plzen - 7.28 points

33. Jagiellonia - 6.44 points

34. Hapoel Be’er Shava - 4.55 points

35. Ararat-Armenia - 3.68 points

36. Lillestrom - 3.66 points

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