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The difference: Only one of those eight players was even 20% above league average: Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., the runner-up to Aaron Judge as AL most valuable player.

But she has been a fixture on the biggest leaderboards; four times she was runner-up among 13 top-5 major finishes.

Having finished third in their A group, Steve Clarke's side must beat the B group runner-up to remain in the top tier of the competition.

Arsenal, who have been runners-up for the past two seasons, are four points back - level with Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Brighton.

The 12 group winners will qualify automatically, while the 12 runners-up will enter the play-offs along with the four highest-ranked Nations League group winners who have not qualified automatically.