All Football Power Rankings (Dec 17): City & Bayern rise up, Chelsea slip again

Hello again! We organize clubs of Europe's top 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 2019-20 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.

All Football Power Rankings (Dec 17):

Key points:

Inter were caught up by Juventus in Serie A after being eliminated by Barcelona from the Champions League.

Leicester were held by Norwich while Man City earn a massive win over Arsenal to close the gap.

Leipzig went top in Bundesliga after heading into Champions League knockouts as group winners while Bayern returned to winning ways.

Stand-by section

Key points

Chelsea fell to their 4th defeat in the recent five Premier League games and sit 6 points adrift Man City.

Man Utd won in Europa League but were held by relegation-battlers Everton in Premier League. Spurs lost in Champions League but won in Premier League.

Dortmund advanced to Champions League last 16 and climbed up to third in Bundesliga with two wins last week.

Points for each team are based on the All Football Power Rankings System. 

May your favorite team have nice results in the coming week!

See you next week!