Given what could have happened, the rankings table still looks healthy after first group stage games.
Given the Scottish Premiership could have found itself sitting 12th in the UEFA coefficient rankings after this week's games, remaining 10th with a smaller gap to 9th than expected is a serious result.
Switzerland and Austria are the biggest threats to our automatic CL spot though. And given they managed just a singular 0-0 draw despite each having two teams in action meant Scotland was able to increase the gap slightly. The hope is that Celtic can up the points return when they get back to Parkhead on Matchday 2 after a 2-0 loss to Feyenoord in Rotterdam on Tuesday night. Lazio are the visitors to Glasgow next month with Atletico at home to follow.
Besiktas left it late in their Europa Conference League group stage opener. Cenk Tosun scored two minutes from time to ensure they left Brugge with a point after Hans Vanaken had fired Ronny Deila's side into the lead. A 3-1 win for Fenerbache over Nordsjaelland did slightly increase Turkey's lead over Scotland in the rankings, but their three clubs gaining 1.4 ranking points rather than three was much better than had been hoped for from their viewpoint.
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