The quarter-finals at Euro 2024 are now set in stone after the round of 16 delivered eight winners still in with a chance of going all the way to lifting the trophy in Berlin last this month. The round of 16 has changed our views a bit on one or two of the sides since the last edition of our Euro 2024 power rankings, which we have worked out through a combination of reference to the stats and the good old-fashioned eye test. At this stage of the tournament, the feeling of momentum is also increasingly important to us - and some have gathered steam more than most.
Euro 2024: Previous Winners 8. England (Ranking last time: 6) We checked and double-checked to make sure we weren’t just being miserable pessimists here, but just couldn’t find a way around it. England are the worst attacking side left in the competition by quite some distance with just 0.
86 expected goals per 90 minutes, and they’re the only side left in the competition who are yet to look truly convincing in at least one of their games. Their defensive record is, thankfully, still very solid, but not really any more so than France, Portugal, Germany or Spain. It’s possible that what Gareth Southgate saw late on against Slovakia might tempt him into changing his approach to get more out of them – but as it stands, we can’t judge them on something we’ve only seen for 15 minutes per game at most.
7. Portugal (3) You lucky lot. Have we seen anything from Portugal this tournament beyond “just put lots of.
