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title: "Bayer Leverkusen top Europa League on goal difference ahead of Ferencvarosi after matchday three"
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description: "Bayer Leverkusen topped the Europa League standings with 9 points, level with Ferencvarosi, but ahead on goal difference, while seven teams remained at the…"
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# Bayer Leverkusen top Europa League on goal difference ahead of Ferencvarosi after matchday three

Bayer Leverkusen topped the Europa League standings with 9 points, level with Ferencvarosi, but ahead on goal difference, while seven teams remained at the bottom of the table without a single point after matchday three.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 23 October 2026، 00:12 Saudi time

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Bayer Leverkusen top Europa League on goal difference ahead of Ferencvarosi after matchday three

[Bayer Leverkusen](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/bayer-leverkusen-261) topped the Europa League standings after matchday three with 9 points from 3 wins in 3 matches, scoring 8 goals and not conceding a single one.

Ferencvarosi are level with the leaders on 9 points from 3 wins as well, but sit in second place after scoring 9 goals and conceding 3, which left their goal difference lower than Leverkusen's.

Behind the top two comes a chasing group made up of [Union St. Gilloise](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/union-st-gilloise-324), [Juventus](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/juventus-247) and [Sunderland](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/sunderland-204), all on 7 points, having each won two matches and drawn one without any defeats so far.

The following positions include a group of teams level on 6 points: [Benfica](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/benfica-306), [Beşiktaş](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F-180), [AZ Alkmaar](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/az-alkmaar-313), [Bournemouth](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/bournemouth-196), [Omonia Nicosia](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/omonia-nicosia-302), [Lyon](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/lyon-273) and [Olympiakos Piraeus](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/olympiakos-piraeus-307).

At the bottom of the table come [Celta Vigo](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/celta-vigo-214), [Anderlecht](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/anderlecht-309), [1899 Hoffenheim](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/1899-hoffenheim-259), [Plzen](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/plzen-323), [Celtic](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/celtic-318), [Marseille](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/marseille-287), [Celje](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/celje-305) and [Ararat-Armenia](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/ararat-armenia-303), all without a single point so far.

Ararat-Armenia conceded 11 goals after 3 defeats, while [Lech Poznan](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/lech-poznan-317) conceded 9 goals despite picking up one point from a draw.

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