Newcastle sliding but Nottingham Forest second in European power rankings

Newcastle are sliding out of Europe’s top ten but Nottingham Forest are holding their own in comparison to the continent’s best on current form.
Only teams in Europe’s top ten leagues are included, with games in all competitions taken into account.
10) Go Ahead Eagles (W7 D2 L1 F31 A16)
Inter have an identical record across their last ten games but have secured it scoring (and conceding) far fewer goals, meaning a side seventh in the Eredivisie and through to the Dutch Cup quarter-finals creeps in.
9) Barcelona (W7 D2 L1 F33 A13)
That slip against Atletico Madrid is in the rear-view mirror as Barca have scored at least five goals in three of those games, including the Super Cup thrashing of Real Madrid.
8) Fenerbahce (W7 D3 L0 F24 A11)
Jose Mourinho is doing Jose Mourinho things over in Turkey with the help of Edin Dzeko. It is fairly funny that they remain six points behind champions Galatasaray.
7) Newcastle (W8 D0 L2 F24 A9)
It did not feel like they were among Europe’s form teams when being crushed at home to Bournemouth or beaten at home by Fulham but a possible Carabao Cup final and fight for Champions League qualification awaits for Newcastle.
6) Bayern Munich (W8 D0 L2 F29 A14)
Very much motoring despite a Champions League thrashing at Feyenoord and sub-optimal defeat to Mainz, Bayern have a healthy Bundesliga lead and face Celtic next in Europe.
5) Real Madrid (W8 D0 L2 F32 A11)
While it seemed as though Kylian Mbappe and friends had found their feet after being battered in the Supercopa de Espana final by Barcelona, that Espanyol loss kept them in check.
4) Atletico Madrid (W8 D1 L1 F18 A5)
That is Simeone heritage: five clean sheets; a defeat away to relegation-threatened Leganes when they had 68% possession away and missed a last-minute penalty; a win at home to Leverkusen with 30% of the ball, a man sent off and a last-minute winner.
3) Bayer Leverkusen (W8 D1 L1 F23 A9)
The Atletico defeat was a kick in the cojones but sailed straight through to the Champions League knockouts regardless and are 20 domestic games unbeaten because Xabi Alonso.
2) Nottingham Forest (W8 D1 L1 F23 A9)
More than half of those goals against were scored by Bournemouth, immediately after which Forest put seven past Brighton in retaliation. They really are quite good.
1) Paris Saint-Germain (W9 D1 L0 F32 A16)
After racking up an 11th Trophee des Champions in 12 seasons, PSG are desperately hanging on to a ten-point lead in Ligue Un and through to the French Cup round of 16 and Champions League knockouts. It does help when Ousmane Dembele is Europe’s top goalscorer of 2025 so far.