Palace, Bournemouth and Sunderland head for pot three in Europa League draw

Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and Sunderland are likely to enter pot three for Friday's Europa League league phase draw in Monaco, per the BBC's seedings analysis. Lower seeding means facing stronger opponents across the eight-match league phase, where the top eight of 36 advance directly to the last 16 and places 9–24 enter a two-legged play-off. Matchday 1 begins 16–17 September.