Aston Villa secured 4th place in Premier League with a away win in the last round. This means Bodo/Glimt gets a shorter path to the Champions League group stage. Villa surprised with a comeback win away to Manchester City and won 2-1 on Sunday. Both goals were scored by Ollie Watkins, and he secured 4th place in the league. At the same time, Liverpool played 1-1 at home against Brentford, and with this result, Watkins and his teammates would have been fourth regardless. Villa recently topped the Europa League and was therefore automatically qualified for the Champions League. But how does the success of the Birmingham club benefit Bodo/Glimt? This is the explanation: A Europa League final win gives automatic qualification for the Champions League the following season. Europa League winner Aston Villa qualifies for the Champions League through a top-four finish in the Premier League. This means that the vacant CL spot (from the Europa League) goes to the Portuguese league winner Sporting Lisboa, which is the club with the highest UEFA coefficient in the 3rd qualifying round. Such an upgrade gives a domino effect for the summer's CL qualification. Eliteserien leaders Glimt and Olympiakos have the highest coefficient of the teams in the 2nd qualifying round and are promoted. A possible exit in the 3rd qualifying round gives Glimt entry into the Europa League as a 'consolation prize'. This means that the Bodø club is guaranteed European cup play in the fall. Hei on Villa – We have always focused on ourselves and what we can do, but we will not hide that we hope Aston Villa can deliver. The outcome can mean a lot for us in the summer, wrote Glimts media manager Simen Pedersen in a message to NTB earlier this month. Glimt will likely face either Fenerbahçe (Turkey), Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium), Sparta Praha (Czech Republic) or Nijmegen (Netherlands) in the 3rd qualifying round. Viking is the reigning Eliteserien champion and goes directly to the final round of CL qualification.