Teams in the top 8 will advance straight to the round of 16, while 16 teams ranked from 9th to 24th will participate in the play-off round. This means there are still many expected developments in the final group stage, from teams such as PSG, Man City, Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid...
The only certainty at this time is that Arsenal and Bayern Munich will be in the top 8, and the four bottom teams - Eintracht Frankfurt, Slavia Prague, Villarreal and Kairat Almaty - will be eliminated.
One of the most exciting matches of the final round is that the defending champion Paris Saint-Germain will face a difficult challenge against the team from the Premier League, Newcastle United.
The winning team in this match is almost certain to finish in the top 8, while the losing team will have to be satisfied with a play-off spot. If the match ends in a draw, it may mean that both teams will fall out of the top 8 in the final round.
Currently, Barcelona is outside the top 8 due to a weaker goal difference, but they will have an easy match at home against Copenhagen. A victory will be enough to help them enter the top 8, but they still need to score more goals and hope for some other results that are beneficial to them. Based on the prediction of the Opta supercomputer, Barcelona is predicted to have up to 78.5% chance of winning.
In the previous round, Man City unexpectedly lost to Bodo/Glim 1-3 in Norway. In this final match, Man City will host Galatasaray at home, where they have up to 73.3% chance of winning according to Opta. In general, Man City still has a chance to enter the top 8 if they win the match.
Sporting CP had a memorable 2-1 victory against defending champion PSG last week in the Champions League and has a chance to finish the season in the top 8. However, the Portuguese team will have a match that is predicted to be very difficult at Athletic Bilbao.
Chelsea will travel to Naples to face Napoli while the home team is currently outside the top 24 and is therefore facing the risk of being eliminated. A victory for Chelsea will almost certainly be enough to secure a place in the top 8, and can also eliminate Napoli from the tournament.
London's compatriot club Tottenham Hotspur has disappointed in the Premier League this season, but their form in the Champions League is very different. A victory at Eintracht Frankfurt's home ground will be enough to help them get a place in the round of 16 as one of the top eight teams in the group stage. Last year, Tottenham defeated Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League quarter-finals.
Inter Milan, the runner-up last season, lost to Arsenal at home in the previous round and they need a victory along with favorable results if they want to enter the top 8. They will face a difficult challenge at Borussia Dortmund's home ground.
Juventus is another team in Serie A that needs to win and hope that enough teams above them will stumble, to have a chance to enter the top 8. Juventus will have a match that is predicted to be not easy at Monaco.
Atalanta is one of the five clubs with 13 points after 7 matches and is outside the top 8 before the 8th round. They will travel to Belgium to face Union SG with a fairly good chance of winning (43.4%) but the chance of winning a ticket to the top 8 is not very positive (16.6%).
Another team also has 13 points after 7 matches, Atletico Madrid, they will host Bodø/Glimt and need a victory to surpass the teams above them in the rankings. Atletico Madrid's chances of winning are very high, up to 68.3%.
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