With the new formula of the UEFA Champions League, the teams ranked from 1 to 8 will go straight to the knockout round. Teams ranked from 9 to 24 must attend the play-off round two to determine the team to continue.
The most noticeable match is the encounter of Man City and Real Madrid - the last two European champions. The Opta supercomputer predicts that Real Madrid has 53.1% of the chance to enter the round of 16 teams.
Other matches are quite different. Paris Saint-Germain is expected to have 85.7% of the chance of winning Brest. The capital team defeated Brest twice in Ligue 1 this season.
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Bayern Munich has 73.1% of the chance to continue before Celtic rival. The possibility of AC Milan type Feyenoord is currently at 65.7%.
Atalanta has a brugge club win rate of 73.4%. Juventus is only expected to win against PSV Eindhoven quite modestly 55.6%.
Sporting CP is expected to surpass Dortmund with a winning rate of 66.2%. Benfica has 56.4% defeating Monaco.
In the championship race, Liverpool is considered to have the highest chance of lifting the trophy (24.6%) after a stable performance in all competitions. Arsenal ranked second with 16.6% won the title.