Champions League supercomputer reveals most likely winner with Liverpool pipped despite 100% record

LIVERPOOL look acceptable to beryllium apical of the pops successful the Champions League Group Stage.

But they are not favourites to beryllium crowned European champions for a seventh time.

That is according to Bettingexpert’s supercomputer BETSiE.

Following the latest circular of fixtures, including Arsenal's 3-0 triumph implicit Dinamo Zagreb and Manchester City's 4-2 decision to Paris Saint-Germain, the supercomputer ran a simulation of the competition.

After 100,000 simulations, taking into relationship factors including each lucifer results from past season, pre-season results and the current play results, projecting the play based connected both pre-season expectations and xG earned some for and against during the season, the results of who volition triumph the tourney person travel in.

And the supercomputer has snubbed the elite clubs with winning practice successful the contention and has alternatively pulled retired a nine who volition beryllium winning the contention for the archetypal clip ever.

That mytery victor is: Arsenal.

The supercomputer predicted Arsenal to triumph the Champions League successful 26.3 per cent of simulations, compared to Liverpool winning it successful 21.6 per cent of simulations.

The 3rd astir apt victor is Real Madrid with 9.4 per cent, though they are besides astir definite to miss retired connected a apical 8 spot and volition truthful request to advancement via a play-off round.

Spanish rivals Barcelona person fared acold amended successful the league signifier and are the lone nine who tin mathematically drawback Liverpool successful the league.

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However, Lamine Yamal and co were lone champions successful 8.9 per cent of the simulations.

Bayern Munich, PSG and Man City volition each astir surely request to triumph a play-off circular to marque it to the last-16 - Bayern transportation lone an 8 per cent accidental of making the apical 8 aft their 3-0 decision to Feyenoord.

All 3 are incredibly adjacent unneurotic erstwhile it comes to however galore times they won successful the simulation, coming successful astatine 6.7 per cent for the German side, 6.5 per cent for the French and 6.2 per cent for the English.

Inter Milan, Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta implicit the apical 10 teams 3.9 per cent, 3.7 per cent and 1.7 per cent of simulations won respectively.

Aston Villa person been 1 of the astonishment packages of the radical signifier and beryllium conscionable extracurricular of the apical 8 pursuing immoderate large wins against the likes of Bayern Munich.

Unai Emery's broadside person a 68.8 per cent accidental of getting into the apical eight, but conscionable a 1.5 per cent accidental of winning the contention outright.

Every squad beneath them person little than a 1 per cent accidental of winning the Champions League this season.

This includes erstwhile winners specified arsenic AC Milan, Juventus, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund and Feyenoord and would-be archetypal clip winners specified arsenic Atletico Madrid, Monaco, Sporting CP and Lille.

Every different squad not successful the apical 20 has a zero per cent of winning the contention according to the supercomputer, meaning hard luck for Scottish giants Celtic who person qualified for a play-off spot.

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