What do Arsenal need to guarantee qualification to the Champions League Last 16?

ARSENAL are among the favourites to beforehand consecutive into the Champions League's Last 16.

The Gunners are 5th successful the League Phase's array with 8 points separating them from precocious fliers Liverpool, but person a crippled successful hand.

The North Londoners person 2 much games to spell successful the revamped archetypal circular consisted of 36 teams.

Mikel Arteta's men look Dinamo Zagreb contiguous astatine the Emirates and past sojourn Girona connected January 29.

Arsenal person amassed 13 points from six matches of which they won 4 and mislaid lone once.

Therefore, conscionable 1 much triumph from the last 2 games could nonstop the Premier League giants consecutive into the Round of 16.

The teams who decorativeness successful the apical 8 spots automatically suffice for the Last 16.

And those who find themselves betwixt ninth and 24th spot volition look disconnected successful the play-offs to find the different 8 teams that marque it to the adjacent round.

Arsenal are presently 5 points up of Dinamo, who are 25th successful the Champions League table.

Opta recovered that successful 99 per cent of their simulations, teams who collected 10 points made it into the play-off round, which means Arteta and co mightiness already beryllium successful the adjacent round.

Even 9 points proved to beryllium capable successful 69 per cent of the simulations, which were tally 50,000 times.

When it comes to nonstop qualification for the Last 16, 16 points proved to beryllium capable successful 98 per cent of the disposable scenarios.

And 15 points were capable for eighth spot successful 73 per cent of the simulations.

On the different hand, 14 points were capable successful conscionable 28 per cent of the supercomputer’s simulations.

That means 15 points could beryllium the magic fig for Arsenal to debar 2 crunch clashes amid their gruelling bid for a archetypal Premier League rubric since 2004.