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Modelling · European cups

Champions League

Who goes where, and how likely

The top 8 of the league phase go straight to the round of 16; 9st to 24th go through the play-offs; below that, you are out. The first three columns describe that table and sum to 100 % per club. The rest describe the road afterwards, and each gives the probability of REACHING the round, not of winning it.

#ClubPtsTop 8Play-offsOutQuarter-finalsFinalTitle
1FC Bayern München17.579%21%0%73%33%20%
2Arsenal17.575%24%0%71%32%20%
3Manchester City17.272%28%1%71%32%19%
4FC Barcelona16.768%31%1%64%21%11%
5Real Madrid16.464%35%1%53%13%5%
6Inter14.442%54%4%46%11%5%
7Liverpool15.955%43%2%47%10%4%
8Borussia Dortmund15.247%50%3%41%7%3%
9Paris Saint Germain13.430%62%8%36%7%2%
10Roma13.326%65%8%34%6%2%
11Manchester United12.824%64%12%30%5%2%
12Sporting CP13.427%65%8%29%4%1%
13Como13.528%63%9%27%3%1%
14Aston Villa14.336%58%6%28%3%1%
15Atlético de Madrid11.514%65%21%20%3%1%
16Porto12.216%68%16%22%3%1%
17Napoli10.98%65%26%15%2%1%
18VfB Stuttgart14.135%58%6%23%2%0%
19RB Leipzig10.26%59%35%11%1%0%
20Villarreal10.69%62%29%11%1%0%
21Real Betis11.712%69%19%11%1%0%
22Club Brugge8.83%46%51%6%0%0%
23Lens10.98%62%30%9%0%0%
24LOSC Lille9.02%49%48%6%0%0%
25Bodø / Glimt8.82%42%56%3%0%0%
26PSV8.32%40%58%3%0%0%
27Shakhtar Donetsk~9.13%49%49%2%0%0%
28AEK Athens~8.21%34%65%1%0%0%
29Fenerbahçe9.13%47%49%2%0%0%
30Viking8.01%36%63%2%0%0%
31Feyenoord7.21%27%72%1%0%0%
32Galatasaray6.70%23%77%1%0%0%
33Slavia Praha~6.00%17%83%1%0%0%
34LASK5.30%10%90%0%0%0%
35Sabah!3.60%3%96%0%0%0%
36Slovan Bratislava~3.60%3%97%0%0%0%

50,000 simulated seasons. 18 of the 144 league-phase fixtures have been played; the rest are replayed from the real calendar. The table follows UEFA’s current criteria — points, goal difference, goals scored, away goals, wins, away wins, then opponents’ collective results. Head-to-head does not break ties: two teams level on points have usually not played each other.