Say goodbye to the traditional group stage format, as it has been replaced by a single 36-team league table. Each team will now compete in eight matches against eight different opponents, playing four matches at home and four matches away.
The draw was made last week and threw up some huge games, including Liverpool versus Real Madrid, Manchester City against Inter Milan, Arsenal versus Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa against Bayern Munich.
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And at the start of any new tournament, you just know that the supercomputers are itching to deploy their algorithms and spoil the whole thing by telling us exactly who will win the lot.
And if you chose to believe Grosvenor Sport’s supercomputer, then we will be seeing a Premier League success on May 31, 2025 at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
That’s because their number crunching has *spoiler warning* Manchester City winning their second Champions League title, seeing off holders Real Madrid in the final.
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They also predict that an all-English quarter-final between Liverpool and Arsenal will see Arne Slot’s side coming up trumps on a classic Anfield European night to book a semi-final spot against Madrid, while Manchester City will breeze past RB Leipzig to book their place in the final.
Aston Villa’s return to Europe’s premier club competition sees them make it out of the league phase but fall to Leipzig in the last-16.
You can also see from the table below how they see the league phase panning out...
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Supercomputer's Champions League league phase predictionPosClubPWDLFAGDPts1Real Madrid880021714242Inter871022616223Bayern871019415224Barcelona861116610195Man City853020812186Atletico860217107187Aston Villa852116124178Atalanta851217125169Monaco8512151141610Arsenal843114861511Dortmund8422151231412PSV842210731413Milan8422151321414Feyenoord8422121111415Leverkusen841312931316Stuttgart8413141311317Girona8251121201118Liverpool8314131211019Juventus8314141311020Celtic8233111109More Champions League stories
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