The road through the Orejona. Photo: AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI
This Tuesday, September 6, a new edition of the UEFA Champions League, the most coveted event by all the teams in Europe. An American company, FiveThirtyEight, is launched a ranking with the teams most likely to lift Orejona.
real Madrid, the latest Champions League champion, is not the big favorite to be crowned champion of the competition in the 2022/23 season. Surprisingly, Carlo Ancelotti’s team you only have a 6% chance of winning the competition.
Which are the teams with the most chances? Bayern Munich have 20% to win the final at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium (Istanbul, Turkey). Behind the last Bundesliga champion there are Manchester City (18%), PSG (16%) and Liverpool (10%).
After the appearance of Real Madrid (6%): Barcelona (5%), Ajax (5%), Tottenham (3%), Chelsea (Two%), RB Salzburg (Two%), Atletico Madrid (Two%), Borussia Dortmund (Two%), AC Milan (1%), Inter Milan (1%) e port (1%). According to the FiveThirtyEight blog, the rest of the teams have less than a 1% chance of being crowned champion.
Curiosities in the ranking
According to this study, Inter have great chances of not qualifying for the round of 16. How come? They are part of Group C along with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Viktoria Pilsen. In Group H there would also be a surprise, as they believe the Juventus have more chances to finish third, behind Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica.
The complete ranking
UEFA Champions League: the groups
Source: Clarin
