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PSG is in a position of strength. After his qualification against Liverpool in the knockout stages of the Champions League, with a superb performance in the first leg (despite the 1-0 defeat at the end of the match) and a victory for penalties in Anfield (0-1, 1-4 TAB), the training of Luis Enrique is opposed to Aston Villa in the quarterfinals. The players of Unai Emery, with Marco Asensio on fire since his loan of red and blue at the Birmingham club this winter, appear at the Parc des Princes next Wednesday, before a return round in the middle of England the week after.
In addition to challenging an opponent largely within reach (villa is 7th in the Premier League with 25 points less than Liverpool!), PSG also sees other competitors in the final coronation, on May 31 in Munich, compete. Bayern-Inter is the big poster for the quarterfinals (first leg to the Allianz Arena, return to San Siro), while Real Madrid will have to survive this time against Arsenal and FC Barcelona is a favorite of its double confrontation against Borussia Dortmund, difficult tomb of Lille in 8th and only 10th from Bundesliga.
Real Madrid winner of the Champions League 2023-2024.
Always looking for his first coronation in the Champions League since the club's acquisition by Qatar in 2011, Paris Saint-Germain posted 17 % chance of lifting the Cup with the big ears, according to the calculations ofEuro Club Index. This site establish a “index” for each team according to the results of the last years, by prioritizing the various competitions, and the PSG thus has 64 % chance of winning during the arrival of the Villans then 29 % of chance of gaining for the moment in the lair of its opponent.
The Champions League for a Spanish club?
In this little game, it is not Paris who is at the top of the calculations ofEuro Club Indexbut Real Madrid and Barça. The Merengues, title holders without Kylian Mbappé in Wembley last year, have 24 % chance of winning the competition in order to afford a remarkable double. The Blaugranas, the best Spanish team this season (Liga leader with three points ahead of Real, 2nd of the C1 League phase behind Liverpool), are 22%. As a reminder, PSG and Real will compete in the semi-finals if they qualify.
Inter and Bayern, whose confrontation seems very undecided and which could then be put on the Barça, have only 13 % and 10 % chance of winning the LDC. Even Arsenal is even better placed than Munichoise training with 11 % chance of winning. Aston Villa and Borussia Dortmund are the two weakest teams in the current table and have only 2 % chance of winning the Champions League according to statistical projections. If the BVB manages to take out the Hansi Flick FCB to everyone's surprise, it will then come across Bayern or Inter …
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