Matchday 4 of the Champions League produced stunning upsets, shaking up the standings halfway through the league phase. Liverpool remained the only Premier League team unbeaten, while Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain suffered dismal losses.
Disaster Week Recap
Arsenal, Aston Villa, and Manchester City all tasted defeat on the road, while Liverpool beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-0. Real Madrid were stunned 1-0 by Milan on home soil.
Automatic Qualifiers (1st-8th)
Opta’s supercomputer predicts the top eight teams will be:
1. Liverpool (19.8 points) – 95.1% chance of finishing in the automatic qualification spots
2. Inter (17.6 points)
3. Sporting CP (17.1 points)
4. Barcelona (16.4 points)
5. Borussia Dortmund (15.9 points)
6. Manchester City (15.2 points)
7. Atalanta (14.9 points)
8. Monaco (14.8 points)
Play-off Participants (9th-24th)
Notable teams in this category include:
9. Arsenal (14.7 points) – 37.5% chance of finishing in the top eight
10. Bayer Leverkusen (14.5 points)
11. Aston Villa (14.4 points)
12. Brest (14.2 points)
13. Milan (14.1 points)
14. Bayern Munich (14.0 points)
15. Celtic (13.2 points)
16. Lille (13.1 points)
17. Atletico Madrid (13.1 points)
18. Juventus (12.8 points)
19. Real Madrid (12.8 points)
20. PSV Eindhoven (11.9 points)
21. Stuttgart (11.6 points)
22. Benfica (10.9 points)
23. Dinamo Zagreb (10.9 points)
24. Paris Saint-Germain (10.4 points)
Eliminated Sides (25th-36th)
Teams likely to be eliminated before the knockout stages include:
25. Feyenoord (10.4 points)
26. Club Brugge (9.2 points)
27. Sparta Prague (7.6 points)
28. Girona (6.9 points)
29. Shakhtar Donetsk (6.7 points)
30. RB Leipzig (5.7 points)
31. Bologna (5.1 points)
32. Salzburg (5.1 points)
33. Red Star Belgrade (3.8 points)
34. Sturm Graz (3.1 points)
35. Young Boys (2.9 points)
36. Slovan Bratislava
The supercomputer’s predictions are based on 50,000 simulations, considering team performance, injuries, and other factors. However, the actual outcome may vary.
