Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Champions League

We have simulated the league phase a million times and most of the time 8-10 points are required to reach top-24 and the knockout stage, while 14-17 points are required to finish top-8. Probabilities for teams are shown below in the table. 


PosPtsTeamPtsGDTop 24Top 16Top 8R16QFSemiFinalChamp



10Arsenal1818-699.53%96.0%80%97.0%78%59%43%28%
20Bayern Munich1618-897.8%88%62%91%66%43%26%14%
30Real Madrid1617-998.0%88%59%87%53%28%13%6%
40Inter Milan1619-1597.4%86%55%83%46%21%9%3.6%
50Barcelona1517-496.8%84%53%86%55%32%16%8%
60Liverpool1522-1295.7%82%52%82%48%24%11%4.7%
70Paris Saint-Germain1519-996.4%83%51%86%57%34%19%9%
80Man City1514-895%78%47%84%56%34%19%9%
90Aston Villa1519-1495%78%46%80%47%25%11%5%
100Man United1421-1194%75%42%78%45%23%11%4.6%
110Sporting CP1411-1092%68%32%67%31%12%4.4%1.6%
120Borussia Dortmund1312-987%60%25%60%26%10%3.3%1.1%
130Porto1312-1085%58%25%56%22%7%2.2%0.68%
140VfB Stuttgart1214-782%53%21%49%16%4.4%1.0%0.28%
150Atletico Madrid1211-1078%47%17%50%21%8%2.5%0.85%
160PSV Eindhoven1214-1478%46%16%43%14%3.7%0.89%0.23%
170Roma1211-1178%46%16%46%17%5%1.5%0.46%
180Napoli1214-1578%45%15%45%15%4.6%1.2%0.35%
190RB Leipzig1116-1573%39%12%38%12%3.3%0.78%0.21%
200Villarreal1114-1570%36%11%36%11%3.1%0.73%0.19%
210Real Betis1015-1266%32%8%32%9%2.4%0.52%0.13%
220Lille1017-1565%31%8%31%9%2.2%0.49%0.12%
230Lens1014-1462%31%9%32%10%2.9%0.72%0.19%
240Como109-962%29%8%31%10%2.7%0.63%0.17%
250Fenerbahce1011-1261%27%7%22%4.0%0.65%< 0.1%< 0.1%
260Club Brugge106-1155%24%6%27%8%2.2%0.51%0.13%
270AEK Athens1010-1755%21%4.3%17%2.8%0.41%< 0.1%< 0.1%
280Bodoe Glimt1010-1854%22%5%22%5%1.1%0.20%< 0.1%
290Viking812-1440%12%2.1%11%1.7%0.24%< 0.1%< 0.1%
300Galatasaray811-1538%13%2.4%13%2.8%0.52%< 0.1%< 0.1%
310Slavia Prague811-1636%11%1.8%11%1.9%0.31%< 0.1%< 0.1%
320Feyenoord79-1824%6%0.94%6%0.73%< 0.1%< 0.1%< 0.1%
330LASK57-169%1.5%0.12%0.81%< 0.1%< 0.1%< 0.1%
340Slovan Bratislava45-125%0.63%< 0.1%0.25%< 0.1%< 0.1%

350Shakhtar Donetsk26-220.56%< 0.1%< 0.1%< 0.1%< 0.1%


360Sabah21-250.39%< 0.1%< 0.1%< 0.1%< 0.1%< 0.1%


Expected Requirement

Top 24Top 16Top 8

PtsGDPtsGDPtsGD
1%118-91414-121722-10
5%1011-91318-131714-8
25%109-121311-101616-9
50%98-71213-81612-11
75%915-191211-101515-9
95%86-81117-151416-9
99%814-211113-141414-11



Important for Top-8
Real Madrid vs Inter Milan (14.7%)Home Win (48%)Draw (23%)Away Win (28%)
Real Madrid75%52%38%
Inter Milan42%56%77%
Porto vs Man City (12.2%)Home Win (27%)Draw (23%)Away Win (50%)
Man City28%39%61%
Porto44%24%15%
Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid (11.2%)Home Win (54%)Draw (22%)Away Win (24%)
Liverpool65%42%30%
Atletico Madrid10%17%34%
Napoli vs Arsenal (9.7%)Home Win (17%)Draw (20%)Away Win (63%)
Arsenal60%72%88%
Napoli34%16%9%
Club Brugge vs Aston Villa (9.3%)Home Win (27%)Draw (23%)Away Win (49%)
Aston Villa27%38%60%
Club Brugge14%5%2.7%
Borussia Dortmund vs Villarreal (9.2%)Home Win (53%)Draw (23%)Away Win (24%)
Borussia Dortmund35%17%10%
Villarreal5%10%23%
Fenerbahce vs Roma (7.3%)Home Win (30%)Draw (24%)Away Win (47%)
Roma6%11%25%
Fenerbahce14%5%2.5%
Como vs RB Leipzig (6.7%)Home Win (44%)Draw (24%)Away Win (32%)
RB Leipzig5%10%23%
Como14%5%2.6%
Sporting CP vs Galatasaray (6.6%)Home Win (63%)Draw (20%)Away Win (17%)
Sporting CP41%21%13%
Galatasaray1.0%2.3%7%
Bayern Munich vs Bodoe Glimt (6.5%)Home Win (75%)Draw (15%)Away Win (10%)
Bayern Munich69%46%35%
Bodoe Glimt3.3%7%17%
Lille vs Real Betis (6.3%)Home Win (44%)Draw (24%)Away Win (32%)
Real Betis3.3%6%17%
Lille14%4.9%2.4%
VfB Stuttgart vs Viking (5.4%)Home Win (59%)Draw (21%)Away Win (20%)
VfB Stuttgart28%13%8%
Viking0.8%1.8%6%

Important for Knockout Stage
Slavia Prague vs Lens (14%)Home Win (32%)Draw (24%)Away Win (44%)
Slavia Prague58%33%22%
Lens45%58%78%
Lille vs Real Betis (14%)Home Win (44%)Draw (24%)Away Win (32%)
Lille81%60%47%
Real Betis52%66%84%
Fenerbahce vs Roma (12.8%)Home Win (30%)Draw (24%)Away Win (47%)
Fenerbahce82%61%48%
Roma63%74%90%
Como vs RB Leipzig (12.8%)Home Win (44%)Draw (24%)Away Win (32%)
Como77%56%44%
RB Leipzig61%73%90%
VfB Stuttgart vs Viking (11.4%)Home Win (59%)Draw (21%)Away Win (20%)
Viking30%42%67%
VfB Stuttgart90%76%65%
AEK Athens vs LASK (10.4%)Home Win (65%)Draw (19%)Away Win (16%)
AEK Athens65%40%29%
LASK5%10%26%
Borussia Dortmund vs Villarreal (9.8%)Home Win (53%)Draw (23%)Away Win (24%)
Villarreal60%72%88%
Borussia Dortmund94%84%74%
Sporting CP vs Galatasaray (9.1%)Home Win (63%)Draw (20%)Away Win (17%)
Galatasaray30%41%64%
Sporting CP96.5%87%79%
Club Brugge vs Aston Villa (8%)Home Win (27%)Draw (23%)Away Win (49%)
Club Brugge75%55%43%
Aston Villa89%94%98.2%
Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid (5.7%)Home Win (54%)Draw (22%)Away Win (24%)
Atletico Madrid71%80%92%
Liverpool98.5%95%91%
Porto vs Man City (5.4%)Home Win (27%)Draw (23%)Away Win (50%)
Porto95.1%87%79%
Man City89%94%98.2%


 

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