Supercomputer keeps going! Benfica get more Europa League good news | OneFootball

The 2026/2027 UEFA Europa League got underway this Wednesday, with nine matches and as many more on Thursday. Benfica began with a win against Ruben Amorim’s Milan, and the victory in Milan once again shook up the probabilities estimated by the Opta supercomputer.

Benfica currently appear as the strongest candidate to win the Europa League, with a 16.54% chance, followed by Bournemouth (14.77%), Bayer Leverkusen (9.89%), Sunderland (9.58%), Union St. Gilloise (8.89%), Crystal Palace (7.28%) and Juventus (7.12%).

Torreense, the other Portuguese team in the competition, on the other hand, are at the opposite end, and are in fact one of only three teams given a 0.00% chance of being crowned champions, together with Ararat-Armenia and Lillestrom, immediately behind Celje (0.01%), OFI Crete (0.03%), NEC Nijmegen (0.04%) and Hapoel Beer-Sheva (0.05%).

Still to come for Benfica in the Europa League, are matches against Celtic (on 15 October, at the Estádio da Luz), Omonia (on 22 October, at the Neo GSP), Lech Poznan (on 5 November, at the Estádio da Luz), Viktoria Plzen (on 26 November, at the Doosan Arena), OFI Crete (on 10 December, at the Estádio da Luz), NEC (on 21 January, at the Gofferstadion) and AZ Alkmaar (on 28 January, at the Estádio da Luz).

Before that, Benfica will be back in action next Sunday, 20 September, against Porto.

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