Supercomputer predicts where Sporting will finish in the Champions League | OneFootball

Even before the start of the current edition of the Champions League, OPTA's supercomputer calculated that Sporting will finish the league phase of the millionaire competition in 17th place on the table. The Lions begin their participation in the Champions League on Thursday, September 18, against Kairat.

Liverpool, Arsenal, PSG, and Barcelona appear in the top four positions of the table calculated by OPTA. This means that, of the four teams in the semi-finals of the last edition of the Champions League, only Inter Milan is not present, replaced by the Premier League champion.

Regarding the Alvalade Club, the statistics-specialized company predicts that the Lions will compete in the play-off to access the round of 16 of the European competition, as only the top eight finishers advance directly to the next phase.

Concerning the quarter-finals, OPTA's supercomputer also calculated the probability of each team advancing. In Sporting's case, the algorithm calculated an 18.1% chance for Rui Borges' team - which has several injured players - to reach the last eight in the competition.

From that point, Sporting's probabilities become slim. The green and whites have a 6.5% chance of reaching the Champions League semi-finals, a 2.1% chance of reaching the final, and 0.8% chance of winning the Champions League in 2025/26, after being eliminated by Borussia Dortmund in the last edition.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.