Champions League: who will qualify for the quarter finals?

Issue number 137 of the Big-5 Weekly Post presents the analysis of the performance of Champions League last 16 round participants during the group stage. The study covers both the defensive and attacking areas. This allows the CIES Football Observatory predicting the most likely winners.

The biggest performance gap was measured between Real Madrid and Rome: +32%. Atlético Madrid and Bayern Munich also performed significantly better than PSV Eindhoven and Juventus: +25%, respectively +23%. Manchester City and Barcelona outperformed Dinamo Kiev and Arsenal by 11%, while the performance level of Chelsea was 10% higher than that of Paris St-Germain.

According to the analysis of the CIES Football Observatory, the matches with the most uncertain outcome will oppose Gent and Wolfsburg (+3% for the Belgian club), as well as Benfica and Zenit St-Petersburg (+6% for the Portuguese side). Data used for the present research were provided by OptaPro.">Click here for more information about the approach of the CIES Football Observatory for sustainable success.