According to a supercomputer, the new look Champions League format will produce a new winner of the competition.
Earlier today, clubs learned their fate in the knockout phase of Europe's Premier Club competition.
Premier League tafeltoppers and six times competition winners Liverpool will compete against Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16.
Elsewhere, Arsenal was pulled against PSV while Aston Villa takes up on Clubbrugge.
There are all-German and all-Spanish Derby Last-16 collisions with Bayer Leverkusen who compete against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid opposite Atletico Madrid.
In the meantime, 2023 Finalists Inter Milan will compete against Feyenoord with Lille opposite Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona against Benfica.
With so many delicious luminaires, it is difficult to choose a winner from the last 16 clubs.
However, BetingExpert's supercomputer Betsie has tried to predict the winner after performing a simulation of the tournament 100,000 times.
The algorithm takes into account fixtures of last season, the results for the season and the current seasonal exit and projections for the coming season.
Starting with Liverpool, the side of Arne Slot were tipped as marginal favorites to continue above PSG with a probability of 53.3 percent to win in the last 16.
The accumulative opportunities of the Reds then fall to 40.1 percent to win the quarterfinals and 20 percent to win the semi -final before being tipped with a 12.8 percent chance to win a seventh title.
Liverpool only arranges that Win rate ranks as fourth favorites in general.
Serial winners and current holders Real Madrid are only ranked third favorites to win the entire competition at 14.4 percent.
The second place is Barcelona, who has a favorable potential route to the final with a chance of 15.2 percent to win.
A surprising first victory was tipped for Arsenal, with the Gunners having a chance of 22.4 percent to win the tournament.
Mikel Arteta's side has had a chance of 87.3 percent to beat PSV in the last-16, before 53.3 percent chances to win the quarterfinals and 33.1 percent to win the semi-final.
Once the club reached the final and the 2006 final lost 2-1 to Barcelona, while the last time they even had the semi-final returned in 2009.
Villa battle
Aston Villa, enjoying their first Champions League season since 1983, has only handed over a 2.8 percent chance to win the tournament.
The supercomputer thinks they will win their last-16 draw against Club Brugge with a chance of 83.8 percent.
But the prospect of subsequently beating one of PSG or Liverpool is not favored by the supercomputer, with the probability that falls to only 24.5 percent.
Last year's finalist Dortmund has only a 5.9 percent chance of making the final again according to the supercomputer, while that elusive victory only gets a 1.8 percent chance.
Six clubs: Benfica (0.9 percent), Atletico Madrid (0.5 percent), Lille (0.1 percent), PSV (0.1 percent), Feyenoord (0.1 percent) and Bruges (0.0 percent ) Won less than one per per cent of simulations.
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