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Champions League Prediction 2024/25

Betting on the Champions League is undoubtedly one of the most popular to place for gamblers for football predictions. The top clubs in Europe will be battling it out to become the winners of the Champions League final. This legendary competition is considered to be the most important in world football at club level. National champions and other high placing clubs all compete. Clubs such as Barcelona, Manchester City, Arsenal, PSG, Marseille, Bayern, Dortmund, Real Madrid (14 times winners), Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan and even Porto and Benfica will all be fighting for the trophy.

A legendary competition, considered to be the most important in world football at club level, the Champions League is a competition that involves the best European teams every year. Comprising the champions of each country, as well as the teams that have finished among the national podiums for the major nations, this Champions League is the stuff of dreams for all football fans, and is divided into two distinct phases of competition. And this year there's a brand new format!

Firstly, from mid-September to the end of January, the clubs involved meet in a single pool after numerous qualifying rounds and play-offs. The 36 competing teams then all play 8 matches against different opponents, with no home-and-away play. The top 8 teams from the regular season qualify, and the clubs in 9th to 24th place play off in the round of 32. Clubs in 25th to 36th place are eliminated from all European competitions, and there are no more teams in the Europa League.

After the play-offs, the Champions League pits the 16 qualified teams against each other in the always eagerly-awaited two-legged duels: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and then the grand final, to crown the European champion team. So why not make the most of the 2024-2025 edition of the UEFA Champions League by making your own predictions? The Champions League odds on online betting sites are certainly the stuff of dreams.

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Champions League prediction: statistics you need to know

To make the best possible Champions League predictions, you need to know a few key statistics.

• Qualifying rounds from 9 July to 13 August 2024
• Play-offs on 20, 21, 27 and 28 August 2024
• Draw for single pool matches on 29 August 2024
• League phase with 8 matches for each club (36 teams in total)
• The top 8 teams qualify for the last 16
• The next 16 teams (from 9th to 24th place) go through to the play-offs (round of 16).
• The bottom 12 (25th to 36th place) are eliminated from all European competitions.
• Draw for the play-offs on 31 January 2025
• Play-offs, a kind of round-of-16 play-off in two-legged format on 11, 12, 18 and 19 February 2025
• Round of 16 draw on 21 February 2025
• Final phase of the competition (with knockout matches in a two-legged format except for the final, scheduled for 31 May 2025)

Now that you've got the new format clearly in mind, let's move on to other topics that will be a great help to your predictions, such as the major statistics for the competition and our prediction on the future winner of the Champions League!

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Champions League prediction: The statistics you need to know

To make the best possible Champions League prediction, you need to know a few key figures. Firstly, the number of goals scored. Over the last few years, as was again the case last season, the average number of goals per game in the Champions League has been very high, reaching 3.00 per match. A very interesting figure, to which we must add 56.8% of matches scoring the +2.5 goals, and 37.6% the +3.5 goals. As you can see, you'll need to bet on an avalanche of goals in 2024-2025 if you want to make some reliable predictions on sports betting sites.

In the same vein, note that home advantage plays a major role in the Champions League. Take into account that the home win ratio reached 49% for this latest edition (22% of draws, 29% of away wins). If in doubt, don't hesitate to try double chance 1 or 2 when placing your sports bets on the current tournament. With still so few draws in the competition, the N should be avoided for your Champions League sports bets.

Finally, as well as noting that the most common scoreline is still 1-0 (or 0-1), which was the case in over 17.5% of matches last year, you will also note that the most prolific quarter-hour of the competition is still the classic 76 to 90 minutes, with 22.9% of goals. In 2024-2025, the "Goal between the 76th and 90th" bet will therefore be one of the most interesting to accumulate over the course of the competition. Generally speaking, it will net you €60 for a €100 bet. So don't hesitate to give it a go, as it could boost your winnings with the bookmakers.

Champions League: Our free prediction for 2024/25

What a performance from PSG who absolutely obliterated Inter by a 5-0 final scoreline. They were 2-0 up in 20 minutes courtesy of Hakimi and Doue and there was no way back for the Italian side. It was the first time that PSG have won the Champions League. They made the final in 2020 but were beaten by Bayern Munich. It is the first time that the final has been won by a five-goal margin. 

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Champions League semi-finals

Once more, it was Arsenal who were the most impressive team in the round. Their 5-1 aggregate win over Real Madrid was dreamlike for fans of the Gunners and they will not feel that they are the team that the others all need to fear. The other three matchups were all much tighter with plenty of goals on offer in all of them. Will that continue in the semis?

The games will be played over two legs, the 29th and 30th of April and then the 6th and 7th of May.

• Arsenal - PSG - PSG won 3-1 on aggregate.
• Barcelona - Inter Milan - Inter Milan won 7-6 on aggregate.

Champions League quarter-finals

Arsenal were the most impressive winners in the round of 16, a 7-1 win away from home at PSV in the first leg meant that they coasted through. Real Madrid won the Madrid Derby to set up a tie with the English side. Bayern Munich will take on Inter Milan in a rematch of the 2010 final. Aston Villa makes it two English clubs in the last eight, taking on PSG who dumped out Premier League champions-elect, Liverpool. Barcelona are the new favourites for the title after beating Benfica and drawing Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-final draw.

The games will be played over two legs with the first to be played on April 8 or 9 and the second leg being played on April 15 or 16. 

• Bayern Munich - Inter Milan - Inter Milan won 4-3 on aggregate.
• Arsenal - Real Madrid - Arsenal won 5-1 on aggregate.
• Barcelona - Borussia Dortmund - Barcelona won 5-3 on aggregate.
• PSG - Aston Villa - PSG won 5-4 on aggregate.

Champions League Last 16

A couple of shock results in the playoff round, AC Milan getting dumped out by Feyenoord and Juventus letting a 3-2 aggregate lead slip in the last 20 minutes of their tie. Real Madrid were comfortable winners in the tie of the round against Manchester United while PSG were the biggest winners with a 10-0 aggregate mauling of Brest.

The games will be played over two legs with the first to be played on March 4 or 5 and the second leg being played on March 11 or 12. 

• Club Brugge - Aston Villa - Aston Villa won 6-1 on aggregate
• Borussia Dortmund - Lille - Borussia Dortmund won 3-2 on aggregate
• PSV - Arsenal - Arsenal won 9-3 on aggregate
• Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid - 2-2 on aggregate, Real Madrid won 4-2 on penalties
• Feyenoord - Inter Milan - Inter Milan won 4-1 on aggregate
• Bayern Munich - Bayer Leverkusen - Bayern Munich won 5-0 on aggregate
• Benfica - Barcelona - Barcelona won 4-1 on aggregate
• PSG - Liverpool - 1-1 on aggregate, PSG won 4-1 on penalties

Champions League Playoffs

Three of the top eight in the league stage were British teams, with Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa all safely making it through to the next stage of the competition. They were joined in the top eight by Barcelona, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Leverkusen and Lille.

Positions nine to 24 in the league will enter the playoffs with some tasty-looking games amongst them, including a battle between Manchester City and Real Madrid who clash at this early stage. Celtic have made it to the playoffs but they need to overcome Bayern Munich if they are to keep their hopes alive!

The games will be played over two legs with the first to be played on February 11 or 12 and the second leg being played on February 18 or 19. 

• Brest- PSG - PSG won 10-0 on aggregate
• Club Brugge -Atalanta- Club Brugge won 5-2 on aggregate
• Manchester City - Real Madrid - Real Madrid won 6-3 on aggregate
• Juventus - PSV - PSV won 4-3 on aggregate
• Monaco-Benfica - Benfica won 4-3 on aggregate
• Sporting - Dortmund - Dortmund won 3-0 on aggregate
• Celtic- Bayern Munich - Bayern Munich won 3-2 on aggregate
• Feyenoord - AC Milan - Feyenoord won 2-1 on aggregate