Arsenal and Bayern, favorites for the Champions League final

If this Champions League quarterfinal phase has made anything clear, it has been the humanization of the top favorites to win the highest continental distinction.

Although Arsenal has started almost from the beginning as the top contender, and the Bayern Munichwith its roller at the ready, stood as the second in contention, both Sporting CP and Real Madrid have taken them down from their dream pedestal.

Both Lisbon and Madrid have shown that the semi-finalists you can beat them and that, for various and specific reasons, that previous superiority has not been as much as previously stated.

Even so, the predictions of the Opta Supercomputer have been correct to date except in the case of Atlético de Madridthe only Spanish team in the running and that will have to face an Arsenal that, at this point, is in suspense in the Premier and is not convincing in Europe.

The prediction

As it is, the Champions League comes to a boil… and there is already a verdict. With Arsenal, Bayern, PSG and Atlético in the semi-finals, The Opta supercomputer has spoken clearly: there are two teams that start with an advantage and two that will need a feat.

The data that shakes the board is that of Arsenal: 73,40% of options to play the final. An outrage. Arteta’s men sweep the simulations despite failing to convince on the pitch.

In his wake appears the Bayern Munich, with 61.28%. The Germans almost never fail when the Champions League anthem plays. They know how to play these qualifying rounds… and the model confirms it. They are, along with Arsenal, the rival that no one wants to face right now. However, Real Madrid showed at the Allianz that they are not as impregnable as they were made out to be.

Next is the Germans’ rival: the other side of the coin. PSG, with 38.72%leaves behind despite his enormous talent. He has dynamite up top, yes, but he will have to show that he can knock down a giant when he burns the ball the most. He already did it last year, and He has already warned against Liverpool: they are going for their second Orejona.

The hardest blow is suffered by Atlético de Madrid. Only 26.60% probability. The supercomputer does not believe in Simeone’s. But be careful… because if Atleti has shown anything in Europe, it is that it lives better when no one bets on it.

The figures draw an Arsenal-Bayern final. The perfect script… on paper. Because in the Champions League, the numbers don’t feel pressure, they don’t step on the grass and they don’t hear the roar of a semi-final.