Champions League supercomputer predicts semi-final heartbreak for Arsenal with shock Premier League rival winning it
A SUPERCOMPUTER has predicted the outcome of this season’s Champions League – and it’s bad news for Arsenal.
The Gunners have enjoyed a great campaign so far both in the Premier League and on the European stage.
GettyArsenal cruised to a 2-0 win over PSG in the Champions League on Tuesday[/caption]
GettyA supercomputer has predicted the Gunners to go the distance this season[/caption]
They are yet to lose a match this term having only dropped points to Brighton, Manchester City and Atalanta.
Mikel Arteta‘s side faced the Italian giants in their first Champions League group stage match last month.
They were held to a drab 0-0 draw at the Gewiss Stadium, prompting some fans to question how far they will go in the competition.
But a 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday asserted their place among Europe’s elite.
Now, the Gunners have been tipped to nearly go the distance in the competition.
A supercomputer from CSDB has predicted Arsenal to improve on last term’s finish by reaching the semi-finals.
Arteta’s side crashed out of the Champions League following a 3-2 quarter-final defeat on aggregate to Bayern Munich in April.
But they are now expected to go one step further by reaching the penultimate stage for the first time in 15 years.
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Should Arsenal do so, they are lined up to face Premier League rivals Liverpool.
The supercomputer predicts Arne Slot‘s side to progress to the final with a 4-2 win on aggregate.
Liverpool are then expected to take on reigning Prem champions Man City.
The Reds have been tipped to beat City on penalties at the Allianz Arena.
Slot and his team have been predicted to face Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal on their way to the final.
Meanwhile, the supercomputer has drawn Man City against RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.
New Champions League format is a snorefest
By Dan King
UEFA sold the idea of expanding the Champions League from 32 to 36 teams, with each playing eight games instead of six in the opening phase, as a way of creating more competitiveness and excitement.
The biggest clubs would have two matches against their peers, rather than having to wait until the knockout stage to meet.
The smaller clubs would meet teams of a similar level twice and have a chance of tasting victory that was so hard to achieve if you were the bottom seed in a group of four.
Ignoring for a moment the fact that the real motivation was the simple equation of more games = more money, the theory itself already looks flawed.
None of the matches between European giants has delivered a compelling contest yet.
And why would they? At the start of the long season with more matches in it, why would any team with ambitions to win things in the spring, go out all guns blazing in the autumn?
Especially when they know they have six games NOT against big sides to make sure they accrue enough points to qualify at least for the play-off round (and even more games).
There is even less jeopardy than before.
Read the full column on the Champions League format fail and why everyone – including YOU – needs a rethink.
According to the AI technology, Arsenal will face Bayer Leverkusen in the last-16 before taking on reigning champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Among the other teams expected to qualify for the knockouts are Barcelona – the team tipped to beat Aston Villa in the play-offs – as well as Juventus, Monaco, Feyenoord, Paris Saint-Germain and Sporting Lisbon.
The supercomputer has predicted Man City and Liverpool to meet in the final
APLiverpool have been tipped to win the Champions League again – they last took home the trophy in 2019[/caption]
