REAL MADRID will KO Manchester City 7-5 en route to Champions League glory this season – with Liverpool and Chelsea making the last eight. That’s the prediction from BT Sport, via a huge analysis of football data that ends with Real beating Bayern Munich 3-2 in a final thriller. That would mean Bernabeu boss Zinedine […]
REAL MADRID will KO Manchester City 7-5 en route to Champions League glory this season – with Liverpool and Chelsea making the last eight.
That’s the prediction from BT Sport, via a huge analysis of football data that ends with Real beating Bayern Munich 3-2 in a final thriller.
That would mean Bernabeu boss Zinedine Zidane adding a fourth Euro crown to the three in a row he won before temporarily departing Real last year.
Current champions Liverpool are tipped to oust Salzburg in the last 16 but exit on aggregate to Barcelona.
And Chelsea are predicted to topple Borussia Dortmund, only to depart 4-2 against Real.
But if the computer forecast reaches the Nou Camp, Ernesto Valverde‘s La Liga champs will hope their Barca is stronger than their byte in the semi-finals.
That’s because the data assessment backs Real to crush Barcelona 5-2.
And more frustration is expected for Cristiano Ronaldo after he joined Juventus for £100million last summer with the aim of turning Italy’s top dogs into Euro kings.
Edging past outsiders Valencia and Lyon will give Juve poor preparation, according to the prediction, as Bayern are tipped to rout Maurizio Sarri’s men 5-0 in the semis.
If it all comes true, Zidane will end up with an historic night in Turkey, with Real hitting a staggering 19 goals from the last 16 to final joy.
That Euro crown alone would surely justify Eden Hazard’s £115m arrival from Chelsea – after Real finished a tame third in La Liga last term and were blown away 4-1 by Ajax in the Champions League last 16.
