Predicting which team will win the Champions League is almost an impossible task.
The favourite often wins the final – though Liverpool were underdogs in 2005, never mind the longshots they were by half time in Istanbul – but at the beginning of the knockout phase it’s a very tall order to pick the winner.
Prediction models such as FiveThirtyEight’s attempt to forecast the remainder of the tournament, and they have Manchester City as favourites with Bayern Munich second and the Reds in third.
