Arsenal risk nightmare Champions League scenario with unexpected Real Madrid outcome
Football November 07, 2024 11:39 PM

Arsenal are at risk of facing Real Madrid in the Champions League knockout play-offs according to the latest Supercomputer simulation.

fell to their first defeat of the season on Wednesday night as Inter secured a 1-0 victory at the San Siro. Hakan Calhanoglu scored the only goal of the game in first-half stoppage time from the penalty spot as the Italians secured the three points.

side had chances in the second half to equalise but Gabriel Magalhaes and were both denied. Halfway through the league phase, Arsenal sit 12th with clashes against Sporting, AS Monaco, Dinamo Zagreb and Girona still to come.

has run their latest supercomputer following Matchday Four in the and it makes for pretty bleak reading for fans. Their system, which makes predictions based on a team's strength and current betting odds, believes the Gunners will end the league phase 16th, requiring them to need the play-offs to progress to the round of 16.

Fortunately, they would be seeded for the play-off draw which hands them the slight advantage of playing the second leg of the tie at home. But, that means they could face Carlo Ancelotti's serial winners in the play-offs as they are predicted to finish 17th.

Take a look at where teams will be ranked according to the Supercomputer at the end of the Champions League league phase below.

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Champions League top eight

1) Liverpool - 22pts

2) Borussia Dortmund - 19pts

3) Inter Milan - 19pts

4) Atalanta - 17pts

5) Sporting - 17pts

6) Bayer Leverkusen - 17pts

7) Bayern Munich - 16pts

8) AS Monaco - 16pts

Champions League knockout play-offs seeded

9) Atletico Madrid - 16pts

10) Barcelona - 15pts

11) Juventus - 15pts

12) AC Milan - 15pts

13) Manchester City - 14pts

14) Lille - 14pts

15) PSV Eindhoven - 13pts

16) Arsenal - 13pts

Champions League knockout play-offs unseeded

17) Real Madrid - 13pts

18) Aston Villa - 12pts

19) Girona - 12pts

20) Stuttgart - 12pts

21) Brest - 11pts

22) Celtic - 11pts

23) Feyenoord - 11pts

24) Benfica - 10pts

Eliminated from Champions League

25) RB Leipzig - 9pts

26) Club Brugge - 9pts

27) PSG - 8pts

28) Shakhtar Donetsk - 7pts

29) Dinamo Zagreb - 7pts

30) Young Boys - 6pts

31) Sparta Prague - 4pts

32) RB Salzburg - 3pts

33) Bologna - 2pts

34) Crvena Zvezda - 2pts

35) Sturm Graz - 1pts

36) Slovan Bratislava - 0pts

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