SFM Champions League Edition! 🏆

It’s crunch time: Champions League quarter finals! Let’s have a look what the Soccer Factor Model’s (SFM) predicts for the upcoming matches.

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📝 Recap – Matches:

But before doing so, let’s take stock of the SFM’s predictions for some of last weekend’s matches:

AC Milanvs.FC Internazionale Milano

📣 SFM Outlook

Milan ~ Inter

📚 Bookmakers’ Outlook

Milan < Inter

👉 Result

1:0

Athtletic Bilbaovs.FC Barcelona

📣 SFM Outlook

Athletic < Barça

📚 Bookmakers’ Outlook

Athletic < Barça

👉 Result

0:1

🥅 Preview – Matches:

Atalanta Bergamovs.Bayern München

The last remaining Italian team against the team that is currently dominating the German Bundesliga like no other. According to the bookmakers, this is not even a close call and Bayern is going to take the three points back home across the Alps. Yet, just two weeks ago, the Bundesliga second-placed Borussia Dortmund suffered a shattering defeat at the very same place! This match will tell us about the Bundesliga’s general competitiveness!

🤓 Different from the bookmakers, though, the SFM only sees a slight edge for Bayern’s forwards relative to Atalanta’s roster. Will be a close call according to the SFM.

📣 SFM Outlook

Atalanta < Bayern

📚 Bookmakers’ Outlook

Atalanta < Bayern

Real Madridvs.Manchester City

This is arguably the match of the week: La Liga’s second-placed Real vs. the Premier League’s second-placed ManCity. But even more so, a battle of the coaches: the aspiring Alvaro Arbeola, who just a couple of years ago, was himself still on the pitch and part of the epic Clásicos between Real and Barça – the Catalan’s who were then coached by ManCity’s Pep Guardiola.

🤓 The SFM has City’s top-scorer Erling Haaland trailing Real’s Kylian Mbappe by about 8 percentage points when it comes to scoring at least once.

📣 SFM Outlook

Real > City

📚 Bookmakers’ Outlook

Real < City

Paris St. Germainvs.Chelsea FC

The reigning Champion of Europe is hosting the team that won the trophy back in 2021. On paper, there is not much to do for the Londoners. Yet, PSG has to recover from an unexpected loss in the Ligue 1just a few days ago against AS Monaco.

🤓 According to the SFM, no player really stands out. Probabilities across the two rosters are quite similar.

📣 SFM Outlook

PSG ~ Chelsea

📚 Bookmakers’ Outlook

PSG < Chelsea

Further SFM Resources

Link to the Paper: Unveiling True Talent.

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