Out at the top of Group H, PSG can hope for a mild draw for the round of 16. If we refer to the odds, the capital club also has a serious chance of inheriting Borussia Mönchengladbach.
At the edge of the abyss, eight days ago, at the time of facing Manchester United in his den, the PSG turned the situation around beautifully. The hardest part had been done by winning on the lawn of Old Trafford and the Parisians finished the job beautifully by crushing the Istanbul Basaksehir 5-1 at the Parc des Princes.
Guaranteed, since the day before, to participate in the round of 16 of the Champions League, Thomas Tuchel’s men added first place in Group H. A welcome leader’s place since instead of facing Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Juventus Turin, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund or Real Madrid, PSG will inherit FC Porto, Lazio Rome, Sevilla FC, Atalanta Bergamo, Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Barcelona or Atletico Madrid.
A Bayern-Barça shock very likely
And two clubs from the same group during the group stage or from the same country can not compete in the round of 16, each draw has a different probability. Finally out at the top of its group, Real Madrid has only four possible opponents (Lazio, Porto, Atalanta and Leipzig) and in particular a 30.9% chance of falling on Leipzig, the most likely confrontation in the eighth,
The numbers do not go so high for PSG, but the capital club have an 18.8% chance of facing Borussia Mönchengladbach, compared to 11.1% of playing FC Porto. The most formidable possible opponents, FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are among the most likely with 14.5% and 14.9% respectively. Sevilla FC and Lazio follow with 14 and 13.7%, while there are 12.9% to attend his reunion with Atalanta.
It should also be noted that among the most likely confrontations, is a clash between Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona …
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— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) December 9, 2020
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