Champions League predictions

The Champions League is the best European competition and the winner of the UCL is considered to be the champion of Europe for that season.

It’s a competition that’s undergone many changes through history, but it was always one of the most popular competitions not just when it comes to football, but sport in general.

In this article, we will will provide more information on this competition and offer some outright predictions and tips, but whoever wins, one thing you can bet on is that taking advantage of the bet365 bonus code and/or the William Hill new customer promo code is always a good idea!

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Most likely winners – PSG the main favourites

Looking at the odds provided by different bookies, we can see that Paris Saint-Germain are the main favourites to win the Champions League, which certainly wasn’t the case before the start of the campaign when they’ve lost Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid.

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However, the Parisians have been great so far and the bookies took notice. Right behind them are their opponents in the final Inter Milan.

Top scorer favourites – A very tight race

Barcelona’s Raphinha is currently the favourite to win the Golden Boot, as he is the current joint-top scorer on 13 goals. Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy is also on 13, but both teams are now out of the competition.

Raphinha
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Facts about the Champions League FAQ

The current champions of the UEFA Champions League are Real Madrid. They won the title in the 2023-24 season, defeating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final. This victory marked their 15th Champions League title.

Real Madrid have won the most titles in the Champions League history since they’ve been crowned champions of Europe 15 times so far. The next best team are AC Milan with seven titles, followed by Liverpool and Bayern Munich with six titles each.

The competition began in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs’ Cup and was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. In total, there have been 70 seasons, counting from the inaugural 1955-56 season.

Not counting the qualifying stages, 36 teams participate in this competition. Each team gets to play eight matches against different opponents in the league phase and 24 teams get to the knockout stages.

As of the 2024-25 season, the competition introduced a new format, replacing the traditional group stage with a league phase. Combined with the knockout stages, this results in 1839 matches in the season, not counting the qualifying rounds.

Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the Champions League with 140 goals. He is closely followed by Lionel Messi with 129 goals and a bit behind is Robert Lewandowski with 105 goals.