>**Inter (10.9%)** are the only other team who go into the tournament with a Champions League win percentage of greater than 10%.
>Simone Inzaghi’s men were beaten by Atlético Madrid in last season’s first knockout round, but that was an incredibly tight tie settled by penalties. Inter did cruise to Serie A glory last season and had made the UCL final a year earlier, with many feeling they were unlucky to lose against Man City in Istanbul.
>Inter have a huge 86.2% chance of progressing to the last 16 (doing so automatically as top-eight finishers 54.4% of the time) and they go all the way to the semi-finals in 36.7% of simulations and the final at a rate of 21.2%.
>Man City and Real Madrid are clear frontrunners, but there is also a sizeable gap between Inter and the rest of the chasing pack, so this season’s predictions have seen the supercomputer show significant faith in the Italian champions.
>Their league-stage clashes against Man City and Arsenal should therefore make compelling viewing.
Available_Story6774 on
If we aren’t playing them in a 1 off fluke Final match, then I actually think we could beat City or Madrid over 2 legs, not saying it’s likely, but it’s definitely possible.
Kingofjetlag on
Touching wood, this is such a jinx
ThroatUnable8122 on
You’re not an old Inter fan if you find those predictions accurate or comforting
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Source: [https://theanalyst.com/2024/09/champions-league-predictions-2024-25-opta-supercomputer](https://theanalyst.com/2024/09/champions-league-predictions-2024-25-opta-supercomputer)
Also from the part of the article on Inter
>**Inter (10.9%)** are the only other team who go into the tournament with a Champions League win percentage of greater than 10%.
>Simone Inzaghi’s men were beaten by Atlético Madrid in last season’s first knockout round, but that was an incredibly tight tie settled by penalties. Inter did cruise to Serie A glory last season and had made the UCL final a year earlier, with many feeling they were unlucky to lose against Man City in Istanbul.
>Inter have a huge 86.2% chance of progressing to the last 16 (doing so automatically as top-eight finishers 54.4% of the time) and they go all the way to the semi-finals in 36.7% of simulations and the final at a rate of 21.2%.
>Man City and Real Madrid are clear frontrunners, but there is also a sizeable gap between Inter and the rest of the chasing pack, so this season’s predictions have seen the supercomputer show significant faith in the Italian champions.
>Their league-stage clashes against Man City and Arsenal should therefore make compelling viewing.
If we aren’t playing them in a 1 off fluke Final match, then I actually think we could beat City or Madrid over 2 legs, not saying it’s likely, but it’s definitely possible.
Touching wood, this is such a jinx
You’re not an old Inter fan if you find those predictions accurate or comforting