Who will win the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League?
The 2019-20 UEFA Champions League matches will resume on 7 August, after an almost 5-month break.
Who will win the top club competition of Europe? Everyone has their own prediction. Some will say Bayern Munich, some say Manchester City, others Paris Saint-Germain, there are also supporters of Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Real Madrid, etc.
And who are the favorites of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League based on club rankings?
Real Madrid?
If we look at the official UEFA Club Ranking, then the clear leader is Real Madrid with 134.000 points. Next in the ranking are three clubs with almost equal strength: Atlético Madrid with 126.000, Barcelona with 124.000, and Bayern München with 123.000. Then Juventus (115.000), Manchester City (112.000) and Paris Saint-Germain (105.000).
But here only the results in European competitions and over a 5-year period are taken into account.
That is, the performance of the 2019/20 season is significantly influenced by the previous results.
Manchester City?
The UEFA 5-year Club Ranking 2020 leader, who became the Spanish champion after a 3-year break, after losing 1-2 in first leg at home in the round of 16 will face a difficult away match against Manchester City, leader of the Global Club Soccer Rankings by Soccer Power Index.
The Soccer Power Index ranks domestic soccer teams in the world based on goals scored, adjusted goals, shot-based expected goals, and non-shot expected goals. These criteria produce offensive and defensive ratings for each team which are then converted to an overall score on the Soccer Power Index.
According to the index, Manchester City is currently the best club team worldwide, with a Soccer Power Index score of 95.6. Bayern Munich is just behind them with 94.1. Next come Barcelona (91.0), Paris Saint-Germain (89.2), Real Madrid (88.5).
Or Bayern München?
And in other ratings, Bayern München is in first place. They have become the German champion for the 8th year in a row.
In the popular Whoscored, the rating takes into account such data as total goals, shots per game, yellow and red cards, possession percentage, pass success percentage, aerial duels won per game.
Due to the long break in European competition, let's look at the rating, where only the results of the national leagues were taken into account. As a result, Bayern Munich is ahead with a 7.15 rating, further Paris Saint-Germain (7.11), Manchester City (7.05), Real Madrid (6.97), Barcelona (6.95), RB Leipzig (6.95), Atalanta (6.93), Juventus (6.88).
In the World Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking in the Footballdatabase, Bayern München is the clear leader with 2037 points. Then in the ranking comes Manchester City (1966), Paris Saint-Germain (1927), Real Madrid (1924), Barcelona (1923), Atlético Madrid (1900), Atalanta (1875).
Bayern München leads the Euro Club Index with 4233 points.
The Top 10 also includes Barcelona (4119), Manchester City (4078), Real Madrid (3895), Paris Saint-Germain (3879), Atlético Madrid (3752), Juventus (3627).
The Euro Club Index also includes a ranking of clubs with a win percentage in the UEFA Champions League. Here in the top five Bayern München with 24.2%, Paris Saint-Germain with 18.3%, Manchester City with 17.4%, Atlético Madrid with 13.3% and Barcelona with 11.9%.
RASIM MOVSUMZADEH
Ballon d’Or Award juror
