Champions League 2024-25 odds: Favourites as league phase nears end
The 2024-25 Champions League league phase is edging towards its close.
We’re now done with the penultimate round of league phase fixtures, and teams are starting to find out their fates.
There have been some qualifications secured and a handful of eliminations. But there’s a lot still to play for in these final games.
So, who’s leading the way early on?
2024-25 Champions League winner odds
2024-25 Champions League favourites
Liverpool
With one game left of the league phase, Liverpool are the only side still perfect. It’s seen them secure direct qualification to the last 16, giving them a break while the play-off rounds are on going. Arne Slot’s men haven’t had it easy either, having to beat the likes of AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid. A game against PSV stands between them and perfection, which would also guarantee top spot.
Arsenal
Arsenal are still awaiting their first Champions League title but they’ve put themselves in a great position to claim their maiden title, with five wins from seven matches so far. They currently sit third in the league phase, needing just one point from their final game to book their passage to the last 16. Girona await in Arsenal’s final game, though they will want to win to have the highest seeding possible in the draw.
Real Madrid
It’s been a disappointing season for Real Madrid so far, with four wins and three losses leaving them 16th in the league phase. They had been as low as 22nd going into their matchday, but a 5-1 win over Red Bull Salzburg lifted Los Blancos up the table. Qualification to the knockout stages has been secured, but there is still work to do if Real Madrid want to automatically make the last 16. As things stand, they’re a seeded side in the knockout phase play-offs. But only just.
Barcelona
With three matchdays left to go, Barcelona are the other team to have secured qualification to the last 16 of the Champions League. Not that they made it easy. The Blaugrana have won six of their seven games, only dropping points in a defeat to Monaco on the first matchweek. But their run since includes wins over Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Benfica. The latter were beaten in matchweek seven, in a 4-5 thriller which saw Barcelona nick it in injury time.
Bayern Munich
Six-time European champions Bayern Munich have now gone four seasons without lifting the big-eared trophy. Since lifting the trophy in 2019-20, Bayern have suffered three quarter-final exits and one in the semi-final. Last season they made it to the semi-final, before being beaten by Real Madrid, conceding two late goals to lose 4-3 on aggregate. It’s been a strange league phase for Bayern Munich, who now sit 15th in the table. They’ve won four of their seven matches so far, losing the other three. The most recent defeat to Feyenoord really dented their chances of automatic qualification to the last 16, though they will be in the knockout stages.
Man City
Manchester City are sixth favourites to win the Champions League. But in reality they’re fighting to stay in the competition. The 2022-23 champions have been poor this season, taking eight points from their first seven games. It leaves them 25th, two points outside the knockout phase play-offs. The latest blow to their chances was a 4-2 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, who jumped above them in the table. Man City now have to beat Club Brugge to stay in the Champions League. And the best they can do is be an unseeded side in the knockout phase play-offs.
