Still favourites? Liverpool are given these odds to win the Champions League

The best club tournament in the world kicked off its group stage and despite the fact that among the contenders are some of the most powerful teams not only in Europe but on the planet, and that Liverpool started with an embarrassing defeat against Napoli at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, it is one of the favourites to be champion. 

According to the portal Fivethirtyeight.com, which based on different data of all the clubs that will be in this Champions League season, assigned them a percentage of probability of lifting the crown and the Reds appear with a percentage of 10 percent of lifting the most coveted trophy in Europe.

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It should be noted that this medium is dedicated to calculating probabilities and making predictions for different sports such as the Major Leagues and football leagues from practically all over the world, including the Champions League, based on numerical studies on the value of the squads, backgrounds and form of the players.

On its website, the US media outlet assigned a percentage to each team. Germany's Bayern Munich are the team with the best chance with a total of 20%. Then comes Manchester City with 18% of reaching the final and winning it, while Paris Saint Germain have 16%. Reigning champions Real Madrid are fifth on the list with a mere six per cent chance.

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The drubbing in Italy leaves no-one at Liverpool happy and in doubt as to whether they can progress from the group stage to the last 16. However, the website also calculated the Reds' chances of qualifying. There is an 81 per cent chance of a top-16 finish and a 34 per cent chance of reaching the semi-finals.