Halfway between the 4th and 5th day, the 2024-2025 Champions League is intensifying in pressure, for the 36 teams competing in this new format. Including the four French clubs involved – AS Monaco, Stade Brestois, LOSC and Paris SG – who are currently blowing hot and cold. Even freezing as far as the French champion club is concerned.
AS Monaco, Brest and LOSC in rather favorable waivers…
With a rating of 3.50, AS Monaco promises to be the best French representative. Its start to the campaign, marked by convincing victories (10 points in 4 days), confirms this status. Currently 6th with a solid attack, the princely club can still appear in the top 8 and aim for direct qualification for the eighth. The bookmakers believe in it, at least through the play-off phase.
While they were expected in the shadows, the Stade Brestois players surprised everyone. Even in decline (now ninth) after their defeat (0-3), conceded yesterday to FC Barcelona, they embody a great story in this Champions League. Will they continue it beyond the group stage? The bookmakers think it is possible, but only through the play-off matches.
… Paris SG too. But on a thread
LOSC Lille, another French representative, occupies approximately the same stratum, classified by the operators in 19th final place, with the same rating of 6.00. LOSC will have to draw on its resources to hope to turn a corner. Finally, Paris SG, which until now embodies the great French disillusionment. The last semi-finalist of the C1 is normally the most ambitious of the national clubs. However, he will necessarily have to elbow his way in his last three meetings. All is not lost according to the bookmakers who estimate the final place of Luis Enrique's men at 23rd. She would then qualify for a play-off round.
Up front, it’s a laugh for Inter Milan, Barça or Arsenal. But also Bayern Munich, winner of their big match the day before (1-0), against Paris Saint-Germain. But it's nothing compared to the Liverpool Reds, who the bookmakers ultimately place at the top, even though they have one game less than the three teams previously mentioned.
What the final ranking of the Champions League will be according to the bookmakers
1. Liverpool = 1,08
2. Inter Milan = 1,20
3. Barcelona = 1.23
4. Arsenal = 1,25
5. Bayern Munich = 1.45
6. Borussia Dortmund = 1.55
7. Bayer Leverkusen = 1.65
8. AC Milan = 1,80
9. Aston Villa = 1,90
10. Atalanta = 2,00
11. Sporting Lisbon = 2.15
12. Atletico Madrid = 2,30
13. Real Madrid = 2,50
14. Manchester City = 2,50
15. Monaco = 3,50
16. Juventus = 4,50
17. Celtic = 5,50
18. Stade Brestois = 6.00
19. LOSC Lille = 6.00
20. PSV = 7,50
21. Benfica = 8,50
22. VfB Stuttgart = 10.50
23. Paris SG = 28,00
24. Dinamo Zagreb = 35.00
25. Girona = 40,00
26. Feyenoord = 42,00
27. Club Bruges = 50.00
28. Bologna = 150.00
29. Salzbourg = 150,00
30. Sparta Prague = 150.00
31. Shakhtar Donetsk = 150.00
32. RB Leipzig = 250.00
33. SK Sturm Graz = 250,00
34. Slovan Bratislava = 250.00
35. Young Boys = 250,00
36. Red Star = 250.00
