Odd Odds: The UEFA Champions League Round of Sixteen Draw 2021/22
Qualifiers for round of 16 are winners and runners-up of 8 groups:
Group | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | ManC | Liverpool | Ajax | Real | Bayern | ManU | Lille | Juve |
Runner-up | PSG | Atletico | Sporting | Inter | Benfica | Villarreal | Salzburg | Chelsea |
Rules for the draw:
- Runners-up are matched with group winners
- No matches allowed between teams from same association
- No matches allowed between teams from same group
Perfectly fair vs. UEFA's draw mechanism
UEFA's draw mechanism is quite complicated, for a description see Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (2013), 9(3), 249-270. At first glance, it appears to be fair, however: closer inspection shows that probabilities of UEFA's draw mechanism are slightly different, ranging from 0.016988% (approx. 1/5886) to 0.023762% (approx. 1/4208), corresponding to relative differences from -18.778% to 13.604%.
Most and least probable results
PSG vs. Juve Benfica vs. Lille | Atletico vs. ManU Villarreal vs. Liverpool | Sporting vs. Bayern Salzburg vs. Ajax | Inter vs. ManC Chelsea vs. Real |
PSG vs. Bayern Benfica vs. Real | Atletico vs. Juve Villarreal vs. Liverpool | Sporting vs. ManC Salzburg vs. Ajax | Inter vs. ManU Chelsea vs. Lille |
Probabilities of pairwise matches
Group | Team | Draw | Opponents ranked by decreasing probability | ||||||
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Most probable | 2nd most | 3rd most | 4th most | 5th most | 6th most | 7th most | |||
A | ManC | Fair | Atletico 18.5317 |
Inter 18.5317 |
Villarreal 18.5317 |
Salzburg 14.9550 |
Benfica 14.7250 |
Sporting 14.7250 |
|
UEFA | Atletico 18.4439 |
Inter 18.4439 |
Villarreal 18.4439 |
Salzburg 15.1657 |
Benfica 14.7513 |
Sporting 14.7513 |
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PSG | Fair | Real 19.3892 |
Juve 17.8205 |
Liverpool 17.8205 |
ManU 17.8205 |
Ajax 13.5746 |
Bayern 13.5746 |
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UEFA | Real 19.3642 |
Juve 17.8561 |
Liverpool 17.8561 |
ManU 17.8561 |
Ajax 13.5338 |
Bayern 13.5338 |
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B | Liverpool | Fair | Inter 18.5735 |
Villarreal 18.5735 |
PSG 17.8205 |
Salzburg 15.2060 |
Benfica 14.9132 |
Sporting 14.9132 |
|
UEFA | Inter 18.7080 |
Villarreal 18.7080 |
PSG 17.8561 |
Salzburg 15.0834 |
Benfica 14.8223 |
Sporting 14.8223 |
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Atletico | Fair | Juve 18.5735 |
ManU 18.5735 |
ManC 18.5317 |
Lille 16.2518 |
Ajax 14.0347 |
Bayern 14.0347 |
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UEFA | Juve 18.7080 |
ManU 18.7080 |
ManC 18.4439 |
Lille 16.1824 |
Ajax 13.9789 |
Bayern 13.9789 |
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C | Ajax | Fair | Chelsea 21.3763 |
Atletico 14.0347 |
Inter 14.0347 |
Villarreal 14.0347 |
PSG 13.5746 |
Salzburg 11.5875 |
Benfica 11.3575 |
UEFA | Chelsea 21.7702 |
Atletico 13.9789 |
Inter 13.9789 |
Villarreal 13.9789 |
PSG 13.5338 |
Salzburg 11.4805 |
Benfica 11.2788 |
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Sporting | Fair | Real 16.0218 |
Juve 14.9132 |
Liverpool 14.9132 |
ManU 14.9132 |
ManC 14.7250 |
Lille 13.1562 |
Bayern 11.3575 |
|
UEFA | Real 16.3711 |
Juve 14.8223 |
Liverpool 14.8223 |
ManU 14.8223 |
ManC 14.7513 |
Lille 13.1321 |
Bayern 11.2788 |
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D | Real | Fair | Chelsea 32.3154 |
PSG 19.3892 |
Salzburg 16.2518 |
Benfica 16.0218 |
Sporting 16.0218 |
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UEFA | Chelsea 31.2707 |
PSG 19.3642 |
Salzburg 16.6229 |
Benfica 16.3711 |
Sporting 16.3711 |
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Inter | Fair | Liverpool 18.5735 |
ManU 18.5735 |
ManC 18.5317 |
Lille 16.2518 |
Ajax 14.0347 |
Bayern 14.0347 |
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UEFA | Liverpool 18.7080 |
ManU 18.7080 |
ManC 18.4439 |
Lille 16.1824 |
Ajax 13.9789 |
Bayern 13.9789 |
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E | Bayern | Fair | Chelsea 21.3763 |
Atletico 14.0347 |
Inter 14.0347 |
Villarreal 14.0347 |
PSG 13.5746 |
Salzburg 11.5875 |
Sporting 11.3575 |
UEFA | Chelsea 21.7702 |
Atletico 13.9789 |
Inter 13.9789 |
Villarreal 13.9789 |
PSG 13.5338 |
Salzburg 11.4805 |
Sporting 11.2788 |
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Benfica | Fair | Real 16.0218 |
Juve 14.9132 |
Liverpool 14.9132 |
ManU 14.9132 |
ManC 14.7250 |
Lille 13.1562 |
Ajax 11.3575 |
|
UEFA | Real 16.3711 |
Juve 14.8223 |
Liverpool 14.8223 |
ManU 14.8223 |
ManC 14.7513 |
Lille 13.1321 |
Ajax 11.2788 |
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F | ManU | Fair | Atletico 18.5735 |
Inter 18.5735 |
PSG 17.8205 |
Salzburg 15.2060 |
Benfica 14.9132 |
Sporting 14.9132 |
|
UEFA | Atletico 18.7080 |
Inter 18.7080 |
PSG 17.8561 |
Salzburg 15.0834 |
Benfica 14.8223 |
Sporting 14.8223 |
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Villarreal | Fair | Juve 18.5735 |
Liverpool 18.5735 |
ManC 18.5317 |
Lille 16.2518 |
Ajax 14.0347 |
Bayern 14.0347 |
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UEFA | Juve 18.7080 |
Liverpool 18.7080 |
ManC 18.4439 |
Lille 16.1824 |
Ajax 13.9789 |
Bayern 13.9789 |
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G | Lille | Fair | Chelsea 24.9320 |
Atletico 16.2518 |
Inter 16.2518 |
Villarreal 16.2518 |
Benfica 13.1562 |
Sporting 13.1562 |
|
UEFA | Chelsea 25.1888 |
Atletico 16.1824 |
Inter 16.1824 |
Villarreal 16.1824 |
Benfica 13.1321 |
Sporting 13.1321 |
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Salzburg | Fair | Real 16.2518 |
Juve 15.2060 |
Liverpool 15.2060 |
ManU 15.2060 |
ManC 14.9550 |
Ajax 11.5875 |
Bayern 11.5875 |
|
UEFA | Real 16.6229 |
ManC 15.1657 |
Juve 15.0834 |
Liverpool 15.0834 |
ManU 15.0834 |
Ajax 11.4805 |
Bayern 11.4805 |
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H | Juve | Fair | Atletico 18.5735 |
Villarreal 18.5735 |
PSG 17.8205 |
Salzburg 15.2060 |
Benfica 14.9132 |
Sporting 14.9132 |
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UEFA | Atletico 18.7080 |
Villarreal 18.7080 |
PSG 17.8561 |
Salzburg 15.0834 |
Benfica 14.8223 |
Sporting 14.8223 |
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Chelsea | Fair | Real 32.3154 |
Lille 24.9320 |
Ajax 21.3763 |
Bayern 21.3763 |
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UEFA | Real 31.2707 |
Lille 25.1888 |
Ajax 21.7702 |
Bayern 21.7702 |
Expected payoffs under simple model
- reaching quarter-final is awarded with EUR 10.6 million
- reaching semi-final is awarded with additional EUR 12.5 million
- reaching final is awarded with additional EUR 15.5 million
- winning trophy is awarded with additional EUR 8 million (including award for UEFA Super Cup qualification)
Group | Team | Strength | Draw | Probablity of reaching ... (in percent) | Exp. Payoff (EUR) | |||
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quarter-final | semi-final | final | trophy | |||||
A | ManC | 15 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
78.0191 78.0568 0.0377 | 48.6028 48.6226 0.0198 | 28.8849 28.8958 0.0109 | 15.1031 15.1086 0.0055 | 20,030,783.86 20,039,378.29 8,594.44 |
PSG | 13 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
54.8604 54.8629 0.0025 | 32.3859 32.3845 -0.0014 | 18.0469 18.0451 -0.0018 | 9.2805 9.2794 -0.0011 | 13,403,145.77 13,402,870.21 -275.57 | |
B | Liverpool | 12 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
70.9304 70.8737 -0.0567 | 40.1348 40.0981 -0.0367 | 21.3959 21.3748 -0.0211 | 10.8686 10.8576 -0.0109 | 16,721,333.62 16,706,586.59 -14,747.03 |
Atletico | 6 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
41.0037 40.9946 -0.0091 | 16.2281 16.2226 -0.0055 | 5.8779 5.8753 -0.0025 | 2.5926 2.5914 -0.0012 | 7,493,382.20 7,491,239.99 -2,142.21 | |
C | Ajax | 8 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
53.4865 53.3842 -0.1023 | 24.7531 24.7040 -0.0491 | 10.5844 10.5637 -0.0207 | 5.0348 5.0251 -0.0097 | 10,807,064.01 10,786,104.90 -20,959.11 |
Sporting | 1 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
10.6767 10.6716 -0.0051 | 1.1263 1.1256 -0.0007 | 0.1040 0.1040 -0.0001 | 0.0157 0.0157 -0.0000 | 1,289,905.29 1,289,257.11 -648.18 | |
D | Real | 11 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
62.7836 63.1913 0.4076 | 34.2294 34.4441 0.2147 | 17.5421 17.6481 0.1061 | 8.8202 8.8732 0.0530 | 14,358,376.01 14,449,102.31 90,726.29 |
Inter | 5 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
35.8610 35.8424 -0.0187 | 12.7305 12.7227 -0.0078 | 4.1153 4.1126 -0.0028 | 1.7049 1.7037 -0.0012 | 6,166,847.98 6,163,370.20 -3,477.78 | |
E | Bayern | 16 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
70.2646 70.1636 -0.1010 | 44.9736 44.9051 -0.0686 | 27.5704 27.5270 -0.0434 | 14.5841 14.5608 -0.0233 | 18,509,883.97 18,482,030.75 -27,853.22 |
Benfica | 4 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
31.8323 31.8132 -0.0191 | 9.7683 9.7613 -0.0070 | 2.7016 2.6996 -0.0020 | 1.0135 1.0128 -0.0007 | 5,095,085.25 5,091,824.94 -3,260.31 | |
F | ManU | 10 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
68.1134 68.0568 -0.0566 | 35.2757 35.2419 -0.0337 | 17.0593 17.0417 -0.0176 | 8.4481 8.4393 -0.0087 | 14,949,521.51 14,935,883.70 -13,637.81 |
Villarreal | 7 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
43.6612 43.6474 -0.0138 | 18.9187 18.9109 -0.0079 | 7.5479 7.5442 -0.0037 | 3.4842 3.4824 -0.0017 | 8,441,598.31 8,438,440.41 -3,157.90 | |
G | Lille | 2.5 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
32.7090 32.6595 -0.0495 | 6.9067 6.8962 -0.0106 | 1.3253 1.3234 -0.0020 | 0.3837 0.3832 -0.0006 | 4,566,624.42 4,559,701.33 -6,923.09 |
Salzburg | 2.5 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
18.4394 18.4260 -0.0134 | 4.2037 4.2000 -0.0037 | 0.8383 0.8375 -0.0008 | 0.2453 0.2451 -0.0002 | 2,629,609.66 2,627,587.78 -2,021.88 | |
H | Juve | 9 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
64.5287 64.4588 -0.0699 | 31.6791 31.6411 -0.0380 | 14.4504 14.4321 -0.0183 | 7.0319 7.0230 -0.0089 | 13,602,294.65 13,586,594.35 -15,700.31 |
Chelsea | 14 | Fair UEFA UEFA-Fair |
62.8298 62.8971 0.0674 | 38.0832 38.1193 0.0361 | 21.9554 21.9750 0.0197 | 11.3888 11.3986 0.0098 | 15,734,543.48 15,750,027.15 15,483.67 |