Bloomberg Sports Publish 2013/14 UEFA Champions League Predictions

Bloomberg’s sports data insight and analysis tool – BSports today published its 2013/14 UEFA Champions League projections. Using sophisticated soccer based algorithms and in-depth live match analysis the BSports team has published its first projections for the Champions League, the biggest and richest football Tournament in the world.

The UEFA Champions League kicks-off this Tuesday 17th of Spetember. With regards to English Premiership, BSports projects that Chelsea FC have the best chance of winning the Tournament, due to player caliber, strength of squad and their managers (Jose Mourinho) track record in the competition. BSports further projects that all English footballs will make the knockout stages of the Champions League by qualifying from their groups.

BSports analysis believes that the Tournament Winner will be Barcelona  who are set to defy the bookmakers, who have placed Germany’s Bayern Munich as to win the 2013/2014 tournament. The purely objective, data-driven projections provide odds for each team winning the tournament, winning their group and qualifying from their group. They also highlight where bookmakers have either undervalued or overvalued certain teams. Other data analysis see the following projections for BSports:-

• Compared to bookmakers, BSports gives Barcelona a better chance to win (21.3%) than Bayern Munich (18.9%).
• Real Madrid (16.7%) are the most likely team to push Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
• Chelsea (8.9%) have better odds of winning the Champions League than both Manchester-based clubs.
• BSports data indicates Manchester City (7.2%) have a better chance of winning than Manchester United (6.4%).

Breakdown of UEFA Champions League 2013/14 Favorites Projections:-

 

 

 

UEFA Champions LeagueGroup Stages Projections

• Despite David Moyes’ inexperience in the Champions League, Man Utd are favourites to qualify (84.8%) from Group A. They are also favourites to win the group at 60.9%.
• In Group F, the so-called ‘group of death’, little separates Arsenal (62.6%) & Dortmund (60.9%) for the top two places.
• Man City (87.2%) and Bayern Munich (94.9%) are both expected to qualify from Group D, however City’s chances of winning the group are almost half Bayern Munich’s, with tougher opponents likely in the next round.
• BSports gives Chelsea a better chance (77%) of winning Group E compared to bookmakers and they are almost odds-on to qualify (95%) from their group.

Bloomberg analytical sports technology tool –  BSports aims to give its viewers better sporting insight and analysis into major sporting events. BSports technology has had popular take-up in the US sports market, and is especially popular with US fantasy sports enthusiasts. The projections are available online (www.bsports.com/ProjectedTablesChampions) alongside updated projections for Europe’s top five leagues.

Alongside these projections, BSports’ free Match Analysis tool presents the probable outcomes of every Champions League match. It even updates the odds of each result every minute throughout the game, providing fans with unique insights and bettors with pure, math-driven odds that they can then compare to what the bookmakers are offering, ultimately helping them ‘Beat the Bookie’. Match Analysis is available at www.bsports.com/ma.

Infograph Of BSports Projections