A Champions League Supercomputer has predicted Premier League club, Arsenal, to win the trophy this season. And the prediction is coming on a day Arsenal’s title hopes were dashed by West Ham United who beat them 1-0 at Emirates Stadium..
It would mark the first Champions League trophy in Arsenal’s history.
The Gunners have never been crowned champions of Europe’s elite club competition before.
Their best performance in the competition was in the 2005-06 season when they finished as runners-up to Barcelona.
Arsenal were paired against PSV in the Champions League Round of 16 draw conducted on Friday.
Bettingexpert’s Supercomputer, BETSiE, has now predicted that Mikel Arteta’s side will go all the way for the first time ever.
Behind Arsenal are Barcelona, who are second favourites with a 15.2 percent win probability for the whole competition, followed by Real Madrid.
Meanwhile Arsenal’s 15-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League was ended by West Ham United as they won 1-0 courtesy of Jarrod Bowen’s 44th minute strike to record a second successive league victory at the Emirates Stadium, dealing a huge and potentially decisive blow to their title hopes.
Despite Liverpool dropping points in midweek, Arsenal lacked energy early on in what was a poor first-half performance. Their best chance fell to Riccardo Calafiori who had their only shot on target in the opening 45 minutes, but struck straight into a grateful Alphonse Areola’s arms from the edge of the box. For West Ham, Tomáš Souček flashed a couple of headers wide while Bowen also skewed Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s cut-back just past the post.
