The UEFA Champions League is the most prestigious European football club tournament. From the first edition in the season 1955/56 until the season 1991/92 it was called the European Champion Clubs’ Cup. It was given the current name in the season 1992/93. The format was changed the same year, with the play-off system being rebuilt.
The group stage and preliminary play-offs were introduced. However, the season 2023/24 will be the last with the current format. It has already been announced that the Champions League will have a new forman from the season 2024/25, with the main tournament having more teams.
The matches are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays as a rule. The season 2023/2024 will contain over 80 clubs from 53 UEFA associations:
Associations 1-5 each have 4 teams.
Association 6 has 3 teams.
Associations 7-15 each have 2 teams.
Associations 16-55 (except Liechtenstein) each have 1 club.
Russian clubs are banned from participation in the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League.
The most prestigious European tournament has three stages, namely qualification, group stage and play-offs. The winner of the 2022/2023 season will gain a place in the Champions League group stage regardless of the position they will take in their domestic championship.
The favourite of the 2023/2024 Champions League, prior to the start of the tournament, is the current champions Manchester City. Odds on Man City winning champions league are
21/10
. The second candidate isBayern Munich with the odds to win UCL of around
4/1
. The next candidate isReal Madrid that won the tournament on 14 occasions. Odds on Real Madrid to win Champions League —
6/1
.
2023/2024 UCL winner odds
| Team | Odds to win Champions League 2024 |
|
🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
|
5/2
|
|
🇪🇸 Real Madrid (Spain)
|
3/10
|
High limits and odds are usual for betting on Champions League. There are some other peculiarities, though.
Favourites win most of the matches they play. For example, 123 games were played in the group stage and play-offs in the 2020/2021 season. 80 matches were won by favourites, with only 18 being won by outsiders. The remaining games ended in draws.
However, the champions, Real Madrid, were underdogs in all of the play-offs stages, including the final.
Who will win the 2024 Champions League?
Due to many matches to be played over the course of a season, it’s very important how teams are prepared physically. An important game of the domestic league can be followed by a Champions League match in three days. The schedule is a decisive factor in such a case.
There may be a huge difference in skills and finances between the teams that play in the Champions League. The biggest sides meet some small European clubs on a regular basis in the group stage.
The betting odds on outsiders to win are very high at this stage. Inertia remains sometimes, with bookmakers setting a team as an obvious favourite even in a match of pretty equal teams.
Betting sites also offer high odds for the Champions League as a bonus. 0% margin are offered, as rule, for the matches of the most popular teams.
Who will win the Champions League? Despite the high odds on the winners of the Champions League, many experienced bettors prefer to avoid such betting.
First, several clubs are the favourites, around 5-8 sides each year. Second, the form of the teams may be different in the group stage and in the play-offs. Third, the decisive Champions League play-offs games are often surprising.
An average number of the goals scored in the Champions League are almost the same as in the leagues with the most number of goals scored on average, namely the German Bundesliga and the Dutch Eredivisie. The different level of the sides in the group stage and high motivation are the decisive factors. An average total has almost reached 3 in the last seasons.
|
Season |
Average total |
|
2022/23 |
2,98 |
|
2021/22 |
2,87 |
|
2020/21 |
2,89 |
|
2019/20 |
2,98 |
|
2018/19 |
2,67 |
On this page you can find the schedule, results and find out the best odds for the Champions League games. On the page of each game we offer the latest news and statistics of the teams in the previous games. Tipsters of Legalbet regularly provide free tips for the Champions League.
