The draw for the 2021/22 Champions League group stages has been complete.
Seeing all of Europe's biggest clubs shuffled around and pitted together always makes for one of the most exciting moments in a new season and the latest ceremony in Istanbul was no different.
Football fans have already been treated to some blockbuster clashes with everything from Chelsea vs Juventus, Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid and Barcelona vs Bayern Munich on the cards.
2021/22 Champions League
There's even a chance that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi could lock horns if the former moves to Manchester City having wound up in the same group as Paris Saint-Germain.
And all of that comes before we even mention Manchester United rematching Villarreal and Inter Milan facing Real Madrid, so rest assured that some incredible match-ups are coming very soon.
However, while all those scintillating clashes are guaranteed to make for entertaining watches, it certainly doesn't help football fans in their mission to predict who will lift 'Big Ears' next year.
Data gurus on the Champions League
With so many clubs having a genuine shot at going all the way this season, you'd be mad to try and make a prediction but then again, isn't that exactly what makes forecasting football so fun?
The answer, in case you're wondering, is an emphatic 'yes' and there is arguably no better way to try and predict the chaos of the Champions League than via some of the best analysts in the land.
We say that because we're turning to the data gurus at FiveThirtyEight - who predict everything from politics and science - to see who statistics suggest will win the Champions League this season.
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