At the top of the Champions League standings are Inter and a few other teams still with a perfect score, having collected 9 points after three matchdays. The Nerazzurri fans hope that coach Cristian Chivu will be able to lead his team to the round of 16 without having to go through the playoffs, with a points projection already made.

There is also a prediction made by the supercomputer algorithm from Opta which gives its take on which teams will be best placed in this final Champions League ranking. Expectations for Inter are very high because it is even predicted to finish in 4th place with 17.03 expected points, behind only Arsenal, PSG, and Man City.

Also according to the calculations of this algorithm, Inter has a 9.61% chance of finishing first in the standings, a 77.21% chance of qualifying directly for the round of 16, and a 22.79% chance of having to go through the playoffs instead. Below is the Opta prediction for the final standings of the Champions League.