Aston Villa news: Opta predictions on Champions League chances

The Opta supercomputer has produced new predictions for the remainder of the Champions League before the quarter-final stage gets under way on Tuesday.

The model estimates the probability of each match outcome by using betting market odds and the Opta Power Rankings.

Favourites heading into the last 16, Liverpool were eliminated by Paris St-Germain, with Barcelona now leading the way – emerging victorious in 23.9% of simulations.

The computer has given Aston Villa a 28.7% chance of progressing past PSG and reaching the semi-finals, and just a 3.7% chance of winning the competition – the second-lowest of the eight teams remaining above Borussia Dortmund’s 1.5%.

Villa’s semi-final opponents, however, win the Champions League for the first time in their history in 19.3% of simulations – the second-highest behind Barcelona.

PSG clinched a fourth straight Ligue 1 title on Saturday and remain unbeaten domestically.