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Ranking Teams on How Likely They Are to Win the Champions League

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The UEFA Champions League finally resumes this weekend, and by the end of August we'll have crowned the winners of a tournament that started just under one year ago.

We have four remaining round-of-16 fixtures to be completed on Friday and Saturday, and the winners of those will enter the quarter-final bracket, which starts on Wednesday.

From the quarter-final stage onward, the tournament will be in single-knockout format—the two-legged, home and away ties are gone—and that adds a new, interesting element to a tournament that already represents club football's zenith for entertainment and drama.