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Ranking the Champions League Last 16 on How Likely They Are to Lift the Trophy

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Finally, it's back! The Champions League returns this week with its prestigious knockout stages, pitting the continent's best clubs against one another in gripping, two-legged ties.

This is football's golden standard, its biggest domestic stage, the competition that decides and defines legends.

To preview its return, we've analysed each of the 16 teams left and ranked them in order of how likely they are to lift the trophy come May.

Think of it as a health check ahead of the knockouts commencing, with form, fitness, ability and Round of 16 matchup all factored in.